New York’s BQE Is Falling Apart. The City Can’t Agree on How to Fix It. The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has exceeded its life span. Clashing visions have hindered a solution.

The BQE Is Crumbling. New York Can’t Agree on How to Fix It.
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Video: How N.Y.C. Is Trying to Fix This Iconic Highway The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is a vital New York City artery. But for years now it’s been crumbling, and there is no consensus about how to fix it. Our reporter Winnie Hu goes to the B.Q.E. to unpac...

NYC’s Brooklyn Queens Expressway in Rough Shape—No Solution in Sight

#Infrastructure
#BQE

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New York’s BQE Is Falling Apart. The City Can’t Agree on How to Fix It. (Gift Article) The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has exceeded its life span. Clashing visions have hindered a solution.

Once again, the #BQE cantilever paralysis -‘A Highway Is Crumbling. New York Can’t Fix It.’ (But it could & should, soon - final option presented here seems best.) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A van catches fire on the BQE in Brooklyn.

A little mishap on the #BQE

Graffiti on delivery truck in Brooklyn

Brooklyn Queens Expressway 10am
#bqe #graffiti #bklyn #photography #streetphotography

The Furman Street Fan Plant is connected to the Cranberry Street Tube which serves the IND Fulton Street Line (A/C trains). Pedestrians can see if from the Squibb Park Bridge or from street level near Brooklyn Bridge Park. Drivers may notice it from the #BQE (it has a large billboard on its roof).

Traffic Flow and the Status Quo: There are better ways to spend $10 billion than rebuilding the BQE - CNU NYC New York City plans to spend more than $10 billion on a project that will speed up climate change and increase the number of New Yorkers killed by traffic and pollution. The good news is that the city...

There are better ways to spend $10 billion than rebuilding the #BQE
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The BQE’s aging triple cantilever in Brooklyn Heights remains a safety risk. NYC’s plan for a slimmer, supported span is nearing federal review. Will Washington finally act before another slab falls? t.ly/1aKzY #BQE #Infrastructure #Brooklyn #UrbanPlanning

A new plan to fix the crumbling BQE in Brooklyn Heights The architect who helped scuttle former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plans to repair the crumbling Brooklyn-Queens Expressway now has a new proposal.

A smart new plan to fix the crumbling #BQE in Brooklyn Heights - cheaper, quicker, far less disruptive than #DOT's destructive decade-long cantilever replacement proposal(s) gothamist.com/news/a-new-p...

Could new BQE ‘Streamline’ design be a game-changer? A Brooklyn-based architect and urban planner has developed an innovative design to replace the decrepit Triple Cantilever section of the BQE.

Could new #BQE ‘Streamline’ design be a game-changer? brooklyneagle.com/articles/202...

Graffiti on a Brooklyn building, viewed from the BQE.

BQE Paint
#BQE #newyorkers #tag #graffiti #photography #brookyln

Thanks for the hard data.

I have made similar informal observations of the #BQE traffic in my #Brooklyn neighborhood, causing #congestion #noisepollution and #stress 🏭😡🔊

Half should be there (delivery vans, HOV), but half are 1 person sitting in a SUV, suckling a beverage 🐷🍼🖕

Now let's extend #congestionpricing to #Brooklyn and the #BQE, because it still is a nightmare out there.

@transalt.org @mta.info @lincolnrestler.bsky.social

A photo of artist Tom Fruin's rooftop water tank. The tank is made of stained glass in many colors

A quick snap while driving the BQE. ( please don't try this at home) #Gowanus #BQE #Brooklyn #Watertanks #TomFruin

#BQE is a parking lot. I guess everyone is so shocked to see some rain they're all going slow looking up, wondering what it is #drought #rain #nyc

Origin story #5amwritersclub #BQE #flashfiction #writingprompt #randomclick #sunday

And here's the #BQE. More cars 4 NYC.
#GoodLuckWithThat

City Views #NYC #BQE 🏢💯

Uhhh... what is @NYCMayor doing with inviting political office holders (rather than *public* office holders) to a meeting about the #BQE?

And why is he trying to make it a North Brooklyn vs. South Brooklyn fight?

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Tomorrow at 10 AM , Fri Feb 9, join @JoAnneSimonBK52 & @BrianKavanaghNY at Montague Street promenade entrance for #BQE #designbuild rally -

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Tomorrow at 10 AM , Friday February 9th, join @JoAnneSimonBK52 & @BrianKavanaghNY at the Montague Street promenade entrance for #BQE #designbuild rally.

Friday February 9th join @JoAnneSimonBK52 & @BrianKavanaghNY at Montague St promenade entrance for #BQE #designbuild rally.

Now that everyone's talking about #BQE billboard collapse, is it a good time to talk about a 405-style 5-day shutdown-and-repave project?