Route 25A
New York Route 25A travels 73.09 miles from the Long Island Expressway (I-495) at Long Island City in Queens, New York to NY 25 (Middle Country Road) at Calverton in Suffolk County. Within New York City, NY 25A branches northeast from Interstate 495 along Jackson Avenue to NY 25 (Queens Boulevard) at the east end of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. The remainder of the route across Queens follows Northern Boulevard.
Northern Boulevard leads NY 25A east to Astoria and Woodside, where the state route meets Interstate 278 (Brooklyn Queens Expressway). East through Jackson Heights, Northern Boulevard converges with Astoria Boulevard and Grand Central Parkway (GCP) by Citi Field, home of the New York Mets. NY 25A runs alongside the Whitestone Expressway linking the GCP with I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) at Willets Point. NY 25A continues east from there to Flushing and Murray Hill. Ramps connect Northern Boulevard with I-295 (Clearview Expressway) between the Auburndale and Bayside neighborhoods of east Queens. NY 25A runs through Douglaston-Little Neck and into Nassau County at University Gardens.
NY 25A runs through Huntington, Northport, Stony Brook along the North Shore of Long Island.
East
Jackson Avenue branches northeast from Vernon Boulevard and 11th Street / Pulaski Bridge through Long Island City in Queens to NY 25 (Queens Boulevard) and the Queensboro Bridge. Jackson Avenue intersects 47th Road one block ahead of the NY 25A turn onto Jackson Avenue from 21st Street. Citibank Tower rises to a height of 200.5 meters with 50 stories in the distance.
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NY 25A stems four blocks north along 21st Street from Interstate 495 (Queens Midtown Expressway) to Jackson Avenue east.
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NY 25A (Jackson Avenue) east at 46th Avenue west and Crane Street south.
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Jackson Avenue east at Purves Street and 43rd Avenue. Passing overhead are ramps linking Thomson Avenue with the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge (NY 25).
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Advancing east toward the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge along Jackson Avenue (NY 25A) at Queens Street. Major redevelopment of Jackson Avenue took place from 2009 onward.
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Sign formerly posted on Jackson Avenue east at 42nd Road for the Queensboro Bridge Lower Roadway. NY 25A intersects Queens Plaza (NY 25) below the elevated lanes of the Queensboro Bridge at the succeeding traffic lights.
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NY 25A (Jackson Avenue) east at Queens Plaza and Northern Boulevard below the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. NY 25 follows the Queensboro Bridge west to Manhattan. Queens Boulevard leads the state route east through Sunnyside.
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NY 25A transitions onto Northern Boulevard and proceeds north to 41st Avenue, which links with Queens Plaza west to the Queensboro Bridge entrance ramp.
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West
NY 25A turns south from Jackson Avenue onto 21st Street at the five way intersection with 47th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. The state route concludes four blocks to the south at Interstate 495 (Queens Midtown Expressway).
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The Pulaski Bridge ascends from McGuinness Boulevard northbound in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to cross the Newtown Creek to Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens.
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The Pulaski Bridge constitutes a double leaf bascule bridge. The six lane span opened to traffic on September 10, 1954 and was reconstructed in 1994.1
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$40 million in reconstruction for the Pulaski Bridge in 1994 built new approaches and superstructure, and replaced the electrical and mechanical systems for the lifting mechanisms.1
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The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge (NY 25) comes into view north from the Pulaski Bridge. The Pulaski Bridge passes over I-495 (Queens Midtown Expressway) at west end of NY 25A.
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References:
- Pulaski Bridge Over Newtown Creek,
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bridges/bridges/pulaski.htmlNYC.gov
Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman, Carter Buchanan: 10/03/04
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Page Updated Sunday March 15, 2020.