by Emma Davey The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is an important but crumbling piece of infrastructure in New York City. As a literal dividing line throughout many Brooklyn neighborhoods, it’s not hard to see why community members and the city’s Department of Transportation have been working to improve it.
After two years of community feedback and studies, the DOT has released a new report that reimagines what the BQE might entail and how it might better serve and connect local…
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I dont get it. I dont want to spend time or socialize under the highway. Just give me more parking
Without a road diet, all of these proposals are pointless – as another commenter stated, who wants to spend time in a polluted corridor with heavy vehicular traffic?
This area already gets pelted with pigeon shit