Bay Parkway is a

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in the west portion of the

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borough of

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Route description

Bay Parkway begins at Ocean Parkway and continues for approximately southwesterly to Bath Beach, past Seth Low Playground and Bealin Square toward Bensonhurst Park,

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(Exit 5), and Caesar's Bay shopping plaza on Gravesend Bay. It runs through

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and is four lanes wide throughout its route. Along Bay Parkway are many Chinese, Russian and Italian-American businesses and many residential buildings and co-ops.

History

Bay Parkway was known as 22nd Avenue until the 1930s, when the name was changed to facilitate large-scale apartment-type

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. Its renaming as a parkway was first proposed in the state legislature in 1892, along with Bay Ridge Parkway, and

Fort Hamilton Parkway Fort Hamilton Parkway is a parkway in Brooklyn, New York. It runs for 4.1 miles from the neighborhood of Windsor Terrace to Bay Ridge, its southern end at the entrance to its namesake military base at Fort Hamilton. History Originally known ...

, placing the road under the jurisdiction of the Brooklyn Parks Department. The renaming was intended to boost the desirability of real estate along its route.

Transit

Bay Parkway has three

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stops: * Bay Parkway on the

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() * Bay Parkway on the

IND Culver Line The IND Culver Line (formerly IND Culver Line#History, BMT Culver Line) is a rapid transit line of the B Division (NYCS), B Division of the New York City Subway, extending from Downtown Brooklyn south to Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City, ...

() * Bay Parkway on the

BMT West End Line The BMT West End Line is a line of the New York City Subway, serving the Brooklyn communities of Sunset Park, Borough Park, New Utrecht, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Coney Island. The D train operates local on the entire line at all times ...

() The B6 also serves the parkway south of Avenue J, with service from Bensonhurst originating at Cropsey Avenue. It is joined with the B82 and B82+ Select Bus Service south of Kings Highway, all of which head south on Cropsey.

References

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