Queens–Midtown Tunnel
The Queens–Midtown Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel under the East River in New York City, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. The tunnel consists of a pair of tubes, each carrying two lanes.Photo: Nutmegger, Public domain.
- Type: Building
- Description: tunnel in New York City
- Also known as: “Midtown Tunnel”, “Queens Ventilating Building Queens Midtown Tunnel”, and “Queens-Midtown Tunnel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Long Island City station and United Nations Headquarters.
Long Island City station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Long Island City station is a rail terminal of the Long Island Rail Road in the Hunters Point and Long Island City neighborhoods of Queens, New York City.
United Nations Headquarters
Photo: Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the East River to the east. United Nations Headquarters is situated 3,900 feet northwest of Queens–Midtown Tunnel.
Belmont Island
Islet
Photo: Farawayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
U Thant Island is a small artificial island or islet in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. The 100-by-200-foot island, created during the construction of the Steinway Tunnel directly underneath, is the smallest island in Manhattan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Island City and Astoria and Tudor City.
Long Island City and Astoria
Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to the south.
Tudor City
Neighborhood
Photo: Niklem, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tudor City is an apartment complex on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, bordering the Turtle Bay and Murray Hill neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.
Kips Bay
Neighborhood
Photo: jim.henderson, GFDL.
Kips Bay, or Kip's Bay, is a neighborhood on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by 34th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 23rd Street to the south, and Third Avenue to the west.
Queens–Midtown Tunnel
- Category: road tunnel
- Location: Queens, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Spanish—“Queens–Midtown Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Queens–Midtown Tunnel”
- Catalan: “Túnel Queens Midtown”
- Chinese: “皇后區中城隧道”
- Danish: “Midtowntunnelen”
- Dutch: “Queens-Midtown Tunnel”
- Estonian: “Queensi-Midtowni tunnel”
- French: “Queens-Midtown Tunnel”
- French: “Queens–Midtown Tunnel”
- German: “Midtown Tunnel”
- German: “Queens Midtown Tunnel”
- German: “Queens-Midtown Tunnel”
- German: “Queens–Midtown Tunnel”
- Hebrew: “מנהרת קווינס מידטאון”
- Japanese: “クイーンズ-ミッドタウン・トンネル”
- Japanese: “クイーンズ-ミッドタウントンネル”
- Russian: “Тоннель Куинс — Мидтаун”
- Spanish: “Tunel Queens Midtown”
- Spanish: “Túnel Queens Midtown”
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