 New York State Route 25 | ||||
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 NY 25 highlighted in red and former reference routes in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNYSDOT,NYCDOT and the village ofGreenport | ||||
| Length | 105.07 mi[1] (169.09 km) | |||
| Existed | mid-1920s[2][3]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | 2nd Avenue inManhattan | |||
| Major intersections |  I-278 inWoodside I-495 inRego Park I-678 inKew Gardens   I-295 /NY 24 /Grand Central Parkway inHollis Hills Cross Island Parkway at theBellerose–Bellerose Terrace lineI-495 inJericho  CR 14 /Sunken Meadow State Parkway inCommack I-495 /CR 58 inCalverton | |||
| East end |  Orient Point Ferry Landing inOrient | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | New York,Queens,Nassau,Suffolk | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 25 (NY 25) is an east–weststate highway in downstate New York in the United States. The route extends along the central parts andNorth Shore ofLong Island for just over 105 miles (169 km) from east midtownManhattan in New York City to theCross Sound Ferry terminal atOrient Point on the end of Long Island'sNorth Fork. NY 25 is carried fromManhattan toQueens by way of the double-deckedQueensboro Bridge over theEast River.
NY 25 is unique among New York State Routes on Long Island, as it is the only one to leave the geographical boundaries of Long Island, albeit minimally; it ends at the western terminus of the Queensboro Bridge. It is also one of only two signed New York State routes inManhattan (the other isNY 9A). Additionally, NY 25 is the second-longest highway on Long Island after itsSouth Shore counterpart:NY 27 (Sunrise Highway / Montauk Highway).
NY 25 runs along several differently-named roads. In theborough ofQueens, it is calledQueens Boulevard,Hillside Avenue and finally Braddock Avenue. Braddock Avenue ends immediately upon crossing over the Cross Island Parkway. At that point, NY 25 turns east onto Jericho Turnpike, which runs along the Queens-Nassau border from Braddock Avenue to 257th Street. Continuing east throughNassau and westernSuffolk counties, NY 25 retains the name Jericho Turnpike. Further east, the highway becomes Main Street inSmithtown, Middle Country Road in central Suffolk, Main Street again inRiverhead, and finally Main Road in eastern Suffolk.
Two alternate routings exist bearing the designation NY 25 Truck, both along the North Fork. They began as two separate routes, one betweenLaurel andMattituck and the other in the vicinity of Greenport; however, they were effectively merged after a truck route was established between Mattituck and Greenport.
NY 25 begins nearSecond Avenue inManhattan, at the western end of the double-deckedQueensboro Bridge spanning theEast River andRoosevelt Island. East of the bridge, NY 25 becomesQueens Boulevard at the intersection withNY 25A, in theLong Island City section of the borough ofQueens.Queens Plaza is based around this section of the road.[4]
In Long Island City, NY 25 runs southeast beneath the elevated tracks of theIRT Flushing Line. At Thompson Avenue, the route turns to run eastward as the multi-lanedivided Queens Boulevard, straddling the Flushing Line's elevated structure eastward to 48th Street, at which point the Flushing Line turns northeast ontoRoosevelt Avenue and Queens Boulevard becomes 6 lanes in each direction, with main andservice roads. InWoodside, NY 25 meetsI-278 at exit 39. InElmhurst, the road runs over theeponymous subway line starting at the intersection with Grand Avenue and Broadway. InCorona, the road intersects theLong Island Expressway (I-495) and the northern terminus ofWoodhaven Boulevard.[4]
Outside ofRego Park, NY 25 turns slightly southeast towardsForest Hills andJamaica. InKew Gardens the route is connected to the westbound and eastbound roadways ofUnion Turnpike and passes over theJackie Robinson Parkway without access. Near Jamaica, the road meetsI-678 at exit 9, a partial interchange. Three blocks southeast of I-678, NY 25 turns east and is known as Hillside Avenue, a city street that begins atJamaica Avenue inRichmond Hill near the site of the closedLIRR station. This section of NY 25 is undivided but has several lanes in the Jamaica-Hollis area. InQueens Village the route connects with bothI-295 andNY 24 at an interchange that serves as NY 24's western end and I-295's southern terminus. East of I-295, NY 25 intersects the western terminus ofNY 25B; NY 25 turns southeast onto Braddock Avenue while Hillside Avenue continues east as Route 25B.[4]
InBellerose, the roadway passes over theCross Island Parkway and turns east onto Jericho Turnpike. This section, to just before 257th Street, is the border between the Bellerose andFloral Park neighborhoods of Queens to the north and the villages ofBellerose andFloral Park inNassau County to the south. The westbound lanes are in New York City, whereas the eastbound lanes are in Nassau County.[4]
