Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1787.
Roosevelt Avenue is a main thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Queens .. Queens. Queens. New York City. New York City. borough. Borough ( New York City ). Roosevelt Avenue begins at 48th Street and Queens Boulevard in the neighborhood of Sunnyside .. Queens. Queens. Queens Boulevard. Queens Boulevard. Sunnyside. Sunnyside, Queens. West of Queens Boulevard , the road is named Greenpoint Avenue and continues across the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge into the borough of Brooklyn , terminating at WNYC Transmitter Park on the East River in the neighborhood of Greenpoint .. Brooklyn. Brooklyn. Queens. Queens. Greenpoint Avenue. Greenpoint Avenue ( IND Crosstown Line ). Greenpoint. Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Queens Boulevard. Queens Boulevard. borough. Borough ( New York City ). Greenpoint Avenue Bridge. Greenpoint Avenue Bridge. WNYC Transmitter Park. WNYC Transmitter Park. East River. East River. Roosevelt Avenue goes through Woodside , Jackson Heights , Elmhurst , Corona , Flushing Meadows -- Corona Park -LRB- adjacent to Citi Field -RRB- and Flushing .. Jackson Heights. Jackson Heights, Queens. Woodside. Woodside, Queens. Elmhurst. Elmhurst, Queens. Corona. Corona, Queens. Citi Field. Citi Field. Flushing. Flushing, Queens. In Flushing , Roosevelt Avenue ends at 156th Street and Northern Boulevard .. Northern Boulevard. Northern Boulevard. Flushing. Flushing, Queens. The trains run on the elevated IRT Flushing Line tracks above the street with ten stations until it reaches Flushing -- Main Street , its current eastern terminus .. Flushing Line. IRT Flushing Line. Flushing. Flushing, Queens. IRT Flushing Line. IRT Flushing Line. The rail line has been elevated above Roosevelt Avenue since 1917 , when Roosevelt Avenue was formed from the combination of other streets into one main avenue .. The street , itself named after Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt , provides the name for the Roosevelt Avenue  /  74th Street station -LRB- trains -RRB- in Jackson Heights .. Jackson Heights. Jackson Heights, Queens. Theodore. Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt Avenue  /  74th Street. Roosevelt Avenue  /  74th Street ( New York City Subway ). The train stops at the Greenpoint Avenue station located at Greenpoint Avenue and Manhattan Avenue .. Greenpoint Avenue. Greenpoint Avenue ( IND Crosstown Line ). Greenpoint. Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Roosevelt Avenue was nationally recognized for its cuisine when Good Magazine named it one of `` America 's Tastiest Streets '' .. Good Magazine. Good ( magazine ). Roosevelt Avenue is well known for its diversity of cultural representation , ranging from Indian to Latin American .