How Readers Voted on 17 Ways to Improve New York City

The top suggestions include spending more of the city’s budget on parks and libraries and fixing the Brooklyn-Queens ...
Hyperallergic

Architects Want to Build a Park on Top of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Architecture firm BIG has unveiled a proposal to replace a decaying section of New York City’s Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) with a park. The proposal reroutes traffic to a subterranean roadway ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Feds intend to let clock run out on city’s massive BQE plan

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The federal Department of Transportation intends to let the clock run out on the city’s $4 billion plan for the deteriorating Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Triple Cantilever, according ...
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Panel Suggests Shrinking the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

That is the key recommendation from a panel appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio that was tasked with coming up with a rescue plan for a key stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which is rapidly ...
Brownstoner

Mayor Pushes Feds on BQE Overhaul, Surprising Locals

Mayor Eric Adams is urging the federal government to expedite the long-delayed Brooklyn-Queens Expressway overhaul, warning that without immediate action, the city may be forced to impose truck weight ...