NY 25B and Hillside Avenue merge into NY 25 in Mineola.[5] NY 25 continues in this area as a divided highway and parallels the Northern State Parkway. NY 25 again intersects with the Long Island Expressway inJericho.NY 106 andNY 107 interchange with NY 25 in downtown Jericho, however the exit is not numbered.[6]
The northern end of the Seaford–Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135) terminates at NY 25 inSyosset.NY 110 intersects at the 32.76-mile (52.72 km) mark, inSouth Huntington.NY 454 begins at an intersection with NY 25 inCommack.[7] Just after the NY 454 intersection, NY 25 meets theSunken Meadow State Parkway by way of an interchange. NY 25A, a spur of NY 25, becomes concurrent with NY 25 inSmithtown.[8] InVillage of the Branch, NY 25A leaves to the north whereNY 111 intersects from the south.New York State Bicycle Route 25 (NYS Bike Route 25) also begins along NY 25A at this intersection.
NY 347 intersects at 47.93 miles (77.14 km) inNesconset. InCoram, NY 25 intersects withNY 112. NY 25A ends at NY 25 inCalverton, and NYS Bike Route 25 joins NY 25 on its way to Orient Point, with occasional diversions in Riverhead, Aquebogue, and Greenport. Four miles (6.4 km) later, NY 25 encounters theLong Island Expressway one final time at another interchange. 20 miles (32 km) further eastward, inGreenport, NY 25 intersects with NY 114 at its northern terminus.[9] NY 25 continues on the northeastern end of Long Island for the final ten miles (16 km). NY 25 entersOrient and ends at theOrient Point Ferry Landing. An attraction along NY 25 in Orient isOrient Beach State Park.[10]
NY 25 was assigned in the 1924 along all of what is nowNY 25A east of the New York City line and its current alignment from the modern east end of NY 25A toGreenport.[2] At the time, the section of modern NY 25 between the New York City line andSmithtown was state-maintained but unnumbered.[3] It was designated as NY 25Ac. 1927.[3][11]
In 1929, NY 25 was realigned to follow Jericho Turnpike and Middle Country Road between Smithtown andRiverhead while its former alignment to the north became part of NY 25A.[3][12]
In the1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, the routings of NY 25 and NY 25A were flipped west of Smithtown, placing both routes on their current alignments.[12] NY 25 was extended east toOrient Pointc. 1932.[13][14]
NY 25 was one of several routes that was extended west into New York City in mid-December 1934 when the city signed routes within its limits for the first time. The route followed Jericho Turnpike, Braddock Avenue, Springfield Boulevard, Horace Harding Boulevard, and several smaller streets (including Corona, Woodside, and Skillman Avenues) westward toQueens Boulevard, then part ofNY 24. NY 25 joined NY 24 here,overlapping NY 24 (andNY 25A west of Northern Boulevard) along Queens Boulevard and across theQueensboro Bridge intoManhattan. The three routes continued west for several more blocks along2nd Avenue and57th Street toPark Avenue (thenNY 22 andNY 100), where NY 24, NY 25, and NY 25A all ended. At the time, the segment of modern NY 25 between Skillman Avenue and 212th Street was part of NY 24.[15]
In 1938, NY 25 was realigned to follow Queens Boulevard (NY 24) from Skillman Avenue to Horace Harding Boulevard, where NY 25 turned eastward to follow Horace Harding Boulevard back to its original alignment at Corona Avenue.[16][17]
The route was altered in 1940 to follow an even more southerly alignment between Horace Harding and Springfield Boulevards via Queens Boulevard andUnion Turnpike.[18][17] NY 25 went unchanged until January 1, 1970, when NY 24 was truncated to begin at the junction of 212th Street and Hillside Avenue. NY 24's former alignment along Queens Boulevard and Hillside Avenue became part of a realigned NY 25, which also used a previously unnumbered segment of Hillside Avenue between 212th Street and Braddock Avenue.[19][20]
In 1941, the New York City Planning Department proposed converting Queens Boulevard into afreeway, as was done with theVan Wyck Expressway, from the Queensboro Bridge to Hillside Avenue. The boulevard would be converted to an expressway with grade separation at the more important intersections, and by closing off access from minor streets. As part of the project, the express lanes of Queens Boulevard were depressed in the area of Woodhaven Boulevard and Horace Harding Boulevard (later turned into the Long Island Expressway), while the local lanes were kept at grade level. The plan to upgrade the boulevard was delayed with the onset ofWorld War II, and was never completed.
