by Emma Davey Let’s face it—the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is a critical piece of infrastructure in New York City. But it’s a little worse for the wear these days, not to mention its legacy of literally creating a dividing line throughout our Brooklyn neighborhoods, saddling residents with adverse health effects in the process (looking at you, Bobby Moses!)
While the thoroughfare continues to deteriorate every day, a new group is determined to do something about it.…
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