New York State Route 25

"NY 25" redirects here. NY 25 may also refer to New York's 25th congressional district.

NYS Route 25

Map of Long Island with NY 25 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYSDOT, NYCDOT and the village of Greenport
Length: 105.07 mi[3] (169.09 km)
Existed: mid-1920s[1][2] – present
Major junctions
West end: Queensboro Bridge in New York City
  I-278 in Woodside
I-495 in Elmhurst
Jackie Robinson Parkway in Kew Gardens
I-678 in Kew Gardens
I-295 / NY 24 in Queens Village
Cross Island Parkway in Bellerose Terrace
Northern Parkway in Mineola
I-495 in Westbury
Sunken Meadow Parkway in Commack
I-495 in Calverton
East end: Orient Point ferry landing in Southold
Location
Counties: New York, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk
Highway system

Numbered highways in New York
Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County

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New York State Route 25 (NY 25) is an east–west state highway in downstate New York in the United States. The route extends for just over 105 miles (169 km) from east midtown Manhattan in New York City to the Cross Sound Ferry terminal at Orient Point on the end of Long Island's North Fork. NY 25 is carried from Manhattan to Queens by way of the double-decked Queensboro Bridge over the East River. The bridge is the only double-decked portion of NY 25.

NY 25 has many names. In the borough of Queens, it is called Queens Boulevard, Hillside Avenue and finally Braddock Avenue. In Nassau and western Suffolk counties, Route 25 is referred to as Jericho Turnpike. Moving east, the highway changes names to Main Street in Smithtown, Middle Country Road in central Suffolk, Main Street again in Riverhead and finally Main Road in eastern Suffolk.

Two alternate routings exist bearing the designation "Truck Route 25", both along the North Fork of Long Island. One is between Laurel and Mattituck (or Aldrich Lane), and the other is directly within Greenport itself along Moore's Lane.

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Route description

New York City

Route 25 begins near Second Avenue in Manhattan, at the western end of the double-decked Queensboro Bridge crossing over the East River and Roosevelt Island. East of the bridge, Route 25 becomes Queens Boulevard at the intersection with NY 25A, in the Long Island City section of the borough of Queens. Queens and Queensboro plazas are based on this section of the road.

In Long Island City, Route 25 runs southeast beneath the elevated tracks of the IRT Flushing Line. At Thompson Avenue, the route turns to run eastward as the multi-lane divided Queens Boulevard. In Woodside, Route 25 meets Interstate 278 at exit 39. In Corona, the road intersects Interstate 495 and the northern terminus of Woodhaven Boulevard.

Outside of Rego Park, Route 25 turns slightly southeast towards Forest Hills and Jamaica. In Kew Gardens, the route is connected to the westbound and eastbound roadways of Union Turnpike and passes over the Jackie Robinson Parkway without access. Near Jamaica, the road meets Interstate 678 at exit 9, a partial interchange. Three blocks southeast of I-678, Route 25 turns east and is known as Hillside Avenue. This roadway of Route 25 is undivided but has several lanes in the Jamaica-Hollis area. In Queens Village, the route connects with both Interstate 295 and NY 24 at an interchange that serves as NY 24's western end and I-295's southern terminus. East of I-295, Route 25 intersects the western terminus of NY 25B; 25 turns southeast onto Braddock Avenue while 25B continues as Hillside Avenue.

In Bellerose, the roadway passes over the Cross Island Parkway and turns east onto Jericho Turnpike. This section until just before 257th Street is the border between the Bellerose and Floral Park neighborhoods of Queens to the north and the villages of Bellerose and Floral Park in Nassau County to the south. The westbound lanes are in New York City, while the eastbound lanes are in Nassau County.[4] Throughout most of its route in New York City, Route 25 is one of the most important to commuters in the borough of Queens.

Long Island east of New York City

State Route 25B and Hillside Avenue merge into Route 25 in Mineola.[5] Route 25 continues as a divided highway again and parallels the Northern State Parkway along the northern portion of Long Island. Route 25 intersects with the Long Island Expressway once again in Jericho. State routes 106 and 107 interchange with Route 25 in downtown Jericho, however the exit is not numbered.[6]

The northern end of the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135) comes at Route 25 in Syosset. NY 110 intersects at the 32.76 miles (52.72 km) mark, in South Huntington. NY 454 begins at an intersection with Route 25 in Commack.[7] Just after the 454 intersection, NY 25 meets the Sunken Meadow State Parkway by way of an interchange. State Route 25A, a spur of Route 25, becomes concurrent with Route 25 in Smithtown.[8] In Village of the Branch, Route 25A leaves to the north when NY 111 intersects from the south. New York State Bicycle Route 25 also begins along NY 25A at this intersection.

