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BQX Connector

Dec
13
Light Rail Line May Not Have Moved Forward Without Support From Developers, Daily News Says

Light Rail Line May Not Have Moved Forward Without Support From Developers, Daily News Says

Rendering of a possible BQX streetcar line near the Atlantic Terminal in downtown Brooklyn. (Courtesy: Friends of the Brooklyn Queens
4 min read
Nov
21
‘No One Has Ever Asked If We Even Want It’: Prickly Public Responds To 16 Miles Of BQX Streetcar Proposal

‘No One Has Ever Asked If We Even Want It’: Prickly Public Responds To 16 Miles Of BQX Streetcar Proposal

[L-R] Jeff Peel, project manager at the Department of Transportation and Adam Giambrone, Economic Development Corporation. (Photo by Amy Holiday
4 min read
Nov
02
City Releases Possible BQX Streetcar Routes For Downtown Brooklyn & Other Waterfront Nabes

City Releases Possible BQX Streetcar Routes For Downtown Brooklyn & Other Waterfront Nabes

Rendering of a possible BQX streetcar station at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, at Clinton Avenue. (Courtesy New York City Economic
3 min read
Jun
01

Carlos Menchaca: Sunset Park’s Councilman Brings A Voice To The Voiceless

New York City Council Member Carlos Menchaca at an immigration hearing at City Hall in 2014. Credit: William Alatriste / New
5 min read
May
12
Friends Of The BQX Launch Coalition, Hoping To Gain Community Approval

Friends Of The BQX Launch Coalition, Hoping To Gain Community Approval

Video via YouTube [“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22XH4-nNjlA”] In an effort to gain approval for the proposed streetcar
2 min read
May
12
Friends Of The BQX Launch Coalition, Hoping To Gain Community Approval

Friends Of The BQX Launch Coalition, Hoping To Gain Community Approval

Video via YouTube [“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22XH4-nNjlA”] In an effort to gain approval for the proposed streetcar
2 min read
May
05
Here’s How The Citywide Ferry System May Impact Our Neighborhood’s Air Quality

Here’s How The Citywide Ferry System May Impact Our Neighborhood’s Air Quality

Courtesy Gothamist.There are plumes of consternation [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160503/navy-yard/citywide-ferry-service-could-significantly-hike-air-pollution-at-12-sites] about a new EDC study
2 min read
Apr
26
Will The BQX Streetcar Save Time On Your Commute? City Data Doesn’t Hold Up, Say Some

Will The BQX Streetcar Save Time On Your Commute? City Data Doesn’t Hold Up, Say Some

Image via Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.There are new details on the proposed BQX streetcar intended to link
2 min read
Apr
25
A New Study Says The BQX Will Save Straphangers Time, But Some Question It

A New Study Says The BQX Will Save Straphangers Time, But Some Question It

The planned Atlantic Terminal stop should be scrapped according to a new study (Image courtesy Friends of the Brooklyn Queens
2 min read