Junction Boulevard, originally Junction Avenue, is a two-mile north-south route that runs through the neighborhoods of Jackson Heights,

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, Elmhurst, and

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, New York City. It continues as 94th Street in

East Elmhurst East Elmhurst is a residential neighborhood in the northwest section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded to the south by Jackson Heights and Corona, to the north and east by Bowery Bay, and to the west by Woodside and Ditmars ...

and also serves

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Route description

94th Street begins at

, running south through the East Elmhurst neighborhood. Upon intersecting 32nd Avenue, it continues as Junction Boulevard. Along its route, it intersects with the following major roads:

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, Astoria Boulevard,

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, Corona Avenue,

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, with its southern end at

Queens Boulevard Queens Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Queens connecting Midtown Manhattan, via the Queensboro Bridge, to Jamaica. It is long and forms part of New York State Route 25. Queens Boulevard runs northwest to so ...

. Junction Boulevard passes by the

LeFrak City LeFrak City (originally spelled Lefrak and pronounced ) is a 4,605-apartment development in the southernmost region of Corona and the easternmost part of Elmhurst, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located between Junct ...

apartment development and the Rego Center Mall, ending at

. For most of its length, its width varies from two to four lanes.

Transportation

The entire length of 94th Street and Junction Boulevard is followed by the Q72 bus. Junction Boulevard contains two

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stations: * Junction Boulevard station on the

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() *

63rd Drive–Rego Park station The 63rd Drive–Rego Park station is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway, consisting of four tracks. Located at 63rd Drive and Queens Boulevard in the Rego Park neighborhood of Queens, it is served b ...

on the IND Queens Boulevard Line ()

References

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