In 1942, NY 24 was realigned to enter Manhattan by way of theQueens–Midtown Tunnel. As a result, NY 24 now left NY 25 at what is now exit 36 on theBrooklyn–Queens Expressway.[18][21]
On November 18, 1949, the Traffic Commission approved the retiming of traffic signals along the entirety of Queens Boulevard to speed traffic, which would take effect about February 1, 1950. The change, known as the "triple-offset system" was expected to reduce peak congestion, like what was done on the Grand Concourse. Westbound traffic would be favored from 7 to 9 a.m., while eastbound traffic would be favored from 5 to 7 p.m. The Boulevard handled 73,000 cars on an average weekday, with a peak of 7,600 cars an hour towards Manhattan, and a peak of 6,700 to points east.[22]
The overlap with NY 25A was removed by 1952 after that route was truncated to the intersection of Northern and Queens Boulevards.[23]
The overlaps with both NY 24 and NY 25A into Manhattan were eliminated in 1964.
NY 25 continued to extend into Manhattan until the 1964 when NY 22 was truncated to end in theNorth Bronx.[24]
Westbound traffic on NY 25 continued off the Queensboro Bridge onto60th Street toPark Avenue, where it turned south, then west along57th Street to its terminus at theWest Side Highway (NY 9A). Eastbound traffic traveled on 57th Street from NY 9A to the Queensboro Bridge entrance ramp. In 1967, NY 25 was truncated to end in Queens as a result.[25]
In 1960, Queensborough presidentJohn T. Clancy proposed reconstructing the entire seven-mile boulevard to meet traffic demand from the1964 New York World's Fair for $17.1 million. Due to bureaucratic issues and the need to finance the project using city funds, the project was delayed and cut back to a 2.5 mile section for $2.6 million. Underpasses at Union Turnpike and at Grand Avenue—Broadway were dropped from the plan. On September 3, 1964, the Department of Highways announced that the project was far behind the project's original schedule. Only $2.6 million for the central section of the project was approved as rebuilding more than a mile of the road a time was deemed to be too disruptive for travel. At the time, the rebuilding of the first 1-mile section from 70th Avenue to Union Turnpike was completed.[26] The six service road lanes were resurfaced, yellow asphalt surfacing was installed to guide drivers turning at intersections, and malls were narrowed to widen the roadway and provide space for cars turning off the six-lane main roadway. Work on the 63rd Drive to 70th Avenue section was 70 percent complete, and the Department of Highways expected to request the release of $400,000 for the section to Woodhaven Boulevard within two weeks. Work on that section was expected to start in 1965. Queens Boulevard handled more than 85,000 vehicles a day, making it the second busiest roadway in the city, after the Long Island Expressway, which handled 125,000 vehicles a day.[26]
In 1969, many traffic lights in Queens were computerized, reducing travel time by as much as 25 percent during off-peak hours, and as much as 39 percent during rush hour.[27]
On January 1, 1970, the road was reextended across the Queensboro Bridge to a new terminus atFDR Drive.[19]
The interchange between I-495 and CR 58 in Riverhead was completed as a result of I-495's eastern completion. This interchange was fully operational by 1972. It features grade separated ramps, high-speed banked curves, and interstate standard signing.
