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"QueensLink is one of two competing proposals for how to reactivate abandoned train tracks on the Rockaway Beach Branch, which parallels Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard from Rego Park in Central Queens all the way into the Rockaways - a corridor currently served by the Q53 Select Bus Service, which connects to several train lines in Elmhurst. But only the segment north of Ozone Park (near the Rockaway Boulevard subway station) is abandoned;"
In the last decade, city and MTA officials made major improvements to bus service on Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards, speeding commutes between the Rockaway Peninsula and the Queens mainland. Upgraded buses still take too long to reach the Rockaways. QueensLink would reactivate the abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch north of Ozone Park, adding subway service and a bike-friendly greenway through Forest Park. The line would merge into the Queens Boulevard line, creating the first substantial north–south subway route in Queens. The corridor presently is served by the Q53 Select Bus Service and the MTA runs the A train on the remaining segment.
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