Queens Plaza is a plaza straddling the western end of Queens Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens, between 21st Street and Jackson Avenue/Northern Boulevard. The Queensboro Bridge starts near the middle of the plaza. It has a New York City Subway stop for the E, M, and R trains, the Queens Plaza station below ground along the eastern edge, and another stop for the 7, <7>, N and W trains, the Queensboro Plaza station above the west central part of the plaza on elevated tracks.
East end of the Plaza, showing the new Gotham Center office building
South side prior to renovation
Skyline of Queens Plaza in May 2017
The millstones, returned to Dutch Kills Green in the 2014 renovation
Queens Boulevard is a major thoroughfare connecting Midtown Manhattan, via the Queensboro Bridge, to Jamaica in Queens, New York City, United States. It is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) long and forms part of New York State Route 25.
Queens Boulevard near its intersection with Yellowstone Boulevard in Forest Hills
Queens Boulevard starts off as a small 2-lane street at Jamaica Avenue, but becomes a 6 lane median-divided street at Hillside Avenue one block north.
At 59th Street, looking toward the East River and Manhattan, 1973
"A Pedestrian Was Killed Crossing Here" sign on Queens Boulevard at Grand Avenue in Elmhurst
