Below is a link to a YouTube video with Long Island Rail Road trains to the Rockaways circa 1950. You will see MP54 commuter cars going over Broad Channel as well as the viaduct as currently constituted. The scene at Rockaway Park can be an interesting juxtaposition versus today's current subway scene.
Feel free to copy the link into your browser, check it out and enjoy!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gX1AtT6jzA&feature=youtu.be
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Extremely Important Meeting/Workshop About The Future Of The Queens Rockaway Beach Line (RBL) On Wednesday, Nov. 20
Dear Friends of the Rockaway Beach
Line and Queens Public Transit Committee,
Are you and your family tired of
long, slow, overcrowded, dangerous, and unreliable buses, trains and roadways? Are you tired of being treated like a neglected commuter with no voice and opportunity for improvement?
This is your time to take action
with our community. Fight for your family, and a better future.
Faster transportation is the key to
our prosperity which results in more freedom and more job opportunities. We
want to reuse the Queens Rockaway Beach Line (RBL) for faster transportation
for all of Queens and the City. Development means increased economic and
personal opportunities, employment, lower crime, better schools and roadways,
increased neighborhood values, faster commutes, and a better quality of
life.
The QueensWay park plan is trying to
stop Queens residents from having faster transportation by using the right of
way for a park and stop the reactivation of the Queens Rockaway Beach Line for
rail service forever. They want to stop us from growing our economy by
destroying the RBL for rail service. Link to this article: http://m.qchron.com/mobile/editions/queenswide/queensway-info-meetings/article_3f1b7990-9e90-5b28-ad2c-4ca282958f9a.html
"The Trust for Public Land, the
parks advocacy group that is studying the possibility of building a High
Line-like park along the right of way of the former Rockaway Beach Long Island Rail
Road line, is holding three public workshops on the plan.
Please tell your family and friends
to attend this extremely important meeting. We will meet Wednesday,
Nov. 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Ozone Park Senior Center at St. Mary Gate of
Heaven Church,
103-02 101 Ave.
Ozone Park, Queens.
Our goal is not to protest or to be
disruptive but to stand up and speak up for the reactivation of the RBL, faster
transportation and prosperity for all.
Tell the NIMBYs (Not In My Back
Yarders) we have a right to a better life for all of Queens.
The first workshop will be held on
Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. at
Emanuel Church of Christ
93-12 91 Ave.
Woodhaven, Queens.
The second will be on Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School
91-30 Metropolitan Ave.
Forest
Hills, Queens.
and the third will be on Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Ozone
Park Senior Center at St. Mary Gate of Heaven Church
103-02 101 Ave.
Ozone Park, Queens.
The Trust for Public Land says the
workshops are “an opportunity for community members, business owners and
interested individuals to share input and ideas on the design and programming
of the QueensWay.”
Besides the park, there are some who
want to reactivate the rail line and some, especially in Woodhaven and Forest
Hills, who want to the right of way left alone."
Please confirm your attendance by
calling 718-474-0315 or 718-679-5309
Don't allow them to ignore and
neglect us anymore. Come early and bring a poster. Make sure you
get into the hall.
Philip McManus
Chairman
Queens Public Transit
Committee
718-679-5309
Friday, October 11, 2013
LOOKING FOR A QUICKER AND EASIER TRIP INTO MANHATTAN?
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A QUICKER AND EASIER TRIP INTO MANHATTAN?
IF THAT’S WHAT YOU NEED TO IMPROVE YOUR QUALITY OF
LIFE,
JOIN
OUR QUEENS PUBLIC TRANSIT COMMITTEE!!!
The Queens Public Transit Committee is promoting the reactivation
of the Rockaway Beach Line (RBL) in
Queens as a mass transit option. This means restoring the former Long
Island Rail Road right of way in a manner in which it was intended – a transportation
mode that will offer a quick and safe trip into central Queens and Manhattan.
What restoring rail service to the line will do is to reduce
long travel times, dangerous streets and overflowing traffic. Rail service has
always resulted in increased economic activity which results in more jobs for
everyone. Workers and students will be able to get to their destinations
quicker while increasing their quality of life which can translate into more
productivity overall. When the LIRR operated trains there, it took a maximum of
forty minutes to enter Manhattan compared to at least 2 or 3 times that amount
right now. This transportation crosstown corridor was lost to us in 1950 and 1962 when it was shortened, then
eliminated.
Increased bus service is not the answer as they tend to get
stuck in traffic which can result in an inconsistent spacing of buses and long
wait lines to get on them.
Unite with your fellow commuters and
complain about being stuck in your car traffic or in an overcrowded bus.
Don't spectate...participate
and do something about it.
The
Queens Public Transit Committee is organizing a march and rally for better
access to jobs, schools and the entire New York Metropolitan area through the
reactivation of the Queens Rockaway Beach Line, subway or LIRR.
Send
this message to Governor Cuomo an e-mail to: press.office@exec.ny.gov
FIGHT FOR BETTER ACCESS TO
JOBS AND SCHOOLS
WITH FASTER TRANSPORTATION
OPTIONS BY
REOPENING THE QUEENS ROCKAWAY BEACH LINE
AS THE NEW QUEENS CROSSTOWN RAIL LINE!!!
The
Queens RBL is only one to six blocks east, travels north/south and parallel to
Woodhaven Boulevard, from Penn Station through Central Queens to South
Queens.
For more
information, contact Queens Public Transit Committee by visiting this blog for information
about fixing this vexing transportation problem: http://rockawaybranchline.blogspot.com/
Philip McManus, Chairman
Queens Public Transit Committee
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