Marcus Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Nassau County Route D46 | |
 Marcus Avenue, highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by NCDPW | |
| Length | 2.2 mi[1] (3.5 km) |
| Existed | c. 1910–present |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Queens–Nassau border in Lake Success |
| Lakeville Road (CR 11) in Lake Success New Hyde Park Road (CR 5B) and Union Turnpike in North New Hyde Park  NY 25B (Hillside Avenue) and Denton Avenue in Garden City ParkNassau Boulevard (CR D66) in Garden City Park | |
| East end |  NY 25 (Jericho Turnpike) and County Courthouse Road in Garden City Park |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Nassau |
| Highway system | |
Marcus Avenue is a major roadway in Nassau County, on Long Island, New York, United States. It runs from the Queens–Nassau border in Lake Success at its western end, to Garden City Park at its eastern end.[2][3][4][5] It is maintained by the Nassau County Department of Public Works and is designated as the unsigned Nassau County Route D46.
On the Queens side of the New York City line, Marcus Avenue becomes known as the Grand Central Parkway Service Road, and continues west to Little Neck Parkway and Commonwealth Boulevard in Glen Oaks; the Grand Central Parkway Service Road is owned and maintained by the New York City Department of Transportation.
The road is best known for being the former address for the temporary headquarters of the United Nations between 1947 and 1952.[6][7][8][9]
- ^ "CR D46" (PDF). NYSDOT Local Highway Inventory. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^ New York State Department of Transportation (2021). "County Roads Listing: Nassau County" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ "My Roads". Nassau County, NY. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ "New York State Department of Transportation Functional Class Viewer". gis.dot.ny.gov. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ "New York State Roadway Inventory System Viewer". gis.dot.ny.gov. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ "Lake Success: A Reluctant Host to the United Nations". Newsday. Archived from the original on May 23, 2006. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ "Quarters Kept Life Cozy For UN in Lake Success". Newsday. August 25, 1967. p. 25 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Lake Success History" (PDF). iparkhudsonny.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ Schifman, Jonathan (2017-06-01). "Did the United Nations really have headquarters on Long Island?". Newsday. Retrieved 2024-08-14.