Merrick Road
| Merrick Boulevard; Floyd H. Flake Boulevard | |
| File:Merrick Boulevard.jpg At Linden Boulevard in Queens | |
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| Namesake | Algonquin word for oyster bed; community leader Floyd H. Flake |
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| Type | Major surface street |
| Maintained by | NYCDOT, Nassau County DPW, NYSDOT |
| Length | 21.8 mi (35.1 km)[1] |
| Component highways | CR 27 (unsigned) from Rosedale–Valley Stream line to East Massapequa File:NY-27A.svg NY 27A from East Massapequa to Copiague |
| Location | Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties |
| Nearest metro station | Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer station |
| West end | File:NY-25.svg NY 25 in Jamaica |
| Major junctions | File:Belt Pkwy Shield free.svg Belt Parkway in Laurelton File:NY-27.svg NY 27 in Rockville Centre File:Meadowbrook Pkwy Shield.svg Meadowbrook State Parkway in Freeport File:Wantagh Pkwy Shield.svg Wantagh State Parkway in Wantagh File:NY-135.svg NY 135 in Seaford |
| East end | File:NY-27A.svg NY 27A in Copiague |
Merrick Road is an east–west urban arterial in Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties in New York, United States. It is known as Merrick Boulevard and co-named as Floyd H. Flake Boulevard in Queens, within New York City.
Merrick Road 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, is signed as part of New York State Route 27A (NY 27A). At one time, the entire length of Merrick Road east of Baisley Boulevard was signed as NY 27A; currently, the entire portion within Nassau County is currently designated as the unsigned County Route 27 (CR 27).[2] 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 Road's name comes from the Algonquin word "Meroke", meaning "oyster bed".[3] The section of Merrick Boulevard in Queens was co-named Floyd H. Flake Boulevard in October 2020, in honor of Floyd Flake, senior pastor of the Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York in Jamaica.
Route description
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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. Among the parks that the road passes are Proctor-Hopson Circle, St. Albans Park, and Roy Wilkins Park. Merrick Boulevard gradually turns southeast and east, passing through Springfield Gardens, Laurelton and crossing the Belt Parkway before leaving Queens into Nassau County, where it becomes Merrick Road.[1] The section of Merrick Boulevard in Queens was co-named Floyd H. Flake Boulevard in October 2020, in honor of Floyd Flake, senior pastor of the Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York in Jamaica.[4][5]
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Merrick Road is one of the old roads along the southern side of Long Island; it has since been replaced by Sunrise Highway (NY 27) for most through traffic.[1] At Rockville Centre, bridges take it over NY 27, with four directional ramps forming a partial interchange. Farther east, it serves as the southern end for state roads such as NY 107, NY 110, and the Seaford–Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135).[1]
NY 27A begins as a split from NY 27 in East Massapequa, where NY 27 leaves the original Sunrise Gold Circle, which is now Old Sunrise Highway (unsigned NY 900D) east of the split. NY 27A quickly turns south off Old Sunrise Highway onto Carman Mill Road, which ends at Merrick Road. Merrick Road from that point east continues through Massapequa over the Nassau/Suffolk border into Amityville, Suffolk County, where it becomes Montauk Highway at the Amityville/Copiague village/hamlet line.[1] Amityville is the only town in Suffolk County where southernmost major road is known as Merrick Road (it is known as Montauk Highway in every other settlement along the South Shore of Suffolk County.
Both the Meadowbrook State Parkway and the Wantagh State Parkway have interchanges with Merrick Road. A truck needing to make a delivery to the barrier beaches along Ocean Parkway may enter the Meadowbrook southbound at this road and at no point farther north.[1]
Transportation
[edit | edit source]In Queens, the Q5 and Q87 run on Merrick Boulevard between Archer Avenue and Hook Creek Boulevard, while the Q86 runs on Merrick Boulevard between Archer Avenue and Brookville Boulevard. The Q84, Q85, and Q89 serve Merrick Boulevard between Archer Avenue and Baisley Boulevard, and the Q4 serves it between Archer Avenue and Linden Boulevard. Other routes serving the boulevard include the Q1, Q2, Q3, Q6, Q8, Q9, Q17, Q20, Q36, Q41, Q44, Q76, Q77, QM63, QM65, n1, n6/n6x, n22/n22x, n24, and n26.
The n4/n4x is the main mode of public transportation on Merrick Road in Nassau County, serving it between Jamaica Center Bus Terminal and Freeport LIRR, running closed door service in Queens, with the n19 serving Merrick Road between Freeport LIRR and Unqua Road. A portion of the road is also served by the n1.
Major intersections
[edit | edit source]| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Queens | Jamaica | 0.00 | 0.00 | File:NY-25.svg NY 25 (Hillside Avenue) | Western terminus |
| 0.30 | 0.48 | Jamaica Avenue | |||
| St. Albans | 1.60 | 2.57 | Linden Boulevard | ||
| 3.30 | 5.31 | Springfield Boulevard | |||
| Laurelton | 4.10 | 6.60 | Francis Lewis Boulevard | ||
| 4.40 | 7.08 | File:East plate.svg File:Belt Pkwy Shield free.svg Belt Parkway east – Whitestone Bridge | Access via Brookville Boulevard; exit 24B on Belt Parkway | ||
| Nassau | Rockville Centre | 8.90 | 14.32 | File:NY-27.svg NY 27 (Sunrise Highway) | Interchange; same-directional access only |
| Freeport | 13.60 | 21.89 | File:Meadowbrook Pkwy Shield.svg Meadowbrook State Parkway – Mineola | Exits M9E-W on Meadowbrook State Parkway | |
| Wantagh | 16.70 | 26.88 | File:Wantagh Pkwy Shield.svg Wantagh State Parkway – Westbury, Jones Beach | Exits W6E-W on Wantagh State Parkway | |
| Seaford | 17.70 | 28.49 | File:North plate.svg File:NY-135.svg NY 135 north – Syosset | Southern terminus and exits 1E-W on NY 135 | |
| Massapequa | 18.60 | 29.93 | File:North plate.svg File:NY-107.svg NY 107 north | Southern terminus of NY 107 | |
| East Massapequa | 21.00 | 33.80 | File:West plate.svg File:NY-27A.svg NY 27A west | Western end of NY 27A concurrency | |
| Suffolk | Amityville | File:North plate.svg File:NY-110.svg NY 110 north (Broadway) | Southern terminus of NY 110 | ||
| 21.80 | 35.08 | File:East plate.svg File:NY-27A.svg NY 27A east (Montauk Highway) | Continuation east; eastern end of NY 27A concurrency; former NY 27 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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External links
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- Merrick Road at Alps' Roads