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‘QueensWay’: Deserted LIRR tracks to be turned into The High Line of Queens
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – Manhattan has The High Line and ... A 3.5-mile stretch of abandoned Long Island Rail Road tracks will be transformed into a green space connecting six Queens neighborhoods ...
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Miracle Above Manhattan
The High Line once stretched farther into lower Manhattan, often passing right ... The black steel columns that once supported abandoned train tracks now hold up an elevated park—part promenade ...
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He Was Pushed in Front of a Subway Train. How Did He Survive?
Joseph Lynskey was waiting for the subway in Manhattan last month when ... he found himself in midair above the tracks. He saw the lights of an oncoming train, so close that he could make out ...
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The High Line
Erin Evans, Managing Editor Set on an abandoned rail track on Manhattan's West Side, this sprawling, nearly 1½-mile-long landscaped park stretches over three of the city's most lively ...
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10 Abandoned Subway Stations in NYC You Can Still Visit
With a total of 472 stations, 36 lines, 665 miles of track, and 5,225 million riders ... the 300-foot-long station. Hop on a ...