 Here, the route connected to NY 25, which entered from the west on Union Turnpike and left to the south on Springfield Boulevard.The route headed to the northeast along the southern edge of the Oakland Gardens neighborhood on the four-lane Union Turnpike, a road often recognized more by its name than by its designation.In its first few blocks, the road passed Alley Pond Park and connected to the Grand Central Parkway by way of an interchange.