Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Will Live or Die in the Next Administration
Construction on the Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar, a potential legacy project for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, was supposed to begin in 2019. The fate of the heavily debated project will rest with the next mayor. March 12, 2021, 5am PST | James Brasuell | A 16-mile streetcar line along the East River in Brooklyn and Queens was going to be one of Mayor Bill de Blasio s signature projects, expanding transportation access to neighborhoods like Red Hook that are relatively far from the subway, writes Dan Rivoli.
But with the original expected construction date already well past, Mayor de Blasio has conceded that the fate of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector will rest with the city s next mayor, who will be elected in 2021.