On a typical rush hour morning, I watched a line of people wait for the B60 bus in East Flatbush. Parents with kids tugging at their hands. Nurses in scrubs sipping coffee. Older neighbors leaning on canes. The ride to downtown Brooklyn can stretch well over an hour, and for those who work in Queens, it’s even longer.

Now imagine cutting that commute in half, without ever setting foot in Manhattan. That’s the promise of the Interborough Express (IBX), a proposed rail line that would run from Bay Ridge to Jackson Heights, turning an old freight corridor into a new passenger connection.

Brooklyn is always changing. Between 2023 and 2025, we’ve seen thousands of new housing units rise, new businesses take root, and plans emerge to resurrect old rail lines. Here’s one sharp stat: nearly 900,

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