Posted on: August 01, 2025 04:24 PM

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Design approved for IBX

The NY Governor was in Queens to make announcement of the design phase of the Interborough Express (IBX) approval as the first step. This is a joint venture between HDR and Jacobs, the contracted companies. The Governor say this will connect between Brooklyn and Queens for the underserved communities connecting to subways and the LIRR by reducing travel time within 14 miles. This will cost taxpayers $2.75 billion initial as part of the MTA Capital Plan. It will take another 20 years or longer to see the reality of this project.

This is from the Governor's press release,

The IBX will be a new transit option for close to 900,000 residents living in neighborhoods along the route, along with 260,000 people who work near the corridor in Brooklyn and Queens. It will create 19 stations and connect with 17 different subway lines — A, C, E, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 5, 7, B, D, F, M, J, Z and L trains — 50 bus routes and two LIRR stations. The project will be built along an existing, 14-mile freight line owned by the MTA LIRR and CSX Corp. that extends from Sunset Park, Brooklyn, to Jackson Heights, Queens. New York and Atlantic Railway currently operates freight rail on the corridor under a concession agreement on the LIRR branch.