 Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York | |
 Interactive map of Pennsylvania Avenue | |
| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
|---|---|
| Location | Brooklyn,New York City |
| South end | Belt Parkway |
| North end | Jamaica Avenue |
Pennsylvania Avenue is a major north–south street in theEast New York neighborhood ofBrooklyn inNew York City. It generally runs north to south, from theJackie Robinson Parkway inBroadway Junction to theBelt Parkway inStarrett City.
Pennsylvania Avenue is also known asGranville Payne Avenue, named after a jazz musician and community activist.[1]
From theLinden Boulevard intersection to the Belt Parkway junction, Pennsylvania Avenue has three lanes in each direction, with aconcrete median and a center lane for left turns at some intersections. The segment between Linden Boulevard and theJackie Robinson Parkway has three lanes in each direction, but no median.
Exit 14 on the Belt Parkway is the southern terminus of Pennsylvania Avenue.[2] In 2019, the southern end of Pennsylvania Avenue was extended as the entrance toShirley Chisholm State Park, built atop a decommissioned landfill facingJamaica Bay.
The following subway stations served Pennsylvania Avenue:
It is also served by the following bus routes:
In 2000, construction took place nearby Pennsylvania Avenue, across the Hendrix Creek inEast New York to build a $192 million shopping complex, situated on the Belt Parkway. The shopping complex, known as theGateway Center, was built on thePennsylvania Avenue and Fountain Avenue Landfills, a 230-acre (0.93 km2) Brooklynlandfill complex. Anchor tenants of the 640,000-square-foot (59,000 m2) mall includeTarget,Home Depot,BJ's Wholesale Club,Marshalls andBed Bath & Beyond. Restaurants, includingRed Lobster andOlive Garden, are also part of the Gateway Center. Construction of Gateway Estates, a low income housing subdivision nearby, took place after the shopping mall opened in 2002. Due to the mall's location near roads with high traffic volume, including Pennsylvania Avenue, Erskine Street,Flatlands Avenue, and the Belt Parkway, local developers said it will attract shoppers from areas outside of Brooklyn, includingQueens andLong Island. This development has been a significant project for economic resurrection and has created many jobs for people in the neighborhood of East New York.[3]