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.
 At Lefferts Boulevard | |
| Owner | City of New York |
|---|---|
| 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-678 in Jamaica |
| East end | Farmers Boulevard in St. Albans |
A portion of Liberty Avenue in South Richmond Hill is known as "Little Guyana" 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]
Transportation
editLiberty Avenue is served by the following:
- The IND Fulton Street Line (A train) runs above the avenue between 80th Street and Lefferts Boulevard. A station named Liberty Avenue (A and C trains) is located at Pennsylvania Avenue.
- The Q112 bus serves the avenue between Waltham Street and either 99th Street (Ozone Park), or 96th Street (Parsons Boulevard station)[5]
- East from 165th Street, the Q42 goes to 177th Street, and Q83 local buses continue to the avenue’s eastern end.[6]
- The Q8 runs on two portions. One is from 101st Avenue (west end) to Grant Avenue (Spring Creek) or from Forbell Street to 76th Street in Queens (165th Street Terminal). The other portion is between 101st Avenue (east end) and Sutphin Boulevard.
- East from Van Wyck Expressway in opposite directions, the Q9 heads to Sutphin Boulevard, and the X64 continues to the avenue’s eastern end.
- East from 160th Street, all Q113 and most Q114 buses head to Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, the Q4, Q5 and Q85 Limited go to Merrick Boulevard, and the Q83 Limited continues along the local portion of the avenue.
- 165th St Term-bound Q41 buses run from 128th Street to 127th Street.
References
edit- ^ "Liberty Avenue" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ Cavanaugh, Ray (October 9, 2014). "Little Guyana, an Indo-Guyanese enclave in Queens". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ O'Reilly, Anthony (March 2, 2017). "Fearing the ICEman in Little Guyana". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^ "Little Guyana Avenue Unveiled In Richmond Hill, Queens". WLNY CBS News New York. May 29, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ Q112 bus map
- ^ Q83 bus map
