Long a dream of many, a streetcar line now grows in Brooklyn as real project
Brooklynites all too familiar with the G train’s constant delays and mishaps now have some good news to report.
A proposed $2.5 billion streetcar line called the Brooklyn Queens Connector that has the backing of some heavy hitters in government and business has steadily been picking up support over the past year or so — and on Thursday night, it was scheduled to get a big boost from Mayor Bill de Blasio in his State of the City address.
The line would run from Sunset Park through Gowanus, Red Hook, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, the Navy Yard, Williamsburg and Greenpoint before entering Long Island City and Astoria.