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Parkway, which leads into the Shore
Road.
Cropsey Avenue is in fair shape.
One Way 70 Merrick Road.

nose VINO WISH 20 20 over VI" WAN
haitian Bridge and get on 20 the Mer-
rick Road withou. touching Jamaica
should follow Flatbush Avenue, Brook
Ign. 20 Atlantic Avenue: follow At
lontic 20 Linwood Street, Woodhaven;
Jog one block north on Linwood;. turn
right on RldSewood Avenue and follow
this avenue 70 Elderts Lane, whore Jog
right and left into the Rockaway Plank
Road. row in good condition. Follow
the plank road 20 Rockaway Turnpike,
where Jog right and left into Locust
Avenue, which leeds into the MerricG
Road Just west of Springfield.
The Merrick Road IS IN excellent
shape all the way out.
Metropolitan Avenue Bad.
Persons going from Manhattan 70
Jamaica should not attempt TO use
either the Williamsburg Bridge or
Metropolitan Avenue; the latter is in
worse shape than the bridge.
Il is far better 20 use the Queens
boro Bridge, Al bad as IL is, and follow
Thompson Avenue and Queens Boule-
ward 20 Jamaica.
Good Roads in Queens.
As was tho case last year. the roa Il
in Queens are tho best we have near
New York.
Three Routes to Flushing.
There are three routes from the
greensboro Bridge 20 Flushing. all of
which ere equally good as far as road
surface is concerned The shortest and
most direct route is by Jackson Ave
nue. through Woodside and Corona 70
Flushing, which is exactly FIVE miles
from the greensboro Bridge. Another
route is by following Thompson Avenue
70 Winfield. and then the Shell Road
through Elmhurst and Corona 20 Flush
ing while n third route il by turning
north from Jackson Avenue into Sec
ond Avenue. and then east on Flushing
Avenue along the shore of Long Island
Sound 20 Flushing, which is reached IN
about six miles from the Queenboro
Bridge.
East of Flushing.
From Flushing the main thorough
fare il By way of Broadway through
Broadway-Flushing, Auburndale, Bay
side and Little Neck TO the city line,
and then through Great Neck, Manhas-
set and Roslyn TO Cold Spring, Hunt
iHgton and Port Jefferson. From
Broadway, in Flushing. detour can be
made by way OF Whitostone av to Col
lege Point and Whitestone, thereby
reaching the developments OF Malba
and Beechhurst, returning by Bell av.
through Bayside Park. Bellecourt and
Bayside-Flushing 70 Bayside. Continu-
ing along Broadway about two miles
beyond Rayside. Douglaston is reached,
with Douglaston Park at the top Of the
hill, and Douglas Manor. with its mile
of shore front on Little Neck Bay,
about a half mile to the north.
Good Roads TO Great Neck.
Most Of the roads of Great Neck are
good. and give the automobilist an op-
portunity 10 see many of the finest
estates on Long Island. among which
are those Of Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont,
Cord Meyer, Gould Brokaw, W. R.
Grace, Mrs. P. P. Satterwhite, Mrs.
Lila Dugmore. Raymond Hitchcock and
the country place recently purchased
by George VI. Cohan for $50, 900. On the
shores of Manhasset Bay, opposite
Kensngton, is the country home of Mr..
and Mrs. Vernon Castle, recently pur-
chased for upward Of 100000, while
about half mile north is the Manhas-
set Yacht Club. one of the most pop
ulsr yacht clubs on Long Island Sound.
To the Roslyn Estates.
From Great Neck run Of about FIVE
miles along Broadway brings the mo-
torist 20 the Roslyn Estates, which il
the last prominent development on the
north shore of Long Island. while
detour 70 the north through Fort
Washington reaches Plandome, Port
Washington Estates and several other
developments Of minor Importance, all
of which are reached by the asphalt
road system of Nassau County, which
is patterned after and fully as good as
the asphalt roads in the Borough Of
Queens.