Plan for Direct Rail Line Linking Queens and Brooklyn Moves Forward

Long-promised Brooklyn-Queens rail link finally moving forward — but won’t be complete till the 2030s

A long-awaited light rail connection between Brooklyn and Queens – the Interborough Express, or IBX – has finally moved into active development, Gov. Kathy Hochul crowed Friday.

New York’s Interborough Express project enters design phase

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at an event on Aug. 1 at 61st Street and 14th Avenue in Brooklyn to announce the beginning of the design phase for the Interborough Express light rail project. Next to her, in the yellow jacket, is MTA CEO Janno Lieber. The line will be built along a currently freight-only Long Island Rail Road line served by the New York & Atlantic Railway. MTA/Marc A. Hermann NEW YORK — The Interborough Express, the planned Me…

IBX rail system enters design phase, linking Brooklyn, Queens

The Interborough Express rail system's design phase begins, promising to link Brooklyn and Queens with 19 stations and improve transit for 160,000 daily commuters.

Hochul Launches Interborough Express Design Phase to Connect Brooklyn and Queens

NEW YORK – Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday that the design and engineering phase of the Interborough Express (IBX) will officially begin this summer, marking a major milestone in a long-anticipated transit project aimed at directly connecting Brooklyn and Queens. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email The Metropolitan Transportation Authority […]

Plan for direct rail line linking Queens and Brooklyn moves forward

The Interborough Express would stretch 14 miles along existing freight tracks between Sunset Park in Brooklyn and Jackson Heights in Queens.

Interborough Express: Gov. Hochul kicks off project design for long-awaited Brooklyn-Queens IBX

Governor Kathy Hochul came to Brooklyn Friday morning for a victory lap after the MTA board's design contract approval for the Brooklyn-Queens Interborough Express, or IBX. Hochul, speaking to press next to train tracks in downtown Brooklyn, kicked off the train's project design phase with MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, and New York State Operations Director Kathryn Garcia.  "I'm so proud of this becau…