Editing Queens (section)

===Public transportation===
{{See also|Public transportation in New York City|List of New York City Subway stations in Queens|List of bus routes in Queens|Brooklyn–Queens Connector}}

====Subways====

[[File:NYCSub 7 station view.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[46th Street – Bliss Street (IRT Flushing Line)|46th Street – Bliss Street subway station]]]]

Queens is served by the [[New York City Subway]], with 81 stations located within the borough.<ref name="Subway-map" /> Two physical lines — the [[IRT Flushing Line]] and the [[IND Queens Boulevard Line]] — serve as the primary east–west trunk lines in the borough, with all services on the two lines continuing across the East River into Manhattan. Two additional lines are wholly within Queens: the [[BMT Astoria Line]], which serves the neighborhoods of [[Astoria, Queens|Astoria]] and Ditmars–Steinway, and the [[IND Rockaway Line]], which provides access to [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] and the [[Rockaway, Queens|Rockaways]]. In addition, five other New York City Subway lines — the [[BMT Jamaica Line]], [[BMT Myrtle Avenue Line]], [[Archer Avenue lines|BMT/IND Archer Avenue Line]], [[IND Crosstown Line]], and [[IND Fulton Street Line]] — run between Brooklyn and Queens.

The [[A (New York City Subway service)|A]], [[G (New York City Subway service)|G]], [[J/Z (New York City Subway service)|J/Z]], and [[M (New York City Subway service)|M]] routes connect Queens to Brooklyn without going through Manhattan first. The [[F (New York City Subway service)|F]], [[N (New York City Subway service)|N]], and [[R (New York City Subway service)|R]] trains connect Queens and Brooklyn via Manhattan, while the [[E (New York City Subway service)|E]], [[W (New York City Subway service)|W]], and [[7 (New York City Subway service)|7/&lt;7&gt;]] trains connect Queens to Manhattan only. The [[L (New York City Subway service)|L]] train briefly enters Queens at [[Halsey Street station (BMT Canarsie Line)|Halsey Street]], connecting Queens to either Brooklyn or both Brooklyn and Manhattan, depending on the direction.<ref name="Subway-map" /> In addition, the [[Rockaway Park Shuttle]] operates strictly in the neighborhoods of [[Rockaway Park]] and [[Broad Channel, Queens|Broad Channel]].<ref name="Subway-map" />

====Long Island Rail Road====
[[File:Bombardier M7 7799 enters Flushing.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Flushing – Main Street (LIRR station)|Flushing – Main Street LIRR station]]]]
The [[Long Island Rail Road]], also part of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]], operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays – carrying an average of 301,000 customers a day (80 million a year, adjusting downward for weekends) on about 735 scheduled trains.<ref name="MTA-LIRR-info" /> It is the busiest commuter rail hub in the United States. Most of its branches originate or terminate at [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]]. All but one of its branches (the [[Port Washington Branch]]) pass through [[Jamaica station|Jamaica]]. Within the [[City Terminal Zone]], Queens has stations in [[Long Island City station|Long Island City]], [[Hunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR)|Hunterspoint Avenue]] (in [[Long Island City]]), [[Bayside station (LIRR)|Bayside]], [[Forest Hills station (LIRR)|Forest Hills]], [[Flushing–Main Street station (LIRR)|Flushing]], [[Woodside station (LIRR)|Woodside]], and [[Kew Gardens, Queens|Kew Gardens]]. There are also two stations where LIRR passengers can transfer to the subway.

Until 1998, the LIRR served 5 stations on the Lower Montauk branch between Jamaica and Hunterspoint Avenue. The LIRR used the track for non-stop service between Jamaica and Hunterspoint until 2012, when service was rerouted onto the main line and the line was leased to the [[New York and Atlantic Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lower Montauk Branch Passenger Rail Study |url=https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/lower-montauk-final-report-jan2018.pdf}}</ref>

[[Sunnyside Yard]] is used to store [[Amtrak]] intercity and [[NJ Transit]] commuter trains from Penn Station in Manhattan. The US$11.1&nbsp;billion [[East Side Access]] project, which brought LIRR trains to [[Grand Central Terminal]] in Manhattan, opened in 2023; this project created a new train tunnel beneath the [[East River]], connecting [[Long Island City]] in Queens with the [[East Side (Manhattan)|East Side]] of Manhattan.<ref name="WNBC 2018 Apr 16" /><ref name="Newsday 2018 Apr 15" />

====JFK AirTrain====
The elevated [[AirTrain JFK|AirTrain]] [[people mover]] system connects JFK International Airport to the New York City Subway and the Long Island Rail Road along the Van Wyck Expressway;<ref name="Port-Authority-JFK-AirTrain 2016" /> a separate AirTrain system is planned alongside the [[Grand Central Parkway]] to connect LaGuardia Airport to these transit systems.<ref name="NYDaily 2015 Jan 20" /><ref name="DNAinfo-NY 2015 Jan 20" /> Plans were announced in July 2015 to entirely rebuild LaGuardia Airport itself in a multibillion-dollar project to replace its aging facilities, and this project would accommodate the new AirTrain connection.<ref name="NYTs 2015 Jul 27" />

