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There has been much talk about what should be done with the former LIRR Rockaway Beach branch line between Rego Park and Ozone Park. The proposals that I know are either to make it a Queensway (like the High Line in Manhattan), to restore train service and connect it to the MTA subway system or to install light rail (street cars/electric trolleys). So what do you think should be done with the abandoned/decaying area which is eyesore for the locals?
There has been much talk about what should be done with the former LIRR Rockaway Beach branch line between Rego Park and Ozone Park. The proposals that I know are either to make it a Queensway (like the High Line in Manhattan), to restore train service and connect it to the MTA subway system or to install light rail (street cars/electric trolleys). So what do you think should be done with the abandoned/decaying area which is eyesore for the locals?
Restore train service and connect it to the Queens Boulevard line.
Yep. Then through Forest Park. The tracks are the divider between Glendale and Forest Hills and between Rego Park and Forest Hills.
That's what I thought. I don't know if running the LIRR there will fly with the residents. It's so overcrowded now in that area with all the new multi-dwelling apartments and there's the school right there too. The traffic on Woodhaven was always horrendous. It takes forever to get down Woodhaven. That was always the longest part of my commutes when I lived in Ozone Park.
That's what I thought. I don't know if running the LIRR there will fly with the residents. It's so overcrowded now in that area with all the new multi-dwelling apartments and there's the school right there too. The traffic on Woodhaven was always horrendous. It takes forever to get down Woodhaven. That was always the longest part of my commutes when I lived in Ozone Park.
And that was probably back when the warehouses north of the park were all vacant. Now there is a plaza with a Stop & Shop, a Home Depot, Trader Joe's, Atlas Park Mall isn't all that far away (and they are developing the rest of the terminal), Michael's, a new high school, etc...
That's what I thought. I don't know if running the LIRR there will fly with the residents. It's so overcrowded now in that area with all the new multi-dwelling apartments and there's the school right there too. The traffic on Woodhaven was always horrendous. It takes forever to get down Woodhaven. That was always the longest part of my commutes when I lived in Ozone Park.
The city could just do eminent domain on any properties that are too close to the tracks. It's what the city and the MTA did for projects like the 7 train extension and the Second Avenue Subway. Where needed they did eminent domain. In the words of Robert Moses never let public opinion get in the way of anything.
And that was probably back when the warehouses north of the park were all vacant. Now there is a plaza with a Stop & Shop, a Home Depot, Trader Joe's, Atlas Park Mall isn't all that far away (and they are developing the rest of the terminal), Michael's, a new high school, etc...
Exactly. It was horrible years before the plaza and over the past few years they added even more stores. It's great that those stores provide employment but good grief, the traffic is just terrible. But in Ozone Park they built too many multi-dwelling homes and there's an elementary school right there where the tracks are. It would alleviate traffic off Woodhaven but Ozone Park wouldn't be able to handle added traffic if they ran the LIRR again. Parking is scarce to begin with. Where would commuters park?
The city could just do eminent domain on any properties that are too close to the tracks. It's what the city and the MTA did for projects like the 7 train extension and the Second Avenue Subway. Where needed they did eminent domain. In the words of Robert Moses never let public opinion get in the way of anything.
Depending on who or what is there ED can be very expensive. The MTA had no end of problems with finding residents equal housing in order to move them out via ED. I mean you had persons living in very large two bedroom RS apartments paying very cheap rents.
Commercial properties are another matter, as those businesses in Willits Point can attest.
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