Streetcars don’t pay for themselves: De Blasio says BQX will require assist from DC
TRD Staff | April 06, 2018 04:30PM
It appears the city won’t be able to go it alone when funding the waterfront trolley between Brooklyn and...
Streetcars don’t pay for themselves: De Blasio says BQX will require assist from DC
Yep, the BQX is already behind schedule
TRD Staff | December 22, 2017 11:00AM
Commuters hoping to take a ride on the Brooklyn-Queens Connector could be in for a long wait. The ambitious project, largely backed by real estate players, is already running behind schedule, as the Economic...
Yep, the BQX is already behind schedule
Cuomo can easily kill de Blasio’s BQX dream
TRD Staff | November 10, 2017 09:05AM
UPDATED, Nov. 10, 2:59 p.m.: Will Mayor Bill de Blasio’s feud with Gov. Andrew Cuomo doom the planned streetcar...
Cuomo can easily kill de Blasio’s BQX dream
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Top this amenity: Coney Island project will have its own street car, Catsimatidis says
TRD Staff | September 09, 2017 03:47PM
Don’t accuse John Catsimatidis of lacking vision. The billionaire real estate/grocery mogul plans to build a street car that...
Top this amenity: Coney Island project will have its own street car, Catsimatidis says
Walentas: Real estate industry should do more to pay for NYC infrastructure
By Konrad Putzier | May 17, 2017 05:20PM
UPDATED, May 18, 11:05 a.m.: New York has some of the most expensive real estate among major world cities...
Walentas: Real estate industry should do more to pay for NYC infrastructure
Brooklyn-Queens streetcar project may not fund itself
TRD Staff | April 14, 2017 03:18PM
A leaked internal city memo shows the proposed Brooklyn-Queens streetcar is facing “serious financial challenges” and may not actually...
Brooklyn-Queens streetcar project may not fund itself
Are developers calling the shots at the BQX trolley project?
TRD Staff | January 02, 2017 10:00AM
UPDATED, Jan. 3, 11:06 a.m.: Two Trees Management and an advocacy group backed by real estate interests are involved...
Are developers calling the shots at the BQX trolley project?
Here’s where the Brooklyn-Queens streetcar could run
TRD Staff | November 02, 2016 01:50PM
The city has released possible routes for the $2.5 billion streetcar proposed for Brooklyn and Queens.
Here’s where the Brooklyn-Queens streetcar could run
De Blasio turns down streetcar boosters’ offer to split costs
By Rich Bockmann | September 01, 2016 03:28PM
Some deep-pocketed early supporters of a streetcar along the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront offered to pay for part...
De Blasio turns down streetcar boosters’ offer to split costs
Brooklyn-Queens streetcar could raise values of adjacent properties by 3.5%: study
By Rich Bockmann | April 25, 2016 04:23PM
Owners of property along the path of the planned Brooklyn-Queens street car could see a major boost to their...
Brooklyn-Queens streetcar could raise values of adjacent properties by 3.5%: study