- Roosevelt Avenue
Roosevelt Avenue is a main thoroughfare that starts at 48th street. It goes through Sunnyside, Woodside,
Jackson Heights , Corona, Elmhurst, and Flushing, and ends at 156th street andNorthern Boulevard . The 7 train runs on elevated tracks above the street with ten stops until it reaches Main Street. [Fernandez, Manny. "Track Work Disrupts Service on No. 7 Train in Queens." "The New York Times", January 13, 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/nyregion/13subway.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Access Date September 13, 2008.] The rail line has been elevated above Roosevelt Avenue since 1917, when Roosevelt Avenue was formed from the combination of other streets into one main avenue. [Kilgannon, Corey. "Under the Elevated Track, a New Sensation: Silence." "The New York Times", December 21, 2005. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/22quietcnd.html Access Date September 13, 2008.] Mbugua, Martin. "Make Tracks to Big Avenue." "New York Daily News ", August 3, 1999. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/ny_local/1999/08/03/1999-08-03_make_tracks_to_big_avenue_it.html Access Date September 13, 2008.] The street, itself named afterTheodore Roosevelt , provides the name for the Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street Station in Jackson Heights. Roosevelt Avenue was nationally recognized for its cuisine whenGOOD Magazine named it one of "America's Tastiest Streets." [ [http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Features/americas_tastiest_streets America's Tastiest Streets] . Matthews, Adam. February 28, 2008. http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Features/americas_tastiest_streets] Roosevelt Avenue is well-known for its diversity of cultural representation, ranging from Indian to Latin American. ["Queens for a Day." "Village Voice ", December 28, 1999. http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/505427. Access Date September 13, 2008.]References
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