Ely Around in Queens

The 23rd St./Ely Ave. (pronounced “Eli” as in Manning) station serving E and M trains has increased in importance in recent years, as Greenpoint has gotten hotter—Queens residents needing access can change trains to the G line here. Many subway amateurs think this is the place where 23rd St. crosses Ely Ave. This is a fallacy, as Ely Ave. is the former name of 23rd St. It carried the name until the 1920s, as the then-NYC Topographical Bureau decided to put Queens under one numerical street system in 1915...