in 1962 most of the rockaway beach line of the LIRR except for the last 3 1/2 miles was converted to the subway system. With a less than 1/4 mile extension the entire RBL could have been connected to the Queens Blvd subway. Instead the last 3 1/2 miles was lopped off and the tracks were diverted to connect with the A line where it then ended at Euclid Avenue. What could have been a 40 minute commute from rockaway to Manhattan through Queens became an hour and 15 minute travail through
my comment cut off. Route was diverted through Bedford Styveston. The last 3 1/2 miles lies unused between rockaway blvd on the A line to less than a quarter mile short of the Queens Blvd subway. The Q53 bus parallels this route on congested Woodhaven Blvd yet takes 50 minutes from rockaway to Queens blvd when the entire trip from rockaway to Bloomingdales would be less than 40 minutes if the city owned right of way of the gerrymandered RBL were restored.
in 1962 most of the rockaway beach line of the LIRR except for the last 3 1/2 miles was converted to the subway system. With a less than 1/4 mile extension the entire RBL could have been connected to the Queens Blvd subway. Instead the last 3 1/2 miles was lopped off and the tracks were diverted to connect with the A line where it then ended at Euclid Avenue. What could have been a 40 minute commute from rockaway to Manhattan through Queens became an hour and 15 minute travail through
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my comment cut off. Route was diverted through Bedford Styveston. The last 3 1/2 miles lies unused between rockaway blvd on the A line to less than a quarter mile short of the Queens Blvd subway. The Q53 bus parallels this route on congested Woodhaven Blvd yet takes 50 minutes from rockaway to Queens blvd when the entire trip from rockaway to Bloomingdales would be less than 40 minutes if the city owned right of way of the gerrymandered RBL were restored.
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