Long Island Motor Parkway
Long Island Motor Parkway | |
Remnant of Long Island Motor Parkway c. 2008 at Springfield Boulevard in Queens, looking east | |
| Location | Roughly Alley Pond and Cunningham Parks, between Winchester Blvd. and Clearview Expressway, between 73rd Ave. and Peck Ave., Queens, New York City (historic district only) |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′13″N 73°45′35″W / 40.73694°N 73.75972°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) (historic district only) |
| Built | October 10, 1908 |
| Architect | E.G. Williams; E.H. Brown |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000301 |
| Added to NRHP | April 1, 2002 |
The Long Island Motor Parkway, also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway, Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, or Motor Parkway, was a limited-access parkway on Long Island, New York, United States. It was the first highway designed for automobile use only. The parkway was privately built by William Kissam Vanderbilt II with overpasses and bridges to remove most intersections. It officially opened on October 10, 1908. It closed in 1938 when it was taken over by the state of New York in lieu of back taxes. Parts of the parkway survive today, used as sections of other roads or as a bicycle trail.