Press and News – QueensLink

QueensLink Presentations and News

2023

09/15/2023

The Forum

QueensLink Advocates Call for more Public Transit Options

09/14/2023

Queens Ledger

QueensLink Rail Expansion Supporters Hold Heated Rally in Front of City Hall

09/13/2023

Queens Gazette

QueensLink Rally

09/08/2023

Queens Daily Eagle

Queens rallies for QueensLink at City Hall

09/08/2023

6sqft NYC

‘QueensLink’ proposal to extend M train picks up steam

09/07/2023

The Wave

Advocates And Pols Rally At City Hall In Support Of QueensLink

09/06/2023

Hell Gate

The QueensLink Is Back From the Dead to Bring Relief to Queens’s Transit Deserts

09/06/2023

StreetsblogNYC

QueensLink Transit Supporters Press Case at City Hall

09/06/2023

AMNY

Pols still calling for ‘QueensLink’ transit service on abandoned rail line as mayor seeks to build park

09/06/2023

Pix 11

Plans move ahead for abandoned rail line in Queens

08/31/2023

Queens Gazette

QueensLink Proposes Connecting N&S Queens

08/07/2023

City and State

The 2023 Transportation Power 100: Rick Horan

06/30/2023

NY Daily News

Readers sound off on the QueensLink proposal

06/26/2023

City and State

The 2023 Above & Beyond: Innovators: Rick Horan

03/23/2023

QNS.com

QueensLink hosts Ozone Park town hall to discuss plans for old Rockaway Beach line

03/23/2023

Queens Chronicle

Fight for rails and trails trudges on

03/20/2023

The Queens Daily Eagle

Is there still hope for the QueensLink?

03/16/2023

Ozone Park Town Hall: Facebook Live Stream

2023

03/23/2023

QNS.com

QueensLink hosts Ozone Park town hall to discuss plans for old Rockaway Beach line

03/23/2023

Queens Chronicle

Fight for rails and trails trudges on

03/20/2023

The Queens Daily Eagle

Is there still hope for the QueensLink?

03/16/2023

Ozone Park Town Hall: Facebook Live Stream

2022

12/01/2022

Queens Chronicle

Council bill seeks QueensLink study

11/28/2022

Streetsblog NYC

Queens Pols Revive Push for MTA to Study QueensLink, As QueensWay Linear Park Surges

11/26/2022

The New York Times

What Does Queens Need More, a New Park or a New Train Line?

11/04/2022

The Wave

State Senator Sanders Floats Aqueduct Mega Convention Center Idea

10/14/2022

The Wave

Fighting For QueensLink

10/13/2022

Patch

South Queens Residents Prefer Train Alternatives Over New Park Project

10/13/2022

Queens Chronicle

Advocates call for trains over parks

10/13/2022

The Rockaway Times

QueensLink Advocates Rally for the Rail Line

10/12/2022

Queens Gazette

Transit Equity Starts With QueensLink

10/10/2022

AM New York

Rockaway pols, advocates call for rail ‘link’ instead of mayor’s proposed QueensWay park

09/22/2022

The Wave

Why Not Both?

09/20/2022

NY Daily News Op Ed

Trains over parks: In Queens, people need transit more than they need green space.

08/12/2022

Rockaway Wave

Local Officials Sign Letter Calling For Environmental Study Into QueensLink Project

08/12/2022

Rockaway Wave

Editorial: The QueensLink Is Right For Rockaway

08/11/2022

Queens Chronicle

QueensLink study gains pols’ support

08/08/2022

Forest Hills Post

15 Queens Electeds Call for Feasibility Study of Potential Train Line Through Central Queens

08/05/2022

Streetsblog NYC

A Dozen-Plus Electeds Back QueensLink Subway Expansion

06/08/2022

NY Daily News

Queens deserves both transit & parks (Op-Ed)

06/08/2022

QueensLink

The 60th Anniversary of the Rockaway Beach Branch Abandonment

01/26/2022

Queens EDC Presentation

Introducing the QueensLink [PDF]

