Oct. 11, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A new report by the city’s Department of Transportations reimagines the trenches and viaducts of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway as cleaner, safer roadways with plenty of public space. The 154-page document, titled “BQE North and South: Safe, Sustainable, Connected,” lays out a series of proposals for seven different sections…
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City to close one lane of Staten Island-bound BQE for next 2 weekends to install weigh-in-motion tech
Sep. 10, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s aging triple cantilever has been patched and repaired, and the city is moving now to further protect it from further damage. For the next two weekends, a small section of the Staten Island-bound BQE in Brooklyn Heights will be down to one lane as the…
Section of Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to close for third and final round of repairs June 1-3
May. 24, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The city is nearly finished with short-term repairs on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, according to the Department of Transportation — but a portion of the span will close down for a the third and last time in early June to get the work done.
Section of Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to close for needed repairs April 13-15
Mar. 29, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Part of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will once again shut down for a weekend of necessary repairs next month.
BQE closure ‘dumps traffic’ on Atlantic Avenue, to dismay of local merchants
Oct. 18, 2023 By Adam Daly The Department of Transportation partially closed the infamous triple cantilver on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway over the weekend to complete some much-needed repairs to the span — with closures to sections of the notoriously congested roadway pushing traffic onto surrounding streets, to the dismay of local businesses. From Oct. 14-16, the…
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As DOT presents refined concepts for BQE, locals question cost, construction
Mar. 2, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
More than 100 people filled a gymnasium in Brooklyn Friends School in Downtown Brooklyn Tuesday night to review the Department of Transportation’s refined concepts for the future of the city-owned section of the beleaguered Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which includes the crumbling triple cantilever.