Queensway

The site of the former Parkside LIRR station of the Rockaway Beach Branch, on Metropolitan Avenue between Selfridge Street and Trotting Course Lane in Forest Hills / Rego Park, Queens.

Mamdani Budget Funds Queensway, Dimming Hope for Reactivated Long Island Rail

Supporters of a proposed rail extension say building the elevated park as proposed would make it harder to bring trains back to this part of Queens.

March 26, 2026 - StreetsBlog NYC

Queensway Viaduct

Plans for Queens' 'High Line' Has Competition: Bringing Back the Train

Queen's version of Manhattan's High Line is known as the QueensWay, an abandoned LIRR branch that went from Rego Park to Rockaway. Two congressmen have now endorsed a plan to bring the train back - though planning for the new park has already begun.

March 27, 2013 - Queens Chronicle

QueensWay: NYC’s Next High Line?

After 5 decades of abandonment, and recent inspiration from the much-lauded High Line, a rusty railway stretching three-and-a-half miles through central Queens may become NYC’s next elevated greenway.

January 10, 2013 - New York Times

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

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The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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