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# Will The BQX Streetcar Save Time On Your Commute? City Data Doesn’t Hold Up, Say Some
- URL: https://bklyner.com/will-bqx-streetcar-save-time-commute-city-data-disagree-sunset-park/
- Published: 2016-04-26T13:00:26.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-27T01:47:24.000Z
- Author: Justin Fox
- Tags: Nonsponsored, Sunset Park, Transportation, Western Brooklyn, BQX Connector, brooklyn-queens streetcar, commuting time, Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector, #wp

![Image via Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bqx1-702x471.jpg)

Image via Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.

There are new details on the proposed BQX streetcar intended to link the waterfront from [booming Sunset Park](http://southslopenews.com/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/?ref=bklyner.com) to Astoria, but there are some questions about just how much time riders would really save.

[A new study](http://www.capitalnewyork.com/sites/default/files/Brooklyn%20Queens%20Connector%20Rapid%20Assessment.pdf?ref=bklyner.com) by the Economic Development Corporation (EDC), which evaluated t[he 2015 Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector study](http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/02/04/brooklyn-queens-connector-streetcar-may-become-reality-under-mayors-proposal/?ref=bklyner.com), claims the BQX, estimated to cost $2.5 billion, would lead to significant time savings for an estimated 45-50,000 daily riders upon its planned completion in 2024.

However, Politico [raised an eyebrow](http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2016/04/8597483/city-gives-new-bqx-streetcar-details-and-revs-outreach-plan?ref=bklyner.com) with some of the the city’s findings:

> The BQX would, the report says, reduce travel times dramatically, though some of the travel calculations used to arrive at that conclusion have raised eyebrows.

> The report calculates that the streetcar would cut 34 minutes from what it describes as 61-minute public transit trip from Williamsburg to Astoria.

> But Google Maps puts the existing public transit time at somewhere in the 25- to 45-minute range.

> Similarly, it argues that traveling from Queensbridge to the Navy Yard now takes 59 minutes, while the streetcar would take 27.

> But Google Maps puts the trip by F train from Queensbridge South to Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 45-minute range.

> The city counters that its numbers are based on “transit desert” areas along the corridor.

![Rendering via Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/street-car-3.jpg)

Rendering via Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.

Additionally, the study cast doubt on the necessity of the necessity of extending the BQX out to a planned stop near the Barclays Center.

“The spur to Atlantic Terminal unnecessarily complicates the operating plan and duplicates existing transit routes,” [says the report.](http://www.capitalnewyork.com/sites/default/files/Brooklyn%20Queens%20Connector%20Rapid%20Assessment.pdf?ref=bklyner.com)

![Map via the Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/street-car-2.jpg)

Map via the Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.

The report also [found](http://www.capitalnewyork.com/sites/default/files/Brooklyn%20Queens%20Connector%20Rapid%20Assessment.pdf?ref=bklyner.com) that the following planned stops will be in 100 year flood zones: Old Astoria, Hunters Point, Newtown Creek, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Red Hook, and Sunset Park West.

A series of “visioning sessions”, intended to gather public input on the BQX, will begin on May 9th, [according to Politico New York](http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2016/04/8597483/city-gives-new-bqx-streetcar-details-and-revs-outreach-plan?ref=bklyner.com).

However, a date has not yet been selected for Fort Greene.

“We have not yet selected a date for a meeting with the Fort Greene community, but look forward to meeting with the people of Fort Greene in the coming months,” according to NYCEDC Spokesperson Ian Fried.