This proposal sounds great, but seems to wave its hands furiously about right-of-way and eminent domain. I used to live in Astoria on Ditmars Blvd, and the proposed line would most certainly be going on/over thousands of private residences. I presume their placement is to try and connect this to the end stop of the N subway line, but It's not like Astoria is a junkyard or railyard, it's a dense residential neighborhood with single family and multi-family housing.
The plan here is to use the existing above-ground rail line that runs parallel to Ditmars from the park, then along the BQE and into Brooklyn. It is the line that literally has a bridge over the Astoria-Ditmars stop with all the Greek murals.
