Steinway Street
Steinway St | |
|---|---|
Broadway and Steinway Street in Astoria | |
| Owner | City of New York |
| Maintained by | NYCDOT |
| Length | 2.4 mi (3.9 km) |
| Location | Queens, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°46′0.18″N 73°54′45.68″W / 40.7667167°N 73.9126889°W |
| South end | NY 25A in Astoria |
| North end | Berrian Boulevard in Ditmars |
Steinway Street is a major street in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, in the United States. Steinway Street is a 2.4 mile two-way street that runs north-south between Berrian Boulevard in Astoria and Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. South of the Grand Central Parkway, Steinway Street is a major commercial district that is the primary section of a business improvement district called Steinway Astoria Partnership.
Richard Hellmann, creator of Hellmann's mayonnaise, had his first big factory at 495 / 497 Steinway Street from 1915 to 1922. In 1922, operations moved to a larger factory at 34-08 Northern Boulevard.