In today’s post we’re going to take a look at the long-proposed Sunnyside station. Sunnyside station is a long-proposed station in the Sunnyside neighborhood of western Queens, the stations location is proposed to be very close to Sunnyside yard, with the actual location being at Queens Blvd and Skillman Av. The project, which, has been promised since 2001 would provide better transit options for residents of Western Queens.
Advocates for transit in western Queens had wanted this station for a long time, and it’s been promised for a long time, but, it hasn’t come. Then came the construction for East Side Access and the MTA claimed it would cause issues if they tried to build it during the construction of East Side Access. Then, fast-forward a long and grueling several years, and now we’re in 2025, and we still haven’t gotten any promises for the station.
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| A map part of the Sunnyside Master Plan |
As you may or may not have picked up from my various posts overtime, I’m an advocate for better transit in Queens, especially in Eastern Queens, however I feel this area of western Queens is also underserved. A good argument for this station is that commutes on the Queens Blvd Line typically take 12-15 minutes while taking the LIRR could probably shorten it to 6 minutes. Another good argument is that both the Queens Blvd Line and the Flushing Line are very overcrowded, so, this would decrease the trip time. The project has been included in the MTA’s 20-Year Needs Assessment, so that really increases the likelihood of this coming.
The station is proposed to consist of two side platforms and an island platform. They also claim it would be a connection point between LIRR and Metro-North (as part of Penn Station Access). Apparently there’s a possibility for Amtrak service, but to be honest little is known about the project right now.
If it’s true that you can easily go across the platform like you would at Babylon for a connection to Metro-North, that could be groundbreaking for Long Island - Upstate/CT commuting as it’s rather painful to have to get off the train at Grand Central Madison then walk all the way to the GCT concourse.
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| The current Sunnyside Yards as of 2025. |
If this station ever comes to fruition, it’s likely that it’ll be built after Penn Station Access is completed. I also believe be similar to Woodside in that certain LIRR trains will make stops there. I’ve included it in my timetable project so for those of you that know about it make sure to look out for Sunnyside!