Jul 25 2023 06:49 AM
On the map!
| The road bordering on the western side of Citi Field's parking lot is Shea Road, an honor bestowed after the demolition of Shea Stadium. The city's multiple agencies recognized that since its construction for the 1939 World's Fair, this road did not have a name on the map and it needed one to direct motorists and report accidents. Having been informally known as Shea Road, the city made this name official. The road runs from 126th Street, which is co-named for Tom Seaver, around Citi Field, to its southern end at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. There, Shea Road meets Meridian Road, which circles the central core of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. A few yards before this intersection, it passes underneath the LIRR Port Washington Branch, next to which is the Shea Substation that provides electricity to this train line. The MTA worked hard to erase Shea's name from its stations; the 7 train and LIRR stations are known as Mets-Willets Point, but this hidden substation continues to honor Bill Shea. It is sandwiched between the tracks and the Olmsted Center, where Parks Department administrators, architects and engineers have their offices. |
And you and your vehicle can still fuel up under the Shea name, on Northern Blvd, a little east of Seaver Way.
