The
Belt System is a series of connected
limited-access highways that form a belt-like circle around the
New York City boroughs of
Brooklyn and
Queens. The system comprises four officially separate parkways; however, three of the four are signed as the
Belt Parkway. The three parkways that make up the signed Belt Parkway—the
Shore Parkway, the
Southern Parkway (not to be confused with the
Southern State Parkway), and the
Laurelton Parkway—are a combined in length. The
Cross Island Parkway makes up the fourth parkway in the system, but is signed separately.