NY 347 intersects at 47.93 miles (77.14 km) in Nesconset. In Coram, Route 25 intersects with NY 112. Route 25A comes to an end at Route 25 in Calverton, and New York State Bicycle Route 25 joins NY 25 on its way to Orient Point, with occasional diversions in Riverhead, Aquebogue, and Greenport. Four miles (6 km) later, NY 25 encounters the Long Island Expressway one final time at another interchange. 20 miles (32 km) later, in Greenport, Route 25 intersects with Route 114 at its northern terminus.[9] Route 25 continues on the northeastern end of Long Island for the final ten miles (16 km). Route 25 enters Orient and comes to an end at the Orient Point Ferry Landing. An attraction along Route 25 in Orient is Orient Beach State Park.[10]

History

NY 25 was assigned in the mid-1920s along all of what is now NY 25A east of the New York City line and its current alignment from the modern east end of NY 25A to Greenport. At the time, the section of modern NY 25 between the New York City line and Smithtown was state-maintained but unnumbered.[1][2] It was designated as NY 25A ca. 1927.[2][11] In the late 1920s, NY 25 was realigned to follow Jericho Turnpike and Middle Country Road between Smithtown and Riverhead while its former alignment to the north became part of NY 25A.[2][12] In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the routings of NY 25 and NY 25A were flipped west of Smithtown, placing both routes on their current alignments.[12] NY 25 was extended east to Orient Point ca. 1932.[13][14]

NY 25 was one of several routes that was extended west into New York City in mid-December 1934 when the city signed routes within its limits for the first time. The route followed Jericho Turnpike, Braddock Avenue, Springfield Boulevard, Horace Harding Boulevard, and several smaller streets (including Corona, Woodside, and Skillman Avenues) westward to Queens Boulevard, then part of NY 24. NY 25 joined NY 24 here, overlapping NY 24 (and NY 25A west of Northern Boulevard) along Queens Boulevard and across the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan. The three routes continued west for several more blocks along 2nd Avenue and 57th Street to Park Avenue (then NY 22 and NY 100), where NY 24, NY 25, and NY 25A all ended. At the time, the segment of modern NY 25 between Skillman Avenue and 212th Street was part of NY 24.[15]

The overlaps with both NY 24 and NY 25A into Manhattan were eventually eliminated. In the mid-1940s, NY 24 was realigned to enter Manhattan by way of the Queens–Midtown Tunnel. As a result, NY 24 now left NY 25 at what is now exit 36 on the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway.[16][17] The overlap with NY 25A was removed by 1952 after that route was truncated to the intersection of Northern and Queens Boulevards.[18] NY 25 continued to extend into Manhattan until the mid-1960s when NY 22 was truncated to end in the North Bronx. NY 25 was truncated to end in Queens as a result.[19][20] It was reextended across the Queensboro Bridge on January 1, 1970, to a new terminus at FDR Drive.[21]

New York City and vicinity

NY 25 has been realigned several times within the New York City limits. In the late 1930s, NY 25 was realigned to follow Queens Boulevard (NY 24) from Skillman Avenue to Horace Harding Boulevard, where NY 25 turned eastward to follow Horace Harding Boulevard back to its original alignment at Corona Avenue.[22][23] The route was altered again in the early 1940s to follow an even more southerly alignment between Horace Harding and Springfield Boulevards via Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike.[16][23] NY 25 went unchanged until January 1, 1970, when NY 24 was truncated to begin at the junction of 212th Street and Hillside Avenue. NY 24's former alignment along Queens Boulevard and Hillside Avenue became part of a realigned NY 25, which also used a previously unnumbered segment of Hillside Avenue between 212th Street and Braddock Avenue.[21][24]

From 1920 to 2005, the section of NY 25 that forms the border between New York City and Nassau County was simultaneously named Jamaica Avenue on the westbound (Queens, New York City) side and Jericho Turnpike on the eastbound (Nassau County) side.[25] Some map makers only showed one of the names.[26] The confusion ended when the road wholly entered Nassau County and thus became Jericho Turnpike in both directions. Similarly, both sides of the road west of Braddock Avenue (where NY 25 splits off to the northwest) were known as Jamaica Avenue even though the south side is still the Nassau County border until 225th Street. Legislation renaming the westbound side of NY 25 between Braddock Avenue and the Nassau County line as Jericho Turnpike was signed into law by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on June 6, 2005, and took effect on September 4.[25]

Former segments

Many former segments of the roads NY 25 follows exist along the current alignment, with most prefaced by the word "Old" in the road name. Within Jericho, Old Jericho Turnpike parallels the current road from a point east of the NY 106–NY 107 interchange and Marian Lane, where the old alignment merges with the current NY 25.[6] Smithtown contains a former segment in the vicinity of the Nissequogue River with a bridge and former right-of-way that still exists today.[27] In Coram, an old alignment of Middle Country Road (NY 25) extends from east of Paul's Path to Grant Smith Road.[28] The road, however, is discontinuous at NY 112.[29] At Middle Island, a former segment of Middle Country Road exists east of Church Lane and north of Bartlett Pond and runs to Robin Drive in Middle Island, where it rejoins NY 25. Another former segment used to dip south to avoid a small lake to the north.[30] A small segment of the road remains intact as Old Middle Country Road from Picaso Way to Woodville Road.[31] Prior to the construction of Picaso Way and the cluster developments it leads to, this section of Old Middle Country Road connected to the existing section at its west end, the stub of which can still be found.[32]

