Transit Line Connecting Brooklyn and Queens Moves Step Closer to Reality
The New York Times
A new 14-mile transit line, which would not run into Manhattan, would fill a significant gap in New York’s transportation system.
When Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her first State of the State address this month, she vowed to advance a transportation project that has been bandied about for decades: a public transit connection between Brooklyn and Queens that she called the Interborough Express.
On Thursday, Ms. Hochul moved a step closer to realizing her vision for a link that would fill significant gaps in New York’s Manhattan-focused transit system and provide easier, faster travel to hundreds of thousands of low-income residents and people of color.
“We’re going to give people more time for their jobs, their families, their lives and make the connections that are necessary,” she said at a news conference in Brooklyn, where she announced that a feasibility study had been completed that would allow the project to move to its next phase.
