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The BQE Is Getting a Redesign! Here’s How You Can Help

by Emma DaveyFebruary 15, 2023February 15, 2023

Image via Kidfly182/Wikimedia Commons

For decades, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, more commonly referred to as the BQE, has been rapidly decaying. A first of its kind expressway during its construction in the 1940s, the BQE was designed “not only to relieve congestion on local streets but also to aid industry and business by shortening transportation time between the boroughs,” according to the NYC Parks website. However, in more recent years, the BQE has failedto withstand the weight of our…

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