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Old Posted Jun 15, 2017, 9:52 AM
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What are the chances of those LIRR tracks and all of the sidings and maintenance facilities someday being covered up to build a park? That would be truly transformational for Queens.

The big problem with Queens (and why I couldn't live there) is that is has no parks, just a bunch of useless cemeteries. Maybe NYC should also do what Paris did - build catacombs, re-inter the remains in them and turn the cemeteries into actual parks.
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