The Long Island Rail Road,or LIRR,is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York,stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island. The railroad currently operates a public commuter rail service,with its freight operations contracted to the New York and Atlantic Railway. With an average weekday ridership of 354,800 passengers in 2016,it is the busiest commuter railroad in North America. It is also one of the world's few commuter systems that runs 24/7 year-round. It is publicly owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority,which refers to it as MTA Long Island Rail Road. In 2023,the system had a ridership of 75,186,900,or about 276,800 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.
The Rockaway Park Shuttle is a New York City Subway shuttle train that operates in Queens. It connects with the A train at Broad Channel station and is the latest iteration of the Rockaway Shuttle services that have been running on the Rockaway peninsula since 1956. This shuttle train provides service to the western part of the peninsula,with a terminus at Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street. The fully above-ground route operates on trackage that was originally part of the Long Island Rail Road's Rockaway Beach Branch until the mid-1950s. During summer weekends,to eliminate an additional transfer and thus ease beach access,the Rockaway Park Shuttle is typically extended four stations north to Rockaway Boulevard,the easternmost station shared by Rockaway-bound and Lefferts Boulevard-bound A trains.
The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem,or "bullet",is colored blue since it is a part of the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan.
Since the opening of the original New York City Subway line in 1904,and throughout the subway's history,various official and planning agencies have proposed numerous extensions to the subway system. The first major expansion of the subway system was the Dual Contracts,a set of agreements between the City of New York and the IRT and the BRT. The system was expanded into the outer reaches of the Bronx,Brooklyn,and Queens,and it provided for the construction of important lines in Manhattan. This one expansion of the system provided for a majority of today's system.
The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens,New York City,between Broad Channel and the Rockaway Peninsula.
The Rockaway Peninsula,commonly referred to as The Rockaways or Rockaway,is a peninsula at the southern edge of the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island,New York. Relatively isolated from Manhattan and other more urban parts of the city,Rockaway became a popular summer retreat in the 1830s. It has since become a mixture of lower,middle,and upper-class neighborhoods. In the 2010s,it became one of the city's most quickly gentrifying areas.
Broad Channel is a neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It occupies the southern portion of Rulers Bar Hassock,the only inhabited island in Jamaica Bay.
Belle Harbor is a small residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens,located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula,the southernmost area of the borough. Belle Harbor commonly refers to the area from Beach 126th to Beach 141st Streets.
The Broad Channel station is a station on the IND Rockaway Line of the New York City Subway,located in the neighborhood of the same name at Noel and West Roads in the borough of Queens. It is served by the A train and the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times,the latter of which originates/terminates here. Broad Channel originally opened in 1880 as a Long Island Railroad station. The LIRR discontinued service in 1950 after a fire on the trestle across Jamaica Bay,to the station's north. The station reopened June 28,1956,as a subway station.
The Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station is the eastern terminal station of the New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line. Originally a Long Island Rail Road station,it is currently the easternmost station in the New York City Subway. It is served by the A train at all times.
The Long Beach Branch is an electrified rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch begins at Valley Interlocking,just east of Valley Stream station,where it merges with the Far Rockaway Branch to continue west as the Atlantic Branch. East from there the Long Beach Branch parallels the Montauk Branch to Lynbrook station,where it turns south toward Long Beach station. Trains operating on the Long Beach Branch continue west of Valley Stream via the Atlantic Branch to Jamaica station,with most continuing on to Grand Central or Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. In 2018,the branch recorded an annual ridership of 4,849,085 based on ticket sales,down 1% from 2017.
The IND Rockaway Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway,operating in Queens. It branches from the IND Fulton Street Line at Rockaway Boulevard,extending over the Jamaica Bay,into the Rockaways. At its southern end in the Rockaways,the line has two branches:one traveling east to Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue and one traveling west to Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street. The A train serves the line on the Far Rockaway branch,as well as on the section north of Hammels Wye. The Rockaway Park Shuttle runs between Broad Channel and Rockaway Park. Five rush hour A trains provide service between Rockaway Park and Manhattan in the peak direction.
Green Bus Lines,also referred to as Green Lines,was a private bus company in New York City. It operated local service in Queens and express service to Manhattan until January 9,2006,when the city-operated MTA Bus Company took over its routes. It was managed most recently by Jerome Cooper (1928–2015).
The Q35 bus route constitutes a public transit line in southeast Brooklyn as well as the Rockaway Peninsula of southern Queens in New York City. The Q35 is operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the MTA Bus Company brand,but was formerly privately operated by Green Bus Lines. The bus provides service between Midwood in central Brooklyn to Rockaway Park on the Rockaway Peninsula,running mainly along Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and Newport Avenue on the Rockaway Peninsula. The route utilizes the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge to cross between Brooklyn and Queens.
The Rockaway Beach Branch was a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in Queens,New York City,United States. The line left the Main Line at Whitepot Junction in Rego Park heading south via Ozone Park and across Jamaica Bay to Hammels in the Rockaways,turning west there to a terminal at Rockaway Park. Along the way it connected with the Montauk Branch near Glendale,the Atlantic Branch near Woodhaven,and the Far Rockaway Branch at Hammels.
Scholars' Academy is a uniformed preparatory school consisting of a middle school and a high school for gifted and talented children located in Rockaway Park,in the New York City borough of Queens. Scholars' Academy grew out of a pilot program and established a middle school in 2004 and added a 9th grade in 2007. It draws 51% of its students from the Rockaway Peninsula and is known for its diversity.
Metropolitan Transportation:A Program for Action,also known as simply the Program for Action,the Grand Design,or the New Routes Program,was a proposal in the mid-1960s for a large expansion of mass transit in New York City,created under then-Mayor John Lindsay. Originally published on February 29,1968,the Program for Action was one of the most ambitious expansion plans in the history of the New York City Subway. The plan called for 50 miles (80 km) of tracks to be constructed,and more than 80% of the new trackage was to be built in the borough of Queens. The $2.9 billion plan also called for improvements to other modes of mass transit,such as the present-day Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad commuter rail systems,and further integration between mass transit and the New York City-area airport system.
The Q111,Q113,and Q114 bus routes constitute a public transit line between the Jamaica and Far Rockaway neighborhoods of Queens,New York City,running primarily along Guy R. Brewer Boulevard. The Q113 and Q114 provide limited-stop service between Jamaica and Far Rockaway,connecting two major bus-subway hubs,and crossing into Nassau County. The Q111 provides local service exclusively within Queens,with the exception of select rush-hour trips to or from Cedarhurst in Nassau County. Some of the last bus routes to be privately operated in the city,they are currently operated by the MTA Bus Company brand of MTA Regional Bus Operations. The Q113 and Q114 are one of the few public transit options between the Rockaway peninsula and "mainland" New York City.
The Q11,Q21,Q52,and Q53 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor running along Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards in Queens,New York City. The corridor extends primarily along the length of the two boulevards through "mainland" Queens,a distance of 6 miles (9.7 km) between Elmhurst and the Jamaica Bay shore in Howard Beach. The Q52 and Q53 buses,which provide Select Bus Service along the corridor,continue south across Jamaica Bay to the Rockaway peninsula,one of the few public transit options between the peninsula and the rest of the city.
Stacey Pheffer Amato is a member of the New York State Assembly,representing the 23rd district,which includes portions of Queens. A conservative Democrat,Pheffer Amato was first elected in 2016.
