Maintained by | NYCDOT |
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Length | 10.1 mi (16.3 km) |
West end | Fulton Street / Broadway / East New York Avenue in East New York |
Major junctions | Jackie Robinson Parkway / Pennsylvania Avenue / Bushwick Avenue in Cypress Hills I-678 in Jamaica |
East end | NY 25 / Cross Island Parkway at the Bellerose–Bellerose Terrace line |
Jamaica Avenue is a major avenue in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, New York, in the United States. Jamaica Avenue's western end is at Fulton Street and Broadway, as a continuation of East New York Avenue, in Brooklyn's East New York neighborhood. Physically, East New York Avenue connects westbound to New York Avenue, where East New York Avenue changes names another time to Lincoln Road; Lincoln Road continues to Ocean Avenue in the west, where it ends. Its eastern end is at the city line in Bellerose, Queens, where it merges into NY 25 (Jericho Turnpike) to serve the rest of Long Island.