The Queensboro Bridge originally had a trolley line from 1909 to 1957. This trolley had an underground station at 2nd Avenue and went to Astoria, Flushing, College Point, Corona, Steinway ...

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At one time it carried streetcar (trolley) tracks as well. A great spot to contemplate the Queensboro Bridge is from the Penthouse808 rooftop lounge atop the Ravel Hotel at 8-08 Queens Plaza South.

In 2010, the city decided to rename the bridge in honor of former mayor Ed Koch, officially naming it the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. A poll taken soon afterward showed that over 70% of Queens’s ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - On the Manhattan side of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge ... cotta kiosk that once served as a Queensboro Bridge Trolley Station. To see more photos of the lampposts ...

And the Queensboro Bridge? A ladder there takes you halfway up, ... You’ll find yourself in a 5,000-square-foot abandoned trolley station with the original wiring system overhead.” ...

City officials and community leaders gathered Tuesday morning to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Baseline, a ...

The cast iron and terra cotta kiosk, located adjacent to the tram station, is one of five original kiosks at the Queensboro Bridge Trolley Station at Second Avenue and 59th Street. “It’s about the ...

Starting this Sunday, the Queensboro Bridge will debut separate lanes for pedestrians and cyclists, a fix more than five years in the making. Currently, the north outer roadway is a shared free ...