Mar 17, 2025 · The Interborough Express is a transformative rapid transit project that will connect currently underserved areas of Brooklyn and Queens. It will substantially cut down on travel times between the two boroughs, reduce congestion, and expand economic opportunities for the people who live and work in the surrounding neighborhoods.

The Interborough Express (IBX) is a proposed 14-mile (23 km) 24/7 light rail line in New York City.As proposed, the line would operate on dedicated tracks within the existing right-of-way from the Bay Ridge Branch and Fremont Secondary to connect Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and Jackson Heights, Queens.As of 2023, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) estimated that the project would be ...

Mar 28, 2025 · The IBX project would utilize the Bay Ridge Branch, a rail line with a long history dating back to its opening in 1876 as part of the New York, Bay Ridge and Jamaica Railroad.

What is the Interborough Express (IBX)? The IBX would create new public transit between Brooklyn and Queens, providing better transit connections among communities from Bay Ridge to Jackson Heights. It would improve access to up to 17 subway lines, dozens of bus routes, and the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).

Oct 29, 2024 · The IBX is a crucial project for advancing New York’s transportation equity, economic development, and climate goals, as the planned route will connect many of the city’s car-dependent transit deserts with 17 subway lines and the Long Island Rail Road.

Mar 29, 2025 · The IBX would provide connections to 17 different subway lines and the Long Island Rail Road, potentially impacting 115,000 daily commuters. Transportation Sec. calls NYC subway a 's---hole'

Mar 31, 2025 · However, future funding of the IBX, which would run from Jackson Heights to Red Hook in Brooklyn on an existing rail line used sparingly to run freight through the city, remains up in the air. Around $33 billion of the MTA’s capital plan has yet to be given an identifiable funding source, and Governor Kathy Hochul’s budget announced in ...

Oct 29, 2024 · The northernmost of the nine stations of the Interborough Express, also known as IBX, will be in Jackson Heights, Queens. That’s where MTA officials announced Tuesday that they could begin the...

Jan 26, 2025 · Dubbed the Interborough Express (IBX), the proposal for a light rail connecting the two boroughs would bypass Manhattan and run 14 miles from Jackson Heights, Queens to Bay...

Mar 18, 2025 · Plans for the IBX were first announced in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2022 State of the State address, ... occurring during one of the longest dry spells in New York City's history. The blaze, which ...