Do you live in Astoria? Do you have friends in Red Hook? Probably. And likely, you've become sick and tired of shoving yourselves onto crowded G trains. 

Finally, an advisory committee of New York City's prominent developers, transportation experts, and community organizers have merged to solve this transportation problem. 

They want to connect Brooklyn's Sunset Park to Queens' Astoria. And we're cautiously thrilled.

According to Capital, an advisory committee has commissioned HR&A Advisors (designers of the High Line) to determine the cost of building a streetcar or light rail that would in fact travel from Astoria to Sunset Park, jutting through Red Hook, Williamsburg, and Downtown Brooklyn.

Which would make traveling across Brooklyn, and hauling ass between Brooklyn and Queens, much less of a headache. To say the very least.

David Lombino, an executive at Two Trees development company that's helping to organize this effort, said the potential light-rail or streetcar is "a cool idea," that "could be transformative for Brooklyn and Queens someday. We'll see."

This isn't the first time someone's suggested the necessity of better connection between Queens and Brooklyn. Urban planner and president and C.E.O. of AGA Public Realm Strategies Alex Garvin has led the crusade on this issue for a while, appealing to the need for beneficiaries of the project.

[via StreetsBlog]

Our hope is tethered to the investment potential of Two Trees Management Company, who are redeveloping the Domino Sugar Refinery on the South Williamsburg waterfront, which is grievously far from the subway. 

Industry City is also a potential investor, as they are located in Sunset Park and have only the N and R trains as transportation options.

"The funding issue is a critical one and part of the idea is to figure out if it can be self-financed with user fees or figuring out how to capture revenue streams from the areas that will benefit from it," said Regional Plan Association President, Tom Wright.

To answer your more pressing question, this light rail will likely not be operated by MTA, according to Capital. Wright said a private operator "would probably be a good thing."

We agree. We actually think this entire idea "would probably be a good thing." 

Let's keep our eyes and ears open to see how it proceeds, and pray that it gets done. Because better transportation between Brooklyn and Queens would be absolutely incredible. 

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[via Capital ]