01/26/2022

Queens EDC Presentation

Introducing the QueensLink: QEDC Presentation [YouTube]

2021

11/18/2021

Queens Chronicle

QueensLink rail now

09/20/2021

NY Daily News

A new/old train for Queens: Reactivate the rails on the Rockaway Beach Branch

08/13/2021

Rockaway Wave

Official Point Of View: We Must Get QueensLink in the Next MTA Capital Plan

08/12/2021

Queens Chronicle

Quietly moving from rail to link

08/03/2021

Patch: Forest Hills

MTA, Advocates Spar Over Queens Train Proposal, Reports Show

08/03/2021

Pix 11 News

Could old Queens rail link be revived?

08/01/2021

NY Daily News

MTA overstates cost of restoring long-abandoned Queens tracks that could speed commutes, says report

07/20/2021

Trains.com

Report says MTA significantly overestimated costs of restoring LIRR branch to operation

07/16/2021

Queens Daily Eagle

MTA botched new subway line study, advocates say

07/14/2021

Streetsblog

MTA Hiked Costs of Long-Sought Eastern Queens Subway Expansion: Report

07/08/2021

Blog

Introducing the QueensLink

4/27/2021

Press Release

Queens Needs More Parks and Trains

2020

01/16/2020

Queens Chronicle

Op-ed: Why not build rail and park on Rockaway line?

01/02/2020

The Wave

Transportation Desert

2019

12/11/2019

Gotham Gazette

Op-ed: A Better Trail to New Rail and Parkland in Queens

11/20/2019

Second Ave Sagas

Long-awaited Rockaway Beach Branch study reveals subway, LIRR options — and a high price tag

11/18/2019

Crain's New York

Rails vs. trails in Queens showdown

11/16/2019

QNS

A high-speed ‘Train to the Plane’ that almost ran through Forest Park: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

10/31/2019

Queens Daily Eagle

QueensWay or revived rail link are both OK, but the status quo isn’t

10/18/2019

PoliticsNY

It will take billions to relaunch QueensLink train line: MTA

10/14/2019

Railway Gazette

Study indicates $7bn cost to restore New York suburban link

10/12/2019

NY Daily News

Train in vain: The MTA’s cost projections for reviving the LIRR’s Rockaway Beach Branch don’t add up

10/10/2019

Queens Chronicle

Pricey but possible, rail study concludes

10/10/2019

QNS

MTA releases preliminary report on the Rockaway Beach Branch reactivation project and the costs are high

10/09/2019

The City

Rockaway Branch Rail Reboot Study Finally Lands

10/09/2019

Curbed NY

MTA says billions needed to revive old Rockaway LIRR track

10/01/2019

The City

Study of Old Rockaway Rail Line’s Revival Back on Track

2018

5/16/2018

The Wave

Queens RAIL and WAY Task Force Begins Work

01/18/2018

Queens Chronicle

Think tank sees a split of both rail and park

2017

07/19/2017

NY Daily News

A Rail Good Idea For Queens [PDF]

03/08/2017

Queens Gazette

QCC Has Meeting On Queensway/QueensRail

02/28/2017

NY1

Rail or Park? Proponents Face Off Over Former Rail Line

02/27/2017

Crain's New York Business

Park-rich boro needs trains more than green space. [PDF]

2014

08/06/2014

Queens Ledger

State comptroller supports restoration of Rockaway Beach Rail Line [PDF]

07/31/2014

Queens Chronicle

DiNapoli report: MTA says Rockaway rail a good investment

2013

04/11/2013

Tri-State Transportation Campaign

Re-use of Queens’ Abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch Should Maximize Benefit for the Community

03/21/2013

Queens Chronicle

Rockaway Beach rail plan to be backed by Reps. Jeffries, Meeks

2012

07/30/2012

NY State Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder

Assemblyman Goldfeder to Deliver the Rockaway Beach Rail Line Petition to Governor, Port Authority and MTA

02/10/2012

NY State Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder

Goldfeder, Miller Call for Rehabilitation of the Rockaway Beach Rail Line