Transportation Description <strong>Flushing</strong> is a central transportation hub with major air, rail, bus and highway links located within a half-mile (800 m) radius of its downtown. Public Transportation to <strong>Flushing</strong>: Subway, Train, and Bus The New York City #7 subway serves downtown <strong>Flushing</strong> with its terminal station on <strong>Flushing</strong> Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue. The Willets Point-Shea Stadium also serves this neighborhood. The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train on the Port Washington line stops one block away on Main Street. <strong>Flushing</strong> is a 25minute rush hour commute on the #7 subway to Grand Central Station, and a 17minute on LIRR to Penn Station. Over a dozen local bus routes serve <strong>Flushing</strong> with destinations in Nassau County by MTA Long Island Bus, the Bronx by MTA Bus, and Jamaica and other Queens neighborhoods by MTA New York City Transit buses. Buses serving <strong>Flushing</strong> are Q13, Q14, Q16, Q17, Q20A, Q20B, Q25, Q34, Q44, Q58, Q65, Q66, and QBx1. The x51 runs express to midtown. MTA Long Island Buses serving this neighborhood are N20 and N21. Private buses runs frequently from <strong>Flushing</strong> (56- 12 134 th Street) to Manhattan’s and Brooklyn’s Chinatowns. Driving Directions to <strong>Flushing</strong> It is fairly easy to drive to <strong>Flushing</strong>. Northern Boulevard, Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street are the three most prominent thoroughfares. Drivers could exit the Whitestone <strong>Expressway</strong> (I-678/Van Wyck) at Northern Boulevard or exit the Long Island <strong>Expressway</strong> (I-495) at Main Street. Parking in Downtown <strong>Flushing</strong> There are four <strong>Flushing</strong> Municipal Parking Fields - 37th Avenue and Union Street (1,1<strong>01</strong> spaces); 38 th Avenue/39 th Avenue, West of Main Street (89 spaces); next to the LIRR station at 41 Avenue, West of Main Street (157 spaces); and beneath Northern Boulevard viaduct on the east side of College Point Boulevard (93 spaces). There are also several private parking lots, like the one across from the <strong>Flushing</strong> Mall at Prince and 39th Avenue. On a weekday you might find a spot on the side streets around the <strong>Flushing</strong> Mall. The farther you go toward College Point Boulevard (west of Main), the more likely you will find street parking. Residential streets like those east of Union tend to have parking restrictions. Airports LaGuardia Airport is located 10-minutes away by car or bus. JFK International Airport is 25-minutes away.
LIRR Map The Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) serves <strong>Flushing</strong>. Its stops include Shea Stadium, <strong>Flushing</strong> Main Street (west side of Main Street between 40 th Road and 41 st Avenue, one block south of #7 terminus Subway Station), Murray Hill and Broadway. Subject
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