According to the Queens Link project website ( and I agree, that is why I contributed):
Queens is the fastest growing borough of New York but the last new subway station to be opened in the borough was in 1988. Since then the population of the borough has increased by 17% and ridership on the subways in Queens has increased by 42%.
Not only is Queens adding new residents but so too is Queens adding new jobs. Queens is seeing more new job growth than Manhattan! As more and more Queens residents choose to work within their own borough our already limited transit system is unable to serve the new commuter patterns properly.
Without new transit options the new residents will be forced to cram onto overcrowded subways or add traffic and pollution by driving.
The QueensLink aims to be a prototype for planning, design and construction of new transit links in the outer boroughs to create a new type of project where all parties benefit.
Here is their website if you want to learn more: https://thequeenslink.org/
And here is their gofund me if you want to contribute: https://gofund.me/60505344
