Merrick Boulevard
| Merrick Boulevard | |
Merrick Boulevard in South Jamaica, Queens
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| Maintained by | NYCDOT, Nassau County, and NYSDOT |
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| Length | 21.8 mi (35.1 km) |
| Location | Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°40′26.9″N 73°43′39.8″W / 40.674139°N 73.727722°W |
| West end |
 NY 25 in Jamaica
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| East end |
 NY 27A (Montauk Highway) on the Amityville–Copiague line |
Merrick Road, known as Merrick Boulevard inside New York City, is an east–west urban arterial in Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties, New York, United States. It runs east from the Queens neighborhood of Jamaica through Merrick past the county line between Nassau and Suffolk into Amityville, where it becomes Montauk Highway at the Amityville–Copiague village/hamlet line. The easternmost portion of Merrick Road, from Carman Mill Road to its eastern terminus, signed as part of New York State Route 27A (NY 27A). At one time, the entire length of Merrick Road was signed as NY 27A; currently, the entire portion within Nassau County is currently designated as the unsigned County Route 27 (CR 27). Merrick Road travels along an old right-of-way that was one of the original paths across southern Long Island, stretching from Queens to Montauk Point.
Merrick Boulevard begins at NY 25 (Hillside Avenue) as a two-lane, one-way street heading eastbound (compass south at this point), which continues north of Hillside Avenue as 166th Street. Two blocks to the south of Hillside Avenue, Merrick Boulevard passes by the Central Branch of the Queens Library and the 165th Street Bus Terminal. A block to its east, 168th Street provides for westbound traffic. Just south of Liberty Avenue, the two directions join together to form a four-lane, divided Merrick Boulevard. There is also a subway located along here. Among the parks that the road passes are Proctor-Hopson Circle, St. Albans Park, and Roy Wilkins Park.
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