Eastern Parkway

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Eastern Parkway is a major landscaped boulevard in Brooklyn, New York City, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux as one of the first parkways in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boulevard
parkway
street in New York City
adjacentTo Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library)
surface form: Brooklyn Public Library Central Library

Prospect Park
connectsTo Buffalo Avenue vicinity
Grand Army Plaza
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designer Calvert Vaux
Frederick Law Olmsted
hasCharacteristic divided roadway
landscaped median
one of the first parkways in the United States
tree-lined
hasDirection east–west
hasHeritageStatus New York City Landmark
surface form: New York City Scenic Landmark

listed on the National Register of Historic Places
hasJurisdiction New York City
hasLandscapeArchitect Calvert Vaux
Frederick Law Olmsted
hasMedianUse pedestrian promenade
recreational path
hasRouteType urban parkway
hasTransportation Broadway Junction
surface form: Broadway Junction subway complex

Crown Heights–Utica Avenue
surface form: Crown Heights–Utica Avenue subway station

Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum station
surface form: Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum subway station

Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College station
surface form: Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College subway station

Ralph Avenue subway station
inception 1860s
influencedBy parkway movement in the United States
isPartOf New York City parkway system
surface form: Brooklyn parkway system

New York City street network
surface form: New York City street grid
locatedIn Brooklyn
Kings County
surface form: Kings County, New York

New York
surface form: New York (state)

New York City
maintainedBy New York City Department of Transportation
NRHPType historic district
opened 1870s
partOf Brooklyn
surface form: borough of Brooklyn
terminusEast Bushwick
surface form: Bushwick Avenue area
terminusWest Grand Army Plaza
traversesNeighborhood Brownsville vicinity
Crown Heights
Prospect Heights

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Eastern Parkway Line followsAvenue Eastern Parkway
Grand Army Plaza traversedBy Eastern Parkway
Flatbush Avenue hasJunctionWith Eastern Parkway
Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum station nearbyIntersection Eastern Parkway
this entity surface form: Eastern Parkway and Washington Avenue
Crown Heights–Utica Avenue fareControlArea Eastern Parkway
this entity surface form: Eastern Parkway and Utica Avenue
Grand Army Plaza station hasEntranceOn Eastern Parkway
Crown Heights hasAvenue Eastern Parkway
Crown Heights mainThoroughfareForParade Eastern Parkway