Reminder: Meeting Thursday Evening on BQE Repairs and Promenade

By on September 25, 2018 11:28 pm in 11201, BQE rehab, Brooklyn Heights, Government, Traffic, Transportation

The Brooklyn Heights Association has details on the Update meeting on BQE Rehabilitation, a project that could include closing the Brooklyn Heights Promenade for years and building a temporary six lane highway that would bring traffic to the level of Heights residences. Alternatively, it could cause major diversions of truck and car traffic to local streets.

The meeting will be held at the National Grid Auditorium, on the second floor of One Metrotech Center (enter from Jay Street). Presentations begin at 6:30 and ends at 8:30, but doors open at 5:30; best to get there early if you want a good seat. The presentations by officials will be followed by time for comments from the audience. The meeting location is ADA accessible.

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  • Banet

    Got it. I’m not sure I can picture how that would work. I guess they’d have to bulldoze everything in the park from Atlantic Ave all the way down to the Brooklyn Bridge as 360 Furman and Pierhouse are too close to Furman Street for anything to run on that side.

    It would cost tens of millions to restore when they’re done (over one hundred?) and would cut off all access to all the piers so the entire park would essentially shut down for 5 years… not to mention I’m pretty sure the park has 5x or 10x the use of the Promenade.

  • http://www.yotamzohar.com StudioBