✨ Excitement is in the air! ✨ This weekend, we tabled at the Richmond Hill Block Association Street Fair and met tons of enthusiastic residents! Let's #BuildtheQueensLink to give these neighborhoods #BetterTransit AND #BetterParks !! 🚉🌳

🎉 We're moving full speed ahead with our economic study, and we've selected @steergroup.bsky.social to lead this pivotal report!! 🚉🌳 Steer has incredible expertise in the mass transit world and has produced countless other business case studies across North America! #BuildtheQueensLink

🍂 Thank you to everyone who visited us at the Austin Street Open Streets on Sunday with @asaferaustinstqns ! We loved talking with supporters to show that Queens needs BOTH #railsANDtrails !! Don't forget to visit the 🔗 in bio to tell local leaders to #BuildtheQueensLink 🚉🌳

What happens when you build the trails before the rails? You get Atlanta's Beltline, a project which after two decades has still not added the rail.

The future of Queens shouldn’t cater to a select few. Communities should decide how we forge a better borough. Use our letter writing tool below to tell local elected leaders that Queens doesn’t want an anti-transit scheme. We need QueensLink NOW!

QueensLink beach day! 🌊🏖️ We had a blast talking to Rockaway residents about #RailsandTrails 🚉🌳 QueensLink would save about 40 mins round trip, bringing fast and equitable transit coverage to the city's best beaches! #transitequity

What is QueensLink? We’re a group of grassroots activists seeking to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers in the borough of Queens by reactivating the abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch. You can learn more about us on our website, queenslink.org.

There’s been some chatter about the anti-transit scheme and whether or not they lost funding. Here’s what’s going on.

That’s right. For nearly 20 years there was a one seat ride from Queens to Queens. The journey time from Far Rockaway to Jackson Heights? About an hour and a half.

Thanks YPT NYC for joining us on a walking tour of the QueensLink right-of-way!! 🌳🚉 It was an amazing opportunity to showcase how community-oriented urban planning and transit solutions can help bring access and equity for Queens residents! Let's #BuildtheQueensLink

Yesterday, @nypirg.bsky.social students at Queens College joined community advocates to call on the city’s leaders and the MTA to advance the QueensLink project. The rally highlighted the release of a student-led report and over 1,500 petition signatures from students to the NYC Mayor.

QueensLink was inspired by a variety of rails & trails projects. So we’re starting a new series, looking at projects from around the world that inspired us and why! First up, the Camden Highline! Unlike its Manhattan counterpart, the Highline is a proposed linear park on an active railroad viaduct.

☀️⛱️ We had a blast at the Jamaica Bay beach cleanup yesterday!! The #QueensLink vision would take thousands of cars off the road, preventing harmful pollutants from contaminating runoff water and harming these valuable ecosystems. Let's protect our environment and #BuildtheQueensLink now!

The Rockaway Round-Robin was a peculiar service that operated for several stints between the late 60s and the early 90s. The route made use of all three sections of the Hammels Wye, the triangular junction where the two branches of the Rockaway Line diverge and a single track connects the two.

Today, we released an RFP for an in-depth economic analysis of our subway expansion vision for Queens. The study aims to not only quantify the project’s benefits but also show just how much the region stands to lose if the city chooses not to allow transit on the Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way.

Some remarkable statistics from the Far Rockaway Local Planning Committee’s Strategic Investment Plan for the neighborhood. Far Rockaway NEEDS the QueensLink! #buildthequeenslink #railsandtrails

👀👀 #railsandtrails #buildthequeenslink

After being sold to the city in 1952, the southern half of the Rockaway Beach Branch was converted to the New York City Subway system and opened on this day June 28th, 1956! It remains the only LIRR trackage ever converted to the network. That is, until we #buildtheQueensLink!

Join us tomorrow for the Queens Unity Games in the Rockaways! #railsandtrails

Happy Pride Month! ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍🩵🩷🤎🖤 Let's look at some of the many LGBTQ+ resources that QueensLink would connect throughout the borough! #BuildtheQueensLink #pridemonth

For over 60 years these two urban marvels coexisted and complemented each other! It’s time to restore the Rockaway Beach Branch and reunite Rails AND Trails!

We’re proposing the biggest transformation of the Queens subway network in over two decades with the QueensLink “two for one!” #buildthequeenslink

NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams released a report Tuesday on Congestion Pricing, noting that QueensLink and other transit expansions in the outer boroughs are “critical” to the success of the program.

