Mar. 4, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The number of overweight trucks barreling across the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s triple cantilever is way down, thanks to the city’s weigh-in-motion technology, according to a new report released Tuesday. Since the tech was deployed in the fall of 2023, overweight truck traffic on the Queens-bound BQE is down 60%,…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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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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.