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Re: The Time for Reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Line is Now |
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Posted by BrooklynBus on Thu Nov 27 16:49:50 2014, in response to Re: The Time for Reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Line is Now, posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Nov 27 11:52:46 2014. Don't forget the IND second system was never built greatly limiting the potential of the G train. It was also supposed to extend eastward along Lafayette (although I'm not sure if that was part of the Second System) and don't forget about the branch off McDoald along Fort Hamilton Parkway to Staten Island. Had those occurred, development would have been much denser and the G train may have been a major line. Also, it was severed from Queens Blvd, making it less useful tan before. Still, ridership is thriving on the G.You speak of the Terminal Moraine which also extends through Brooklyn, yet it doesn't seem to separate and divide Brooklyn as you claim it divides Queens. You talk about parks and cemeteries close to the ROW, yet much of te land is developed. However, it is developed with low usage industrial type development and low density residential. There is much opportunity for upzoning and increased land value. It certainly makes more sense to up zone there than along existing transit lines that are already almost filled to capacity as DeBlasio is proposing. |
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