Some members of the City Council are still hanging onto hope that the city will decide to resurrect an old train line that they believe would change South Queens locals’ lives for the better, rather than build a park along the elevated tracks.
Read MoreAn overwhelming number of Central Queens residents support a transportation initiative that has been all but cast aside by the Adams administration, according to a new poll from a local elected official.
Read MoreParks Department officials and developers for the first time unveiled their draft plans for a linear park along an unused rail line in Forest Hills dubbed the QueensWay during a virtual meeting this week.
Read MoreShould a rotting rail line snaking through Central and South Queens be resurrected as a park or a new subway line? Queens has its answer – for now.
Read More“The billion dollars is a fable. It's a fabricated number that they pulled out of a hat, just to make the layman think that the project is not a good project.”
Read More“We will build the QueensWay, transforming what is now a deteriorating, rusty railway into a public amenity filled with new greenspace and park land.”
Read MoreEver since the Long Island Rail Road’s Rockaway Beach Branch was discontinued in 1962, various proposals for the right-of-way have been floated, but none have taken root.
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