Avenue Q18 bus along primarily 65th Place and 69th Street Q39 bus along primarily 58th Street, Grand Avenue, and Fresh Pond Road Q47 bus along Calamus Avenue and 69th Street Q58 bus along Grand Avenue and Fresh Pond Road Q59 bus along Grand Avenue Q67 bus along primarily Metropolitan Avenue, 69th Street, and the Long Island Expressway The narrow Grand Street Bridge carries Grand Street eastward across the English Kills and Newtown Creek from Williamsburg where it becomes Grand Avenue, Maspeth's main street for dining and business. Grand Avenue continues eastward to end at Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst. There is also access to I-278, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and I-495, the Long Island Expressway. The former crosses the Newtown Creek on the Kosciuszko Bridge. Notable people Juan Ardila, member of the New York State Assembly June Blum (1929–2017), artist Hermine Braunsteiner (1919–1999), female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps; first Nazi war criminal to be extradited from the United States to face trial in Germany Joe Massino (born 1943) former boss of the Bonanno crime family John J. Pesch (1921–2010), national director of the Air National Guard from 1974 to 1977 Vincent Piazza (born 1976), film, television, and stage actor best known for his roles in Boardwalk Empire, Rocket Science, and as Tommy DeVito in the film adaptation of Jersey Boys Philip Rastelli (1918–1991), mobster and former boss of the Bonanno crime family Jimmy Ring (1895–1965), Major League Baseball player John Seery (born 1941), artist Richard Vetere (born 1952), playwright and author of The Third Miracle References External links Picture Tour of Maspeth History of Maspeth 1642 establishments in the Dutch Empire Historic Romani communities Neighborhoods in Queens, New York