MTA Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng today joined Queens elected officials, advocates and community members to open the newly rebuilt and reconfigured Flushing-Main Street station. The new station features two new elevators, one each to the eastbound and westbound platforms, a new street-level ticket office, and a prominent…
Platform level accessibility has improved with two new hydraulic elevators and a new northside station plaza connecting Main Street with the 40th Road passageway. Flushing Main Street Station is now home to a new ticket office, energy-efficient LED lighting, CCTV security cameras, new staircases and stair canopies, and charge ports….
The station, originally built in 1913, has already seen major improvements since work began in the summer of 2016. With significant completion as of July 2018, the $24.6 million project includes: two hydraulic elevators to provide ADA access to the station, one for each of the station 10-car platforms; a…
Long Island is in the midst of historic change. For years, as other regions invested in areas like quality, affordable rental housing, mixed-use development, and public transit, LI was content with the status quo.
We sat silent as we watched droves of young people — educated in our outstanding public schools at significant expense — leave home and help create economic growth in other regions of our country.
Work to make the Flushing-Main Street Long Island Railroad (LIRR) station accessible for all has begun. Construction was initiated on the station’s new westbound elevator in August, according to Congresswoman Grace Meng, and on the new eastbound elevator the week of Sept. 11. The elevators, which would make the station Americans with…
A $5.6 billion transformation of the Long Island Rail Road is underway, the biggest slate of investments the railroad has received in decades. All told, the money will fund 100 LIRR capital projects and radically upgrade the customer experience of the nation’s second largest commuter railroad. By the time all…
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a historic $5.6 billion transformation of the Long Island Rail Road to strengthen the region’s transportation infrastructure and usher in a new era of economic growth. After 70 years of stagnation, all 100 transformative LIRR capital projects are moving forward, including the Main Line…