Nov. 9, 2016 By Hannah Wulkan
LinkNYC stations have made their way in to Sunnyside and Woodside bringing with them free wifi and phone charging.
The new Link kiosks have appeared along Queens Boulevard at 33rd, 34th, and 35th Street, as well as further up at 46th Street and at 60th Street. While the kiosks are up, they are not yet active.
The stations replace the now-outdated payphones.
Each Link will be equipped with free services including high-speed Wi-Fi, phone calls, a tablet for maps and city services, and device charging.
“The first @LinkNYC kiosk has been installed in Sunnyside. We’re excited to use the free wifi across the street in Bliss Plaza!” tweeted Sunnyside Shines, the Sunnyside BID, Tuesday.
Though about a dozen kiosks were added in Forest Hills and Jamaica earlier this year, these installations mark the first in western Queens.
The LinkNYC network was commissioned by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2014, and went in to its beta phase in January of this year, meaning more services will roll out over the next few years.
Several hundred Link kiosks are already live throughout the city, and the program will expand to about 7,500 locations across the five boroughs in the next eight years.
To see all Link locations throughout the city, visit https://www.link.nyc/find-a-link.html.