Breathe deep Rockaways! The day has come! A trains have resumed normal service to the peninsula after 4 months of repairs!

Thanks to everyone who came out to our Jane’s Walk on May 3rd! We had such a blast sharing the story of the Rockaway Beach Branch and its future!

Join us next Friday, May 23rd at Deja Brew in Richmond Hill for a QueensLink “Paint & Sip,” led by our own Noelle Hunter! RSVP available at the link in bio.

The New York State budget awarded QueensLink $100k in matching funds for its Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program grant! This codifies support for the study of QueensLink at the state level. Another big step towards #RailsandTrails on the Rockaway Beach Branch! 🚉🌳

Thank you to everyone who showed up at our Queens College Town Hall, co-hosted by @qc_nypirg !! We're thrilled to see so many future leaders fighting for better transit 🌳🚉

Had a great time canvassing at the Forest Hills Greenmarket today! 🌿 Lots of people are enthusiastic for #RailsandTrails !! Let's #BuildtheQueensLink 🌳🚉

Our Jane's Walk is back this year! 🥾🚉🌿 Join our team for a guided tour of the #RockawayBeachBranch and discover how #QueensLink can connect communities across the borough! RSVP at the link in bio!

Love to see #QueensLink totes around the town!

Thank you to everyone who supported Resolution 59! Let's #BuildtheQueensLink !! Special thanks to @powers4queens.bsky.social and @advocate.nyc.gov for sponsoring the resolution!

Proud to stand with Reinvent Albany on cost reform.

18 groups support AM Carroll and Sen Comrie's legislation to require cost estimates for MTA needs assessments. Check it out ⤵️

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out to Sunnyside on Wednesday night and congratulations to all our raffle winners! We were blown away by the enthusiasm and passion in the room! We’re just getting started, so stay tuned!! #buildtheQueensLink

Transit employees truly keep NYC running! 🚈 On your next ride, thank your bus driver or conductor for their hard work ♥️

For this installment of #FAQfriday we're taking a look at light rail vs subways, and why we decided to go with the subway option in our vision for the #RockawayBeachBranch ! And don't forget to buy your tickets for our upcoming Winter Bash at the link in bio! ❄️

Imagine having an abandoned elevated rail line in a very dense neighborhood of Queens and wanting to convert it to an elevated park instead of a subway line? Follow @queenslink.org

Help make #QueensLink a reality! 🚉🌳 Tickets for our fundraiser event are ON SALE (link in bio)! Join us for a fun night of raffles, games, and even a Q&A with your favorite transit influencers! You don't want to miss this celebration!

Next up in our Black History Month series, we're heading to the Ralph Bunche house in #richmondhill Queens! 🪶📜

Don't forget to pick up a ticket for our fundraiser event, featuring your favorite transit influencers! www.eventbrite.com/e/queenslink...

This year for Black History Month, we're taking a look at some important sites across South Queens! First up: Addisleigh Park ✨

Let's reconnect the borough!! 🚉🌳 #BuildtheQueensLink Don't forget to buy tickets for our upcoming fundraiser event at the link in bio 😎

WE DID IT!! 🥳🎉 Thank you for helping us raise over $100k in just 39 days!! We sincerely thank you for exceeding our wildest expectations! This shows just how passionate Queens communities are for better transit! Let's #BuildtheQueensLink 🚉🌳

Happy Valentine's Day from QueensLink! 🧡💚

Hey everyone, Queenslink needs your help. If you live in NY or care about public transit, consider watching this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfCz... and tossing them a few bucks: gofund.me/d6ddffba

A @queenslink.org explainer video or @mets.com sizzle reel? Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor's iconic homeruns are like a seamless cross platform transfer. Chef's kiss, @hudsonyuen.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfCz...

Much of South Queens is a “subway desert.” Luckily, infrastructure for extension already exists! @queenslink.org would revitalize the #RockawayBeachBranch and improve subway access for 47k+ New Yorkers. This crucial project needs all the support it can get, so donate today!

Let's create a more #sustainable borough! 🌿 Donate to our grant fundraiser at the link in bio! youtube.com/shorts/5oUDF...

Let's turn those crowded Q52/53 buses into efficient subways!! #BuildtheQueensLink 🚉🌳