In the early 1970s, theNew York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) wanted to install frontage roads along a divided NY 25 between Nesconset and Lake Grove as part of a proposed upgrade ofNY 347 into afreeway.[28]
In the 1960s and 1970s, NYSDOT wanted to realign both NY 25 andNY 112 in Coram. The realignment and widening of NY 25 was to take place between NY 112 and Winfield Davis Drive.[29][full citation needed]
A traffic light at Manor Road was installed at the time of completion of Splish Splash Water Park in 1991.
In 1985, theNew York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) started a project to examine the causes of fatalities and injuries on the boulevard.[30] The changing of traffic signals to increase crossing times across the boulevard helped reduce the average pedestrian deaths in a section in Forest Hills and Rego Park from 4 each year from 1980 and 1984 to 1 in 1986. In four of the five years between 1988 and 1992, as many people were killed in car accidents on the boulevard as on any other street in the city.[31] Between 1991 and 1992, new speed limit signs were installed on the boulevard, police enforcement of traffic light and speeding violations was increased, and the timing for street lights was adjusted.[32]
Up until 2005, the section of NY 25 that forms the border between New York City and Nassau County was simultaneously namedJamaica Avenue on the westbound (Queens, New York City) side and Jericho Turnpike on the eastbound (Nassau County) side.[33] Some map makers only showed one of the names.[34] The confusion ended where the road wholly entered Nassau County and thus became Jericho Turnpike in both directions. Similarly, both sides of the road west of Braddock Avenue (where NY 25 splits off to the northwest) were known as Jamaica Avenue even though the south side is still the Nassau County border until 225th Street. Legislation renaming the westbound side of NY 25 between Braddock Avenue and the Nassau County line as Jericho Turnpike was signed into law by New York City MayorMichael Bloomberg on June 6, 2005, and took effect on September 4.[33]
Many former segments of the roads NY 25 follows exist along the current alignment, with most prefaced by the word "Old" in the road name. WithinJericho, Old Jericho Turnpike parallels the current road from a point east of theNY 106–NY 107 interchange and Marian Lane, where the old alignment merges with the current NY 25.[6] Smithtown contains a former segment in the vicinity of theNissequogue River with a bridge and former right-of-way that still exists today.[35][36] InCoram, an old alignment of Middle Country Road (NY 25) extends from east of Paul's Path to Grant Smith Road.[37] The road, however, is discontinuous atNY 112.[38] AtMiddle Island, a former segment of Middle Country Road exists east of Church Lane and north of Bartlett Pond and runs to Robin Drive in Middle Island, where it rejoins NY 25. Another former segment used to dip south to avoid a small lake to the north.[39] A small segment of the road remains intact as Old Middle Country Road from Picaso Way to Woodville Road.[40] Prior to the construction of Picaso Way and the cluster developments it leads to, this section of Old Middle Country Road connected to the existing section at its west end, the stub of which can still be found.[41]
NearRiverhead, Middle Country Road once followed a parallel roadway to the south of the current roadway between River Road and Forge Road.[42] Although some of this section has been dismantled, a portion still exists as modern Forge Road from the Peconic River Bridge to Kroemer Avenue.[43] In Laurel, New York (Southold township), A quarter mile section was rerouted past the town hamlet of Laurel in a more direct and straight manner. The old section became Franklinville Road which connects to NY 25 at both ends of the 1/4 mile bypass. InMattituck, an old alignment of Main Road (NY 25) exists as Old Main Road from Bray Avenue to west of Sigsbee Road. Southwest ofSouthold, Main Road originally followed the length of Lower Road and Ackerly Pond Lane between Lower Road and Main Road.[citation needed] To the northeast of the community, another former segment remains intact as Old Main Road between Budd's Pond and Mill Creek to Hashamomuck Pond.[44]
East ofGreenport, a former alignment of Main Road is located between the creek from Silver Lake and Silvermere Road.[42] InOrient, two former routings of Main Road exist, both in the vicinity of Bight Road. The first, a loop connecting Grandview Drive to NY 25, is located west of Bight Road. The second, a loop providing access to Whalers Road from NY 25, is west of Charles Rose Airport.[45]
In 2025,a bus lane was constructed on NY 25 (Hillside Avenue) around Jamaica, between 139th Street and Springfield Boulevard.[46][47] These bus lanes, which are offset from the curb, replaced a set of curbside bus lanes that had been in place since 1969.[47]
NY 25 once had as many as four suffixed routes; two no longer exist.
