Korean War Veterans Parkway
The Korean War Veterans Parkway is a controlled-access parkway that traverses the South Shore of Staten Island, New York, in the United States. It begins at NY 440 near the Outerbridge Crossing and runs from southwest to northeast to a merge with Drumgoole Road West in the island's Greenridge section. The parkway is designated New York State Route 909C (NY 909C), an unsigned reference route, which continues northeast along Drumgoole Road for a short distance to its end at an intersection with Richmond Avenue.
Korean War Veterans Parkway | |
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Korean War Veterans Parkway highlighted in red | |
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| Maintained by NYSDOT | |
| Length | 4.28 mi (6.89 km) |
| Existed | 1972–present |
| History | Named Richmond Parkway from 1972–1997 |
| Restrictions | No commercial vehicles north of Maguire Avenue |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | NY 440 in Pleasant Plains |
| North end | Richmond Avenue in Greenridge |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Counties | Richmond |
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The parkway opened in 1972 as the Richmond Parkway. It was renamed the Korean War Veterans Parkway in 1997; however, the highway is still widely known as the Richmond Parkway.
As originally planned, the parkway would have continued northeast to an interchange with Interstate 278 in Sunnyside, and would have also connected to Wolfe's Pond Park on Staten Island's South Shore by way of a spur known as Wolfe's Pond Parkway. The section of the Richmond Parkway east of Richmond Avenue was canceled sometime after the 1960s as a result of community opposition; likewise, Wolfe's Pond Parkway was canceled in the 1970s. Today, the part of the Staten Island Greenbelt where the parkway would have run is still known as Richmond Parkway.