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Friends of the QueensWay Responds to One-Seat Ride to JFK Announcement & Report

January 12th, 2017

Friends of the QueensWay responds to One-Seat Ride to JFK announcement & report – Governor Cuomo’s recent announcement that thye State will look into creating a on-seat ride to JFKprompted the Regional Planning Association (RPA) to issue…  Read More

Friends of the QueensWay Issues Letter to MTA

December 21st, 2016

Friends of the QueensWay Issues Letter to MTA – The Friends of the QueensWay Steering Committee sent a letter to the MTA asking it to consider the many concerns local residents have regarding rail reactivation in its…  Read More

Press Release: Launch of Design Process for Phase 1 of the QueensWay

May 26th, 2016

Elected Officials, Friends of the QueensWay and The Trust for Public Land announce Launch of Design Process for Phase 1 of the QueensWay and call on city to fund this historic, family-friendly park for Queens By The Trust for Public Land and Friends of the QueensWay…  Read More

Build The QueensWay! VIDEO

May 14th, 2015

The wonderful partnership between Trust for Public Land and  Friends of the QueensWay has culminated in Build The QueensWay: The Video  Read More

Press Release: QueensWay Honored by Association for a Better New York

April 30th, 2015

New York, NY – The Friends of the QueensWay, the grassroots community organization advocating to build the QueensWay – a 3.5-mile proposal to convert an abandoned railway into a linear park – was honored today by…  Read More