Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Highways

The BQE triple cantilever. Photo: Kevin Duggan

Is the City Running Out of Time to Avoid a BQE Catastrophe? Some Think So, But DOT Says Its Plan Will Work

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 2, 2023 | No Comments

Mayor Adams is running out of time to repair the crumbling triple-cantilevered section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway under tony Brooklyn Heights, setting up the potential for “catastrophic” damage if the city doesn’t move quickly enough to address its deterioration, pols and experts warned.

This thing could use a stylish cap. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Torres Seeks Fed Backing for Cross Bronx Capping

By Dave Colon | May 18, 2023 | No Comments

The federal government should give a financial and bureaucratic boost to the effort to cap the Cross Bronx Expressway, according to a Bronx congressman hoping to capitalize on federal backing for a similar project in Texas announced earlier this year.

Stats Show That a Narrower BQE is Safer, Yet City is Considering Widening the Highway

By Kevin Duggan | Apr 10, 2023 | No Comments

Collisions on the Queens-bound side of the cantilever have dropped 65 percent compared to 2019, according to a DOT analysis obtained by Streetsblog.

Wider BQE Could Be ‘Intrusion’ on Brooklyn Bridge Park, Ex-Transportation Leaders Warn

By Kevin Duggan | Apr 5, 2023 | No Comments

The city says it is only considering whether to widen the crumbling triple-cantilever section of the BQE between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street into three, 12-foot lanes in each direction, with additional shoulders — a configuration that would require the roadway to be widened from roughly 34 feet to 56.

Rendering (inset) vs. reality (main photo) under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

DOT Shows Off Ways to ‘Reconnect’ Communities Harmed by BQE, But Questions Remain

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 21, 2023 | No Comments

On Tuesday night, the Adams administration offered a glimpse of some changes it hopes to make along the BQE corridor.

Six lanes of BQE nastiness trenched through Carroll Gardens. Photo: Kevin Duggan

Analysis: City Ignored BQE Panel Recs To Ease Local Traffic From Two-Lane Conversion

By Kevin Duggan | Mar 20, 2023 | No Comments

The city has failed to adopt key recommendations by its own appointed experts to curb congestion near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway after officials reduced the highway from six to four lanes — and the Adams administration may be now using that same congestion as a justification for building a wider highway.

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