 Korean War Veterans Parkway | |
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 Korean War Veterans Parkway highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by NYSDOT | |
| Length | 4.28 mi (6.89 km) |
| Existed | 1972[1]–present |
| History | Named Richmond Parkway from 1972–1997[1] |
| Component highways | NY 909C (unsigned) entire length NY 440 in Charleston |
| Restrictions | No commercial vehicles north of Maguire Avenue |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | NY 440 in Charleston |
| NY 440 in Charleston | |
| North end | Drumgoole Road West in Arden Heights |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Counties | Richmond |
| Highway system | |
The Korean War Veterans Parkway is a controlled-access parkway that traverses the South Shore of Staten Island, New York, in the United States. It begins at the Outerbridge Crossing toll gantry and runs from southwest to northeast to a merge with Drumgoole Road West in the island's Arden Heights section. The parkway is designated New York State Route 909C (NY 909C), an unsigned reference route, which continues northeast along Drumgoole Road West for a short distance to its end at an intersection with Richmond Avenue. The westernmost 0.38 miles (0.61 km) of the parkway overlaps with NY 440.
The parkway opened in 1972 as the Richmond Parkway. It was renamed the Korean War Veterans Parkway in 1997; however, the highway is still widely known as the Richmond Parkway.
As originally planned, the parkway would have continued northeast to an interchange with Interstate 278 (I-278) in Sunnyside, and would have also connected to Wolfe's Pond Park on Staten Island's South Shore by way of a spur known as Wolfe's Pond Parkway. The section of the Richmond Parkway east of Richmond Avenue was canceled sometime after the 1960s as a result of community opposition; likewise, Wolfe's Pond Parkway was canceled in the 1970s. Today, the part of the Staten Island Greenbelt where the parkway would have run is still known as Richmond Parkway.