Conduit Boulevard North / South Conduit Avenue | |
Namesake | Ridgewood Aqueduct |
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Owner | City of New York |
Maintained by | NYSDOT and NYCDOT |
Length | 8.0 mi (12.9 km)[1] |
Location | Brooklyn and Queens, New York City |
West end | Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills |
Major junctions | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() JFK Expressway in South Ozone Park ![]() |
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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.