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The QueensWay The QueensWay plans to convert the long-abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch into a public park and serve as a link between neighborhoods.

Forest Park’s best-kept birding spot used to be a train line. Glendale, Forest Hills, Woodhaven, Rego Park, Richmond Hil...
10/21/2026

Forest Park’s best-kept birding spot used to be a train line. Glendale, Forest Hills, Woodhaven, Rego Park, Richmond Hill, and Ozone Park neighbors: grab your binoculars!

NYC Bird Alliance and Trust for Public Land are hosting a free birding walk on the QueensWay, the plan to turn the old LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch through Forest Park into new green space. It’s a great chance to see the corridor up close and spot some of the birds already calling it home.

📅 Saturday, October 24, 9:30-11AM
📍 Meet at Stop & Shop, 89-89 Union Tpke, Glendale, NY 11385. The group walks into the park together using the public path on the left side of Forest View Crescent Apartments. Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/adGThq2nYVFRAqZs9
🚌 Buses: Q11, Q52+, Q53+, QM15, Q23, Q55

Free and open to everyone. Registration isn’t required but is strongly encouraged (link in the comments).

Heads up: the route covers paved and unpaved paths with some steps and uneven ground, so wear sturdy shoes. There’s a public restroom near the meeting spot.

Friends of the QueensWay was at the NYC Greenways Summit! 🚲🌳John Surico joined former Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi and Kelly...
10/20/2026

Friends of the QueensWay was at the NYC Greenways Summit! 🚲🌳

John Surico joined former Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi and Kelly McGuinness from CUNY's Sam Schwartz Transportation Research Program to talk about getting greenways built faster, better and cheaper.

The short version? It takes time, it takes neighbors working together, and it takes leaders willing to champion the work. That's exactly how the QueensWay will get done for Rego Park, Forest Hills, Glendale, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and Ozone Park.

Want to be part of it? Follow along and share with your neighbors.

Rego Park, Forest Hills, Glendale, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Ozone Park: this one's for you.For years, a 3.5-mile stretc...
10/17/2026

Rego Park, Forest Hills, Glendale, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Ozone Park: this one's for you.

For years, a 3.5-mile stretch of old rail line has sat overgrown and fenced off behind our neighborhoods. That's about to change. Construction on the first phase of the QueensWay is expected to begin in late 2026.

We just launched a way for you to be part of it. Give once or give monthly, any amount, right now at the link in the comments.

Share this with your block group. Somebody you know has been waiting for this park as long as we have.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Queens CB6! 💚On Wednesday night, you showed up. Residents, business owners, and commu...
10/16/2026

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Queens CB6! 💚

On Wednesday night, you showed up. Residents, business owners, and community organizations made the case loud and clear: the QueensWay must happen.

And the board listened. Community Board 6 passed a resolution in support of Phase 1 of the QueensWay, with groundbreaking coming later this year.

We can’t wait to work with the board and our neighbors as construction gets underway, and as we start planning for what comes after.

This is the year of the QueensWay. Thank you to everyone who spoke, emailed, and shared. 🚲🌳

Tomorrow night, Community Board 6 votes on a resolution about the future of the QueensWay. The board needs to hear from ...
10/13/2026

Tomorrow night, Community Board 6 votes on a resolution about the future of the QueensWay. The board needs to hear from neighbors in Rego Park, Forest Hills, Glendale, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, and Ozone Park.

The meeting is Wednesday, October 14 at 7 PM at Queens Borough Hall (120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens). There are two ways to be heard:

🎤 Speak in person. Request a slot by 3 PM Wednesday by emailing [email protected] or calling 718-263-9250. You get two minutes, so bring a printed copy to hand the board.

✉️ Send it in writing. Email your testimony to [email protected] before the meeting. We wrote templates for residents and local business owners. Just add your name and neighborhood.

Guide and templates at the link in the comments.

Five more plants just joined the QueensWay roster. These shrubs are about to handle a New York winter better than we do,...
10/08/2026

Five more plants just joined the QueensWay roster. These shrubs are about to handle a New York winter better than we do, and that's kind of the whole point: everything on this list has to survive real conditions, not just look good in a rendering. Swipe through to meet them. That's 15 of 20 revealed so far, one more carousel and you'll know the whole corridor.

10/05/2026

We ran for a park that doesn’t exist yet. 🏃

Sunday’s 5K brought runners from all over Queens, and every one of them crossed the finish line for the same reason: 3.5 miles of abandoned rail line that should be a park.

Hear why they’re in it. Then come run with us next year.

Thank you to everyone who laced up, cheered, and volunteered. You made this one count. 🏅

Five ways to spend October with the QueensWay, from Woodhaven to Kew Gardens to Forest Hills. Lace up for the 5K on the ...
10/01/2026

Five ways to spend October with the QueensWay, from Woodhaven to Kew Gardens to Forest Hills. Lace up for the 5K on the 4th, then swing by our table at Metro Village's Community Day that afternoon. Hike the old rail line on the 10th, join John Surico's Open House New York tour on the 17th or 18th, and bring binoculars for birding on the 24th. All the details are on the graphic. Neighbors in Rego Park, Glendale, Richmond Hill, and Ozone Park, we'd love to see you out there before groundbreaking this fall.

Gothamist just named the QueensWay Walking Tour one of its top 5 picks for Open House New York Weekend. Out of 300 desti...
09/28/2026

Gothamist just named the QueensWay Walking Tour one of its top 5 picks for Open House New York Weekend. Out of 300 destinations across the city, one of the favorites is a stretch of abandoned railroad in our backyard.

Here's the deal: on Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, from 10 AM to noon, Friends of the QueensWay Executive Director John Surico will lead a two-hour walk along about a mile of the old LIRR rail bed through Forest Park. It's family-friendly, and it's one of the last chances to see the corridor as it is before groundbreaking later this year.

Tickets are through Open House New York. Grab a spot at the link in the comments.

"These are the backyards my parents grew up in."John Surico's mom grew up in City Line. His dad grew up in Ozone Park an...
09/25/2026

"These are the backyards my parents grew up in."

John Surico's mom grew up in City Line. His dad grew up in Ozone Park and still remembers when trains ran on the Rockaway Beach Branch. Now John is our first-ever executive director, and he's helping turn that same abandoned stretch into Queens' first linear park.

Huge thanks to Michael Perlman and This is Forest Hills for the behind-the-scenes look at John and what's coming next. Link in the comments.

Want to get your hands dirty? Two ways this fall:
🏃 Sun 10/4, 9 AM: QueensWay 5K at Victory Field
🌳 Sun 11/8, 10:30 AM: Forest Park cleanup (meet at Stop & Shop)

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