Looking northeast at 30–78 Steinway Street clock

Steinway Street is a major, 2.4-mile (3.9 km), two-way street in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, in the United States.

Overview

Steinway Street runs north–south between Berrian Boulevard in Astoria and Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. South of the Grand Central Parkway, the 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.[full citation needed]

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.

See also