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Link: The R to JFK via the Rockaway Beach Branch
One proposal for the Rockaway Beach Branch Line involves sending the R train to the airport. (Map via Cap’n Transit) As the effort to convert the Rockaway Beach Branch Line into a park gains state...
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What a feasibility study RFP means for QueensWay
The LIRR’s long-dormant Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way has seen better ideas. (Via Anandi A. Premlall/Friends of QueensWay) I started the week off yesterday with a look at Penn Station Access, a...
View ArticleNYC reps call for federal funding for Rockaway rail study
Three New York politicians have called upon the federal government to deliver funding for a study on reactivating the city’s long-dormant Rockaway Beach Branch. Tying such an effort into both...
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Another Albany voice for Rockaway Beach reactivation
The LIRR’s long-dormant Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way has seen better ideas. (Via Anandi A. Premlall/Friends of QueensWay) The state-funded feasibility study for the QueensWay — a misguided effort...
View ArticleEmerging New York Architects set to launch QueensWay competition
The powerfully connected proponents of the QueensWay — a misguided plan to turn the Rockaway Beach Branch ROW into a park — are pulling out all the stops as they forge forward with their plans. Earlier...
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Link: Why the QueensWay isn’t the High Line
Is this the future of the Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way? (Courtesy of WXY Architecture) Throughout the debate over the future of the unused LIRR Rockabway Beach Branch right-of-way, I’ve...
View ArticleQueens BP candidates sound off on QueensWay
In this seemingly never-ending run-up to the September primaries, candidates for various city offices have been gathering on a near-daily basis for forums, debates and all sorts of public appearances....
View ArticleA look at the 20 Year Needs: The Rockaway Beach Branch cameo
Over the past two years, the disused Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way has creeped into the news largely because a group of Queens residents want to turn it into a park. The group has received a half...
View ArticleFrom Queens, support for the QueensWay and more transit
According to the group lobbying for the QueensWay, Queens residents overwhelmingly support a park. The Trust for Public Land, the organization that received $500,000 in New York State money to study...
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Inside an Assembly rep’s NIMBY compromise for QueensWay
A school bus parking lot has overtaken the Rockaway Beach Branch ROW at the Atlantic Ave. intersection. Over the past few months, while I’ve maintained a skeptical view of the proposed QueensWay park...
View ArticleGoldfeder: Queens College to study Rockaway Beach Branch reactivation
As the Friends of the QueensWay continue their taxpayer-supported push to develop a greenway on the fallow Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way, Phil Goldfeder, Assembly representative from New York’s...
View ArticleAnother Queens CB votes for rail over QueensWay
The fight over the future of the Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way is raising interesting questions about local decision-making in the context of the overall shape of New York City as a third Queens...
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Fanciful designs, without rail, for the Rockaway Beach Branch
When the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects announced their AIANY Emerging New York Architects design competition last summer, I knew we were in trouble. AIANY focused around...
View ArticleSeeking a Rockaway Beach Branch/QueensWay compromise
Over the last few years, a rift has emerged between the well-funded QueensWay proponents and the well-intentioned advocates calling for a reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Branch. It’s either one or...
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The problems with The Times’ flawed QueensWay support
Flashy renderings of the Queensway have captured the attention of The Times. (Via Friends of the Queensway, WXYand DLANDStudio) When I first wrote about the plans to turn the LIRR’s old Rockaway Beach...
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Samuelsen: Reactivate the Rockaway Beach Branch ROW
Even a school bus parking lot wouldn’t be a real barrier to Rockaway Beach Branch reactivation. In the circle of transit life, popular local buses lead to bus rapid transit which leads to light rail...
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MTA to study transportation options for Rockaway Beach Branch, SI West Shore...
Following last week’s budget negotiations, the MTA has money to study transportation uses for Staten Island’s West Shore ROW. (Source: SIEDC)As the dust from last week’s perfectly opaque New York state...
View ArticleFrom Queens, support for the QueensWay and more transit
According to the group lobbying for the QueensWay, Queens residents overwhelmingly support a park. The Trust for Public Land, the organization that received $500,000 in New York State money to study...
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Inside an Assembly rep’s NIMBY compromise for QueensWay
A school bus parking lot has overtaken the Rockaway Beach Branch ROW at the Atlantic Ave. intersection. Over the past few months, while I’ve maintained a skeptical view of the proposed QueensWay park...
View ArticleGoldfeder: Queens College to study Rockaway Beach Branch reactivation
As the Friends of the QueensWay continue their taxpayer-supported push to develop a greenway on the fallow Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way, Phil Goldfeder, Assembly representative from New York’s...
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