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unusual facts about Kings Highway



Brooklyn Community Board

It is delimited by Corbin Place, Coney Island Avenue, Avenue Y, 86th street, Avenue U and MacDonald Avenue, Avenue P and Kings Highway on the north, Nostrand avenue and Marine Park on the east, as well as by the Atlantic Ocean on the south.

Dubrow's Cafeteria

According to multiple biographies, the famous baseball player Sandy Koufax announced his decision to sign with the Brooklyn Dodgers in front of Dubrow's Cafeteria on Kings Highway in Brooklyn.

Tarago, New South Wales

Situated east of Lake George and north of Bungendore, Tarago is some distance from both the Federal and Kings Highways, the major road transportation routes in the region.


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Cherry Hill Public Library

Originally located in a storefront at Ellisburg Circle Shopping Center (at Route 70 and Route 41-Kings Highway), in the current location spanning both the Post Office and Blockbuster Video, the Cherry Hill Free Public Library moved 1/4 mile northeast in 1966 into a building at 1100 Kings Highway North.

Flatlands, Brooklyn

Prior to British rule, Flatlands was known as Nieuw Amersfoort (named after the Dutch city of Amersfoort) and was established as a farming community when, in 1636, Andreas Hudde and Wolphert Gerretse bought 15,000 acres of land centered around what is now the intersection of Kings Highway and Flatbush Avenue.

KPXJ

The two stations share studio facilities located between Kings Highway and Rutherford Street on the eastern side of Shreveport; KPXJ's transmitter is located near Mooringsport (southeast of Caddo Lake).

Locke Avenue Bridge

This roadway runs generally north-south, connecting Kings Highway (County Route 551) with U.S. Route 322.

New York State Route 308

A bronze plaque attached to a large boulder was erected in November 1922 by Chancellor Livingston Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on the property of the Beekman Arms, that marked the crossing of the Kings Highway (present-day US 9) and the Ulster and Salisbury Turnpike.

Shreve City, Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreve City is the area of Shreveport located between the Shreveport-Barksdale bridge and East Kings highway.