Will the “G” train run again under Queens Boulevard?
Time will tell.
The change would extend the G’s current route, from Church Av in Brooklyn’s Kensington section to Court Sq-23rd St in Queens’ Long Island City, to Forest Hills 71st-Av on Saturdays and Sundays. It would connect neighborhoods along the Queens Boulevard line — including Astoria, Elmhurst, and Rego Park — to areas throughout northern and western Brooklyn, such as Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvasent, and Park Slope.
The G ran to Forest Hills on nights and weekends until 2010, when the MTA shortened the line to its current route. At the time, the agency cited its own financial struggles and low capacity on the crowded Queens Boulevard line for its decision.
Last week, a coalition of over 30 groups, including advocacy organizations and the New York Mets baseball franchise, penned a letter to Mamdani, Gov. Kathy Hochul, and MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber urging them to extend the G.