====MTA buses====
2019 bus ridership, citywide, on the MTA system, was 2.2 million per average weekday – about 678 million for the year. In Queens, the [[Q58 (New York City bus)|Q58]] and [[Q20 and Q44 buses#Q44|Q44]] [[Select Bus Service]] were the seventh and tenth, respectively, citywide, busiest local lines in 2019.<ref name="MTA-Bus-Facts 2020 Apr 14" /> In addition to regular bus lines serving [[LaGuardia Airport]], the MTA offers two [[Select Bus Service]]s, regular fare, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The [[M60 (New York City bus)|M60]] – terminals [[Marine Air Terminal|A]], [[LaGuardia Airport#Terminal B|B]], [[LaGuardia Airport#Terminal C|C]], [[LaGuardia Airport#Terminal D|D]] – to and from [[Manhattan]] via [[Grand Central Parkway]] and the [[Triborough Bridge]] – in [[Harlem]], along [[125th Street (Manhattan)|125th Street]] (with a stop at the [[Harlem–125th Street station|125th Street Metro-North station]]), ending in [[Morningside Heights]] on the [[Upper West Side]], a few blocks south of [[Columbia University]]. The [[Q70 (New York City bus)|Q70]] – terminals [[LaGuardia Airport#Terminal B|B]], [[LaGuardia Airport#Terminal C|C]], [[LaGuardia Airport#Terminal D|D]] – through Queens, ending in [[Woodside, Queens|Woodside]] at 61st Street and [[Greenpoint and Roosevelt Avenues|Roosevelt Avenue]]. Overall, about [[List of bus routes in Queens|100 local bus routes]] operate within Queens, and another [[List of express bus routes in New York City|20 express routes]] shuttle commuters between Queens and Manhattan, under the [[MTA Regional Bus Operations|MTA New York City Bus and MTA Bus]] brands.<ref name="Queens-Bus-Map" />

====Proposed streetcar====
A [[streetcar]] line [[Brooklyn Queens Connector|connecting Queens with Brooklyn]] was proposed by the city in February 2016.<ref name="The-Independent 2016 Feb 4" /><ref name="NY-Observer 2016 Feb 4" /> The planned timeline originally called for service to begin around 2024.<ref name="NYTs 2016 Feb 3" /> In September 2020, Mayor de Blasio deferred decisions on the project to after the [[2021 New York City mayoral election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2020 |title=Brooklyn Queens Connector may be another victim of the pandemic |url=https://www.rtands.com/rail-news/brooklyn-queens-connector-may-be-another-victim-of-the-pandemic/ |access-date=September 15, 2020 |website=Railway Track and Structures |language=en-US}}</ref>

====Water transit====
{{main|East 34th Street Ferry Landing}}
[[File:Small tankers unload in Newtown Creek jeh.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1|[[Newtown Creek]] with the [[Midtown Manhattan]] skyline in the background]]
[[New York Water Taxi]] operates service across the [[East River]] from [[Hunters Point, Queens|Hunters Point]] in Long Island City to Manhattan at [[34th Street (Manhattan)|34th Street]] and south to Pier 11 at [[Wall Street]]. In 2007, limited weekday service was begun between [[Breezy Point, Queens|Breezy Point]], the westernmost point in the Rockaways, to Pier 11 via the [[Brooklyn Army Terminal]]. Summertime weekend service provides service from Lower Manhattan and southwest Brooklyn to the peninsula's [[Gateway National Recreation Area|Gateway]] beaches.

In the [[Effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York|aftermath]] of [[Hurricane Sandy]] on October 29, 2012, ferry operator [[SeaStreak]] began running a city-subsidized ferry service between a makeshift ferry slip at Beach 108th Street and [[Beach Channel Drive]] in [[Rockaway Park]] and piers in Manhattan and Brooklyn.<ref name="SeaStreak-info" /> The service was extended multiple times.<ref name="DNAinfo-NY 2014 Jan 20" /> finally ending on October 31, 2014.<ref name="NY1 2014 Nov 1" />

In February 2015, Mayor [[Bill de Blasio]] announced that the city government would begin a citywide ferry service called [[NYC Ferry]] to extend ferry transportation to communities in the city that have been traditionally underserved by public transit.<ref name="NYTs 2016 Jun 15" /><ref name="WNBC 2016 Mar 16" /> The ferry opened in May 2017,<ref name="NYDaily 2017 May 1" /><ref name="NYTs 2017 May 1" /> with the Queens neighborhoods of Rockaway and Astoria served by their eponymous routes. A third route, the [[East River Ferry]], serves [[Hunter's Point South]].<ref name="NYC-Ferry 2021 Aug 23" />