Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Astoria Boulevard

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. joe decker ^{talk to me} 17:28, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Astoria Boulevard[edit]

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Article does not cite any references or sources and is written almost entirely through Original Research. I cannot find any proof that this street meets General notability or Notability Guidelines for streets or what is so "important" about it that it is worth having an article here. The only confirmable information is that one subway station and two bus routes serve it. This clearly does not make the street significant enough to be on Wikipedia because there are many other streets in the city (some of which are one-way or dead-end residential streets) that have a few subway stations or bus routes serving it. The Legendary Ranger (talk) 01:45, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. There are many such articles. See Category:Streets in Queens. •••Life of Riley (T–C) 17:57, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:26, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:13, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:14, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Major thoroughfare in Astoria, Queens. If it's important enough to have a major subway station, Astoria Boulevard (BMT Astoria Line), served by two subway lines, then it is important enough for Wikipedia. Was also the location of the pre-Triborough Bridge Astoria ferry terminal, "the most significant ferry service to Manhattan."[1] Written up heavily in history books and guides. [2][3][4] --Oakshade (talk) 21:36, 18 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Astoria Boulevard is a major east-west street in the borough of Queens, New York City. It's as notable as similar streets in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:54, 19 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Appears to be important to Queens. Dough 48 72 01:30, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Major street in a major city, and that's sufficient. There will be abundant local sources to permit expansion. The nom gives the argument that we shouldn't keep on the basis of the transit route "because there are many one-way or dead-end streets that have transit stations". He may be right for them, but he surely knows if he has as much as glanced at the article this is a 6 lane divided boulevard. I find it astounding that he doesn't emphasize the difference. I don't think we've ever deleted a city road of this degree of importance. DGG ( talk ) 02:45, 23 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.