Conduit Avenue

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Conduit Avenue
Conduit Boulevard
North / South Conduit Avenue
Wide median strip at the Brooklyn-Queens border
Wide median strip at the Brooklyn-Queens border
NamesakeRidgewood Aqueduct
OwnerCity of New York
Maintained byNYSDOT and NYCDOT
Length8.0 mi (12.9 km)[1]
LocationBrooklyn and Queens, New York City
West endAtlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills
Major
junctions
NY 27 (Linden Boulevard) in Lindenwood
NY 878 / Belt Parkway in South Ozone Park
I-678 in South Ozone Park
JFK Expressway in South Ozone Park
Belt Parkway in Laurelton
East end NY 27 / Hook Creek Boulevard in Rosedale

Conduit Avenue (Conduit Boulevard in Brooklyn) is an arterial road in New York City, the vast majority of which is in Queens. The divided highway runs from Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn to Hook Creek Boulevard in Rosedale, Queens at the Nassau County border. The thoroughfare is named after an aqueduct in its right-of-way.

Conduit Avenue and Conduit Boulevard were conceived in 1921 as part of the Conduit Highway, later the Sunrise Highway, with the original highway opening in 1929. The highway was expanded in 1940 as part of the construction of the Belt Parkway. The Brooklyn section was originally supposed to host Interstate 78 within its median, but this section was ultimately not built.

  1. ^ "Conduit Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 9, 2017.