Near Riverhead, Middle Country Road once followed a parallel roadway to the south of the current roadway between River Road and Forge Road.[33] Although some of this section has been dismantled, a portion still exists as modern Forge Road from the Peconic River Bridge to Kroemer Avenue.[34] In Mattituck, an old alignment of Main Road (NY 25) exists as Old Main Road from Gray Avenue to west of Sigsbee Road. Southwest of Southold, Main Road originally followed the length of Lower Road and Ackerly Pond Lane between Lower Road and Main Road. To the northeast of the community, another former segment remains intact as Old Main Road between Budd's Pond and Mill Creek to Hashamomuck Pond.[35]

East of Greenport, a former alignment of Main Road is located between the creek from Silver Lake and Silvermere Road.[33] In Orient, two former routings of Main Road exist, both in the vicinity of Bight Road. The first, a loop connecting Grandview Drive to NY 25, is located west of Bight Road. The second, a loop providing access to Whalers Road from NY 25, is west of Charles Rose Airport.[36]

Reconstruction and widening projects

In the early 1970s, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) wanted to install frontage roads along a divided Route 25 between Nesconset and Lake Grove as part of a proposed upgrade of NY 347 into a limited-access highway.[37]

In the 1960s and 1970s, NYSDOT wanted to realign both Route 112 and Route 25 in Coram. The realignment and widening of NY 25 was to take place between NY 112 and Winfield Davis Road.[38]

Suffixed routes

NY 25 once had as many as four suffixed routes; two no longer exist.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[3] Destinations Notes
New York
 Manhattan 0.00 2nd Avenue south, 60th Street west Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
To FDR Drive / 1st Avenue north Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
East River
 0.48 Queensboro Bridge
Queens
 Long Island City Jackson Avenue (NY 25A west) Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
NY 25A east (Northern Boulevard) Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
1.62 Queensboro Bridge upper roadway Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
1.62 NY 25A (Jackson Avenue, Northern Boulevard)
Woodside 3.83 I-278 Exit 39 (I-278)
Rego Park I-495 Exit 19 (I-495)
Kew Gardens Jackie Robinson Parkway Exit 7 (Jackie Robinson Parkway)
7.99 Union Turnpike
8.59 I-678 Exit 9 (I-678)
Hollis Hills I-295 / NY 24 Southern terminus of I-295; western terminus of the western segment of NY 24
Queens Village 13.37 NY 25B Western terminus of NY 25B
14.43 Cross Island Parkway Exit 27 (Cross Island Parkway)
Nassau
 Mineola 20.27 Northern Parkway Exit 31 (Northern State Parkway)
20.76 NY 25B Eastern terminus of NY 25B
Westbury 24.54 I-495 Exit 40 (I-495)
Jericho 25.40 NY 106 / NY 107 Cloverleaf interchange with no exit numbers
Syosset 28.25 NY 135 Northern terminus of NY 135
Suffolk
 Huntington Station 32.76 NY 110 (Broad Hollow Road)
Commack 39.58 NY 454 (Veterans Memorial Highway) Western terminus of NY 454
39.88 Sunken Meadow Parkway Exit SM3 (Sunken Meadow Parkway)
Smithtown 43.80 NY 25A west (Saint Johnland Road) Western terminus of NY 25 / NY 25A overlap; site of the Smithtown Bull
Village of the Branch 45.15 NY 25A east (North Country Road) / NY 111 (Hauppauge Road) Eastern terminus of NY 25 / NY 25A overlap; northern terminus of NY 111
CR 16 (Terry Road)
Nesconset 47.93 NY 347 (Nesconset Highway)
Centereach 51.92 CR 97 (Nicolls Road) First single-point urban interchange in New York State[43]
Selden 54.25 CR 83 (Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road)
Coram 55.10 NY 112
Ridge 61.63 CR 46 (William Floyd Parkway) Cloverleaf interchange with no exit numbers
Calverton 66.85 NY 25A Eastern terminus of NY 25A
70.57 I-495 Exit 72 (I-495)
CDP of Riverhead 73.85 To CR 104 Formerly NY 113
Aquebogue 75.95 CR 105 (Cross River Drive)
Greenport 95.68 NY 114 Northern terminus of NY 114
Orient Point 105.07 Orient Point ferry landing To Fisher's Island, New York and/or New London, Connecticut
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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