 New York State Route 25 Truck | |
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| Location | Laurel–Greenport |
There are two separate routes designated NY 25 Truck on theNorth Fork of Long Island. The longest of the two routes roughly parallels NY 25 along Franklinville Road, Aldrich Lane, Sound Avenue, andCounty Route 48 (CR 48) betweenLaurel andGreenport, while the other follows the north–south Moore's Lane between NY 25 and the east–west truck route just west of Greenport. Together, they bypass a low railroad bridge that carries theMain Line of theLong Island Rail Road over NY 25 in Laurel and narrow historic streets in Greenport.
The two routes were originally distinct highways that did not connect to one another. The truck route along Franklinville Road, Aldrich Lane, and Sound Avenue began as a route between Laurel andMattituck, which followed Old Sound Avenue at its east end. The other NY 25 Truck began west of Greenport at the junction of NY 25 and Moore's Lane and followed Moore's Lane and CR 48 northeast to NY 25 north of the village. At some point, the section of CR 48 between Mattituck and Greenport was also posted as NY 25 Truck, effectively merging the two routes while retaining the north–south leg of the Greenport truck route along Moore's Lane.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Manhattan | Upper East Side | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2nd Avenue /East 60th Street | Western terminus of Lower Level |
  East 62nd Street /East 63rd Street toFDR Drive /1st Avenue /2nd Avenue | Western terminus of Upper Level | ||||
| East River | 0.48 | 0.77 | Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge | ||
| Queens | Long Island City | 1.62 | 2.61 |  NY 25A (Northern Boulevard) –Roosevelt Island | Eastern terminus of Upper Level |
| NY 25A (Jackson Avenue /Northern Boulevard) | |||||
| Woodside | 3.83 | 6.16 | I-278 (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) –RFK Bridge,Verrazano Bridge | No eastbound access to I-278 west; exits 39E-W on I-278 | |
| Rego Park | 5.43 | 8.74 | I-495 (Long Island Expressway) /Woodhaven Boulevard –Midtown Tunnel,Eastern Long Island | Exit 19 on I-495 | |
| Kew Gardens | 7.99 | 12.86 |  Union Turnpike toJackie Robinson Parkway | Interchange; no westbound access to Union Turnpike west | |
| 8.59 | 13.82 |   I-678 south (Van Wyck Expressway) –Kennedy Airport | Exit 9 on I-678 | ||
| Hollis Hills | 9.17 | 14.76 |  I-295 north (Clearview Expressway) /Grand Central Parkway / Hollis Court Boulevard (NY 24 east) –Throgs Neck Bridge | Southern terminus of I-295; exit 21 on Grand Central Parkway | |
| Bellerose | 13.37 | 21.52 |   NY 25B east (Hillside Avenue) | Western terminus of NY 25B | |
| Queens–Nassau county line | Bellerose–Bellerose Terrace line | 14.43 | 23.22 | Cross Island Parkway –Verrazano Bridge,Whitestone Bridge | Exits 27E-W on Cross Island Parkway |
| Nassau | Old Westbury–Westbury village line | 20.22– 20.27 | 32.54– 32.62 |  Northern State Parkway –New York,Hauppauge | Access viaGlen Cove Road; exit 31 on Northern State Parkway |
| 20.76 | 33.41 |  NY 25B west –East Williston | Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of NY 25B | ||
| 22.25 | 35.81 | ToNorthern State Parkway | Access via Post Avenue | ||
| Jericho | 24.54 | 39.49 | I-495 –New York,Riverhead | Exit 40 on I-495 | |
| 25.40 | 40.88 |   NY 106 /NY 107 –Hicksville,Oyster Bay,Glen Cove | Cloverleaf interchange | ||
| Syosset–Woodbury line | 28.25 | 45.46 |   NY 135 south –Seaford | Northern terminus and exits 14E-W on NY 135 | |
| Suffolk | Huntington Station–South Huntington line | 32.76 | 52.72 |  NY 110 –Walt Whitman House | |
| Elwood–Dix Hills line | 35.44 | 57.04 |  CR 35 toNorthern State Parkway | ||
| 36.94 | 59.45 |   CR 66 south toNorthern State Parkway | No westbound entrance; northern terminus of CR 66 | ||
| Commack | 39.24 | 63.15 |  CR 4 (Commack Road) | ||
| 39.58 | 63.70 |  NY 454 east –Hauppauge,Patchogue | No westbound exit; western terminus of NY 454 | ||
| 39.88 | 64.18 |  CR 14 north (Indian Head Road) /Sunken Meadow State Parkway –Bay Shore,Sunken Meadow State Park | No eastbound access to Parkway south; no westbound access to Parkway north | ||
| Community of Smithtown | 43.80 | 70.49 | NY 25A west | Western end of NY 25A concurrency | |
| Smithtown–Village of the Branch line | 45.15 | 72.66 |  NY 25A east /NY 111 south –Hauppauge,Stony Brook,Port Jefferson | Eastern end of NY 25A concurrency; northern terminus of NY 111 | |
| Village of the Branch | 45.78 | 73.68 |   CR 16 east (Terry Road) | Western terminus of CR 16 | |
| Nesconset–St. James line | 47.93 | 77.14 |  NY 347 –Hauppauge,Port Jefferson | ||
| Centereach | 51.92 | 83.56 |  CR 97 (Nicolls Road) –Stony Brook,Blue Point | SPUI | |
| Coram | 54.25 | 87.31 |  CR 83 –Patchogue,Mount Sinai | ||
| 55.10 | 88.67 |  NY 112 –Medford,Patchogue | |||
| Middle Island | 58.48 | 94.11 |  CR 21 (Rocky Point Road) | ||
| Ridge | 61.63 | 99.18 |  CR 46 –Wading River,Smith Point Park | Cloverleaf interchange | |
| Wading River–Calverton line | 66.85 | 107.58 | NY 25A west –Wading River,Port Jefferson | Eastern terminus of NY 25A | |
| Calverton | 70.05 | 112.73 | CR 58 east (Old Country Road) –Greenport,Orient | Interchange; western terminus of CR 58; westbound access via center medianu-turn ramp | |
| 70.57 | 113.57 |  I-495 west –New York | Exit 72 on I-495 | ||
| Community of Riverhead | 73.85 | 118.85 |   ToNY 24 /CR 104 –Montauk | Access via Peconic Avenue | |
| 75.55 | 121.59 |   CR 58 west (Old Country Road) toI-495 west | Eastern terminus of CR 58 | ||
| Riverhead–Aquebogue line | 75.95 | 122.23 |  CR 105 –Northville,Westhampton,Montauk | ||
| Laurel | 81.33 | 130.89 |   NY 25 Truck east (Franklinville Road) –Mattituck | Western terminus of NY 25 Truck | |
| Greenport | 85.82 | 138.11 | NY 25 Truck east (Moores Lane) –Greenport West | Alternate routing of NY 25 Truck | |
| 95.68 | 153.98 |  NY 114 south –Shelter Island | Northern terminus of NY 114 | ||
| 96.82 | 155.82 |  NY 25 Truck west / CR 48 west –Mattituck | Eastern terminus of NY 25 Truck/CR 48 | ||
| Orient Point | 105.07 | 169.09 | Orient Point Ferry Landing | Eastern terminus; ferries serveFisher's Island andNew London, CT | |
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