Woodmere Boulevard
Woodmere Boulevard | |
|---|---|
Woodmere Boulevard (county-owned section in red; town-owned section in blue) | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by NCDPW and ToH DPW | |
| Length | 2.09 mi[1] (3.36 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Hickory Road at the Hewlett Neck–Woodsburgh line |
| Broadway (CR C22) at the Woodsburgh–Woodmere line West Broadway (CR E51) in Woodmere Peninsula Boulevard (CR 2) in Woodmere | |
| North end | Rica Lane in Woodmere |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Nassau |
| Highway system | |
Woodmere Boulevard is a 2.09-mile (3.36 km) thoroughfare between the Villages of Hewlett Neck and Woodsburgh and the unincorporated hamlet of Woodmere, in the Five Towns area of Nassau County, New York, United States.
All portions of the road south of Peninsula Boulevard (CR 2) are owned by Nassau County and maintained by the Nassau County Department of Public Works as the unsigned Nassau County Route E68.[2] The remaining 0.5-mile (0.80 km) segment of Woodmere Boulevard north of CR 2, meanwhile, is owned and maintained by the Town of Hempstead.[3][4]
Route description
CR E68
Woodmere Boulevard begins at Hickory Road in the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Neck.[2][3][4][5] It then travels north thence northwest, intersecting Browers Point Branch Road (CR C25). It continues west-northwest before veering northwest, soon intersecting Barberry Lane and entering the Incorporated Village of Woodsburgh. Woodmere Boulevard then continues northwest, again intersecting CR C25. It then continues northwest, intersecting Broadway (CR C22) and entering Woodmere.[2][3][4][5]
Continuing Northwest, it intersects Central Avenue, then crosses the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch, thence intersecting West Broadway (CR E51) shortly thereafter. It then continues north to its intersection with Peninsula Boulevard (CR 2), where the county route designation for Woodmere Boulevard ends and the road continues north as a town-owned residential street.[2][3]
The entirety of the Nassau County-owned portion of Woodmere Boulevard is classified as a major collector roadway by the New York State Department of Transportation and is eligible for federal aid.[4][5]
North of CR 2
At the north side of its intersection with CR 2, Woodmere Boulevard becomes a local residential street owned by the Town of Hempstead and maintained by the Town of Hempstead Department of Public Works.[3][4][5] It veers to the west-northwest, intersecting Green Place before curving back to the northwest and intersecting Clubhouse Road. It then curves north, intersecting Lakeside Drive before eventually making a curve to the east and reaching its northern terminus at Rica Lane shortly thereafter.[3][4][5]
The entirety of the Town of Hempstead-owned portion of Woodmere Boulevard is classified as a local road by the New York State Department of Transportation and is not eligible for federal aid.[4][5]
History
In 1959, the Nassau County Department of Public Works created a numbered highway system as part of their "Master Plan" for its county highways. Pursuant to this Master Plan, Woodmere Boulevard was originally designated as Nassau County Route 93.[6][7][8] This route, along with all of the other county routes in Nassau County, became unsigned in the 1970s, when Nassau County officials opted to remove the signs as opposed to allocating the funds for replacing them with new ones that met the latest federal design standards and requirements stated in the federal government's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.[9][10]
Subsequently, Nassau County renumbered many of its county roads, with Woodmere Boulevard being renumbered as CR E68.[6][7]
Major intersections
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett Neck–Woodsburgh line | 0.00 | 0.00 | Hickory Road | ||
| 0.33 | 0.53 | Channel Road | |||
| 0.45 | 0.72 | Barberry Lane | |||
| Hewlett Neck–Woodsburgh– Woodmere tripoint | 0.55 | 0.89 | Browers Point Branch (CR C25) and Pond Lane | ||
| Woodsburgh–Woodmere line | 0.85 | 1.37 | Broadway (CR C22) | ||
| Woodmere | 1.11 | 1.79 | Cedar Lane | Access to Woodmere LIRR station | |
| 1.25 | 2.01 | West Broadway (CR E51) | |||
| 1.59 0.0 | 2.56 0.0 | Peninsula Boulevard (CR 2) | Northern terminus of Nassau County ownership and maintenance, and of the CR E68 route designation; Town of Hempstead ownership and maintenance begins | ||
| 0.5 | 0.80 | Rica Lane | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b "CR C22" (PDF). NYSDOT Local Highway Inventory. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
- ^ a b c d New York State Department of Transportation (2021). "County Roads Listing: Nassau County" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "My Roads". Nassau County, NY. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "New York State Roadway Inventory System Viewer". gis.dot.ny.gov. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f "New York State Department of Transportation Functional Class Viewer". gis.dot.ny.gov. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
- ^ a b Anderson, Steve. "A Brief History of County Roads in Nassau and Suffolk Counties". NYCRoads. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ a b "Lynbrook quadrangle, New York - Map Collections". Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2023 – via Brooklyn Public Library.
- ^ Nassau County Department of Public Works (1959). "Master Plan for Nassau County". Nassau County Department of Public Works.
- ^ "Nassau-Suffolk County Road History". January 3, 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ Anderson, Steve. "County Roads on Long Island". NYCRoads. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2008.