Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards

Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
Jamaica Bay Boulevard (former)[1]
Map of Queens with Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NYCDOT NYSDOT & MTAB&T
Length	11.1 mi[2] (17.9 km)
Restrictions	No drivers with learner's permits on Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
Major junctions
South end	Shore Front Parkway in Rockaway Beach
Major intersections	Belt Parkway / NY 27 / NY 878 in Howard Beach
North end	I-495 / NY 25 in Rego Park
Location
Country	United States
State	New York
Counties	Queens
Highway system
New York Highways Interstate US State Reference Parkways

Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard (formerly Jamaica Bay Boulevard^[1]) are two parts of a major boulevard in the New York City borough of Queens. Woodhaven Boulevard runs roughly north–south in the central portion of Queens. South of Liberty Avenue, it is known as Cross Bay Boulevard, which is the main north–south road in Howard Beach. Cross Bay Boulevard is locally known as simply "Cross Bay", and Woodhaven Boulevard, "Woodhaven". The completion of the boulevard in 1923, together with the construction of the associated bridges over Jamaica Bay, created the first direct roadway connection to the burgeoning Atlantic Ocean beachfront communities of the Rockaway Peninsula from Brooklyn and most of Queens.

The road is part of the New York City Arterial System, having formerly been given the unsigned reference route designation of New York State Route 908V (NY 908V). However, the reference route has not been listed in NYSDOT documents since April 2005, and is maintained by the New York City Department of Transportation.^[3] The southernmost 0.4 miles (0.64 km) of the route on the Rockaway peninsula, locally known as Cross Bay Parkway, is designated but not signed as New York State Route 907J (NY 907J).