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{{short description|Avenue in Brooklyn and Queens, New York}} |
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[[File:Liberty Avenue @ Lefferts Boulevard.jpg|thumb|200px|At Lefferts Boulevard]] |
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| name = Liberty Avenue |
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| image = Liberty Avenue @ Lefferts Boulevard.jpg |
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| image_alt = At Lefferts Boulevard |
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| owner = [[Government of New York City|City of New York]] |
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| maint = [[NYCDOT]] |
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| length_mi = 7.9 |
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| length_ref = <ref name=google>{{google maps |url=https://goo.gl/maps/M8Bo1kAbMNp |title=Liberty Avenue |accessdate=January 14, 2017}}</ref> |
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| location = [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]] |
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| metro = [[IND Fulton Street Line|Fulton Street Line]] {{NYCS Fulton|time=bullets}} |
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| direction_a = West |
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| terminus_a = Mother Gaston Boulevard in [[Brownsville, Brooklyn|Brownsville]] |
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| direction_b = East |
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| terminus_b = Farmers Boulevard in [[St. Albans, Queens|St. Albans]] |
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| junction = {{jct|state=NY|I|678}} in [[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica]] |
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'''Liberty Avenue''' is an {{convert|8|mi|sing=on}} long west-east avenue in [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]], [[New York City]]. It is bidirectional for most of its length, running between Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brooklyn in the west and Farmers Boulevard in Queens in the east. |
'''Liberty Avenue''' is an {{convert|8|mi|sing=on}} long west-east avenue in [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]], [[New York City]]. It is bidirectional for most of its length, running between Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brooklyn in the west and Farmers Boulevard in Queens in the east. |
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A portion of Liberty Avenue in [[Richmond Hill, Queens|South Richmond Hill]] is known as "Little [[Guyana]]-[[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad]]" because it runs through an [[Indo-Caribbean American]] neighborhood with mostly [[Indo-Guyanese]] and [[Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian]] cultures and people there. Indian clothing stores, [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]] stores, [[Roti (wrap)|roti]] shops, Caribbean bakeries, [[Hindu temples]], [[mosque]]s, and other Indo-Caribbean American businesses are on this portion of Liberty Avenue. Parallel to Liberty Avenue is 101st Avenue which was renamed Little Punjab, due its similar presence of [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] and other [[South Asian Americans|South Asian]] cultures.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/2014/10/02/38ec1260-4998-11e4-a046-120a8a855cca_story.html|title=Little Guyana, an Indo-Guyanese enclave in Queens|last=Cavanaugh|first=Ray|date=2014-10-09|work=Washington Post|access-date=2018-02-28|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Reilly|first=Anthony|date=2017-03-02|url=http://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/fearing-the-iceman-in-little-guyana/article_4e5f57f2-8bae-566e-84a7-0f7bf1b5c0f9.html|title=Fearing the ICEman in Little Guyana|work=Queens Chronicle|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> |
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Liberty Avenue is known as "Little Guyana" because it mostly includes West Indians, Guyanese, and Trinidadian cultures/people there. |
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Liberty Avenue was co-named "'''Little Guyana Avenue'''" on May 29, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Guyana Avenue Unveiled In Richmond Hill, Queens |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/05/29/little-guyana-avenue-richmond-hill-queens/ |publisher=WLNY CBS News New York |access-date=31 May 2021 |date=29 May 2021}}</ref> |
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==Transportation== |
==Transportation== |
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The [[IND |
The [[IND Fulton Street Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Rockaway}}) runs above the avenue between [[80th Street (IND Fulton Street Line)|80th Street]] and [[Lefferts Boulevard (IND Fulton Street Line)|Lefferts Boulevard]]. Also, there is a station on the [[IND Fulton Street Line]] named [[Liberty Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)|Liberty Avenue]] ({{NYCS trains|Fulton local}}). |
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The [[Q83 (New York City bus)|Q83]] and [[Q112 (New York City bus)|Q112]] buses serve the street in Queens; no buses run along it in Brooklyn.<ref>[http:// |
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| ⚫ | The [[Q83 (New York City bus)|Q83]] and [[Q112 (New York City bus)|Q112]] buses serve the street in Queens; no buses run along it in Brooklyn.<ref>[http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/queens/q083cur.pdf Q83 bus map]</ref><ref>[http://web.mta.info/busco/schedules/q112cur.pdf Q112 bus map]</ref> |
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[[Category:Caribbean-American culture in New York City]] |
[[Category:Caribbean-American culture in New York City]] |
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[[Category:Guyanese |
[[Category:Guyanese diaspora in the United States]] |
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[[Category:Indian-American culture in New York City]] |
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[[Category:Indo-Caribbean culture]] |
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[[Category:Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian culture]] |
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[[Category:Streets in Brooklyn]] |
[[Category:Streets in Brooklyn]] |
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[[Category:Streets in Queens, New York]] |
[[Category:Streets in Queens, New York]] |
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At Lefferts Boulevard
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| Owner | City of New York |
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| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
| Length | 7.9 mi (12.7 km)[1] |
| Location | Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, New York, United States |
| Nearest metro station | Fulton Street Line   |
| West end | Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville |
| Major junctions |  I-678inJamaica |
| East end | Farmers Boulevard in St. Albans |
Liberty Avenue is an 8-mile (13 km) long west-east avenue in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City. It is bidirectional for most of its length, running between Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brooklyn in the west and Farmers Boulevard in Queens in the east.
A portion of Liberty Avenue in South Richmond Hill is known as "Little Guyana-Trinidad" because it runs through an Indo-Caribbean American neighborhood with mostly Indo-Guyanese and Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian cultures and people there. Indian clothing stores, puja stores, roti shops, Caribbean bakeries, Hindu temples, mosques, and other Indo-Caribbean American businesses are on this portion of Liberty Avenue. Parallel to Liberty Avenue is 101st Avenue which was renamed Little Punjab, due its similar presence of Punjabi and other South Asian cultures.[2][3]
Liberty Avenue was co-named "Little Guyana Avenue" on May 29, 2021.[4]
The IND Fulton Street Line (A train) runs above the avenue between 80th Street and Lefferts Boulevard. Also, there is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line named Liberty Avenue (A and C trains).
The Q83 and Q112 buses serve the street in Queens; no buses run along it in Brooklyn.[5][6]
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