BQE Transformation on Hold, City Plans Weight Restrictions and Limiting Lanes Instead
According to a plan released today by Mayor de Blasio and DOT, they hope to extend the life of the BQE "for at least another 20 years."
Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights Brightens Up With Asphalt Art Activations Mural
A splash of color arrived at the Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street in Prospect Heights over the weekend, thanks to a new mural gracing the boulevard.
Locals File Suit to Block One-Way Street Conversions in Sunset Park, Bay Ridge
A group of residents and a southern Brooklyn lawmaker are bringing the city’s Department of Transportation to court in hopes of halting the conversion of a stretch of 7th and 8th avenues into one-way streets.
Locals Ask for Outreach as DOT Proposes One-Way Streets in Sunset Park, Bay Ridge
City transportation officials are looking to convert a span of 7th and 8th avenues to one-way streets, but members of more than one community board maintain that the agency hasn’t done enough to inform residents about the major traffic adjustment.
Mayor Pledges BQE Cantilever Repair While Full Fix Is Delayed
Mayor de Blasio said he will unveil details of a long-awaited plan to repair the crumbling Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s triple cantilever in the coming weeks, but added that a larger long-term transformation will be up to his successor.
City Shows Plans for Protected Bike Lane on Meeker From Greenpoint to Williamsburg
The long-awaited project will add a two-way protected bike lane, a new pedestrian path, and metered parking beneath the elevated Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from the Kosciuszko Bridge to Metropolitan Avenue.
Mayor Says City Will Propose Its BQE Repair Solution Next Month
City street designers will unveil their long-term plan for the dangerously-decaying BQE in May, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday.
City Unveils Redesigned Stretch of Atlantic Avenue in East New York
The design includes curb extensions, new sidewalks, raised medians and left-turn bays, our sister pub Brooklyn Paper reports.
City Council-Hired Engineers Say Bjarke Ingels-Designed BQE Fix Is the Best Option (Updated)
Controversial designs initially presented by the Department of Transportation, criticized by local residents and politicians, have been officially scrapped
Mayor’s BQE Panel Rejects Promenade Highway, Says Repairs Must Begin Now
A long-term plan could reduce pollution and knit together communities devastated by Robert Moses' 20th century highways.
