Interchange 8

Interchange 8 is a road junction in Queens, New York. Interchange 8 is situated nearby to Queens Museum, as well as near the work of art Unisphere.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Queens Museum and Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Queens Museum

Museum

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

The Queens Museum is an art museum and educational center at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. Established in 1972, the museum includes the Panorama of the City of New York, a room-sized scale model of the five boroughs of New York City built for the 1964 New York World's Fair. Queens Museum is situated 2,200 feet north of Interchange 8.

Arthur Ashe Stadium

Stadium

Photo: jeff horne, CC BY 2.0.

Arthur Ashe Stadium is a retractable roof tennis arena at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. Part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament and has a capacity of 23,771, making it the largest tennis stadium in the world. Arthur Ashe Stadium is situated 3,700 feet north of Interchange 8.

Unisphere

Work of art

Photo: slgckgc, CC BY 2.0.

The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The globe was designed by Gilmore D. Unisphere is situated 2,400 feet north of Interchange 8.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corona and LeFrak City.

Corona

Neighborhood

Photo: Epicgenius, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Corona is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. It borders Flushing and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park to the east, Jackson Heights and Elmhurst to the west, Forest Hills and Rego Park to the south, and East Elmhurst to the north.

LeFrak City

Neighborhood

Photo: Margarettime, CC BY-SA 4.0.

LeFrak City is a 4,605-apartment development in the southernmost region of Corona and the easternmost part of Elmhurst, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

Forest Hills

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Forest Hills is a neighborhood in the central portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is adjacent to Corona to the north, Rego Park and Glendale to the west, Forest Park to the south, Kew Gardens to the southeast, and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park and Kew Gardens Hills to the east.

Interchange 8

Type: Road junction
Category: transportation
Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.73982° or 40° 44′ 23″ north

Longitude

-73.84569° or 73° 50′ 45″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

87G8P5Q3+WP

GeoNames ID

5122211

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