Steinway Street

Steinway Street

Steinway St
Broadway and Steinway Street in Astoria
Owner	City of New York
Maintained by	NYCDOT
Length	2.4 mi (3.9 km)
Location	Queens, New York City
Coordinates	40°46′0.18″N 73°54′45.68″W
South end	NY 25A in Astoria
North end	Berrian Boulevard in Ditmars

Looking northeast at 30–78 Steinway Street clock

Steinway Street is a major street in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, in the United States. Steinway Street is a 2.4 mile two-way street that runs north-south between Berrian Boulevard in Astoria and Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. South of the Grand Central Parkway, Steinway Street is a major commercial district that is the primary section of a business improvement district called Steinway Astoria Partnership.

Richard Hellmann, creator of Hellmann's mayonnaise, had his first big factory at 495 / 497 Steinway Street from 1915 to 1922. In 1922, operations moved to a larger factory at 34-08 Northern Boulevard.

Transportation

The New York City Subway's Steinway Street station, served by the M and ​R trains, is located under the street. The Q101 bus travels along Steinway Street south of 20th Avenue.