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Queens Plaza (other)
Queens Plaza may refer to: * Queens Plaza (Queens) in Queens, New York, U.S. ** Queens Plaza (IND Queens Boulevard Line), an underground station * QueensPlaza, a shopping centre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia See also * Queensboro Plaza (New York City Subway), an elevated station at Queens Plaza in New York City * Queensboro Bridge, the bridge between Manhattan and Queens which feeds into Queens Plaza in New York City * Queens (other) Queens is a borough of New York City. Queens or Queen's may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Queens (group), a Polish musical group * "Queens" (song), a 2018 song by Saara Aalto * ''Queens'' (novel), by Stephen Pickles, 1984 * "Queens", ...
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Queens Plaza (Queens)
Queens Plaza is a plaza straddling the western end of Queens Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens, between 21st Street and Jackson Avenue/Northern Boulevard (NY 25A). The Queensboro Bridge starts near the middle of the plaza. It has a New York City Subway stop for the , the Queens Plaza station below ground along the eastern edge, and another stop for the , the Queensboro Plaza station above the west central part of the plaza on elevated tracks. History The location was the center of the 18th century village of Dutch Kills, Queens, Dutch Kills; two millstones were preserved as Dutch Kills Millstones, relics of that time, to be displayed in a green space. 20th century The plaza itself was built to accommodate the connection of the Queensboro Bridge to Queens Boulevard, which opened in 1909. A street, named Jane Street, was widened by and was renamed Bridge Plaza North and South. Grassy median (highway), medians, cut off at each intersection, divided the main and service lan ...
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Queens Plaza (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
The Queens Plaza station is an express station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located under the eastern edge of Queens Plaza at the large Queens Plaza interchange, it is served by the E train at all times, by the R train at all times except late nights, and by the M train on weekdays during the day. While situated relatively close to the elevated Queensboro Plaza station on the BMT Astoria Line and IRT Flushing Line, there is no free transfer between the two stations. History The Queens Boulevard Line was one of the first lines built by the city-owned Independent Subway System (IND), and stretches between the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan and 179th Street and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens.New York TimesNew Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000 March 21, 1925, page 1 The Queens Boulevard Line was in part financed by a Public Works Administration (PWA) loan and grant of $25 million. One of the proposed stations would ...
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QueensPlaza
QueensPlaza is an upmarket shopping centre located in the Brisbane central business district, Queensland, Australia, with frontages on Adelaide Street, Queen Street Mall, and Edward Street. Built by Besix Watpac, construction began in September 2003. Stage 1 of QueensPlaza was completed in June 2005, with stage 2 being completed in October 2007. Stage 2 included giving the building more footage on the Adelaide Street side for more stores. The final stage, an expansion of David Jones, was opened in February 2008. Car parking is available at five basement levels. Fashion shows are held annually in the QueensPlaza as part of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane. Gallery File:Queens-Plaza-sculptures.jpg, QueensPlaza sculptures on Edward Street File:Queens-Plaza-2.jpg, QueensPlaza entrance , corner Queen Street Mall and Edward Street File:Tiffany & Co Store, Edward Street, Brisbane City.jpg, Tiffany & Co store File:Louis Vuitton Store, Edward Street, Brisbane City ...
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Queensboro Plaza (New York City Subway)
The Queensboro Plaza station (originally named the Queensboro Bridge Plaza station or simply Bridge Plaza station) is an elevated New York City Subway station at Queens Plaza (Queens), Queens Plaza (originally called Queensboro Bridge Plaza or simply Bridge Plaza) in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. It is near the east end of the Queensboro Bridge, with Queens Boulevard running east from the plaza. The station is served by the 7 (New York City Subway service), 7 and N (New York City Subway service), N trains at all times, the W (New York City Subway service), W train on weekdays, and the 7d (New York City Subway service), <7> train rush hours in the peak direction. Queensboro Plaza was originally built in 1916–1917 as part of the Dual Contracts between New York City and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT). The station initially had eight tracks to allow BMT and IRT passengers to transfer between the BMT As ...
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Queensboro Bridge
The Queensboro Bridge, officially the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. Completed in 1909, it connects the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens with the Midtown Manhattan, East Midtown and Upper East Side neighborhoods in Manhattan, passing over Roosevelt Island. Because the western end of the bridge connects to 59th Street (Manhattan), 59th Street in Manhattan, it is also called the 59th Street Bridge. The bridge consists of five steel spans measuring long; including approaches, its total length is . The Queensboro Bridge carries New York State Route 25 (NY 25), which terminates at the bridge's western end in Manhattan. The bridge has two levels: an upper level with a pair of two-lane roadways, and a lower level with four vehicular lanes flanked by a walkway and a bike lane. The western leg of the Queensboro Bridge is paralleled on its northern side by the Roosevelt Island Tramway. The bridge is one of ...
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