Utopia Parkway (Queens)

Crossing 19th Avenue

Utopia Parkway is a major street in the New York City borough of Queens. Starting in the neighborhood of Beechhurst and ending in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood, the street connects Cross Island Parkway and Northern Boulevard in the north to Union Turnpike, Grand Central Parkway and Hillside Avenue in the south.

History and naming

In 1905, the Utopia Land Company purchased 50 acres of farmland "between the communities of Jamaica and Flushing". The group intended to build a cooperative community for Jewish families interested in moving away from the Lower East Side of Manhattan. After the initial acquisition, the company was unable to secure enough funding to further develop the area, however. Thirty-five years later, the Gross-Morton Park Corporation of nearby Jamaica began to develop the area, which had remained farmland since the original purchase. The area is now a neighborhood named after the parkway.^[1]

References

↑ If You're Thinking of Living In/Utopia, Queens; A Neighborhood Aspires to Its Name, New York Times. Accessed April 21, 2012.

Major streets of Queens

North-South roads	Cross Bay Boulevard Francis Lewis Boulevard Kissena Boulevard Little Neck Parkway Main Street Merrick Boulevard Springfield Boulevard Steinway Street Utopia Parkway Woodhaven Boulevard

East-West roads	Astoria Boulevard Atlantic Avenue Beach Channel Drive Conduit Avenue Ditmars Boulevard Flushing Avenue Grand Avenue Greenpoint Avenue Hempstead Avenue Hillside Avenue Jackson Avenue Jamaica Avenue Linden Boulevard Liberty Avenue Metropolitan Avenue Myrtle Avenue Northern Boulevard Queens Boulevard Queens Plaza Rockaway Boulevard Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Freeway Roosevelt Avenue Shore Front Parkway Union Turnpike

List of eponymous streets in New York City

Coordinates: 40°43′46″N 73°47′36″W / 40.729472°N 73.793333°W / 40.729472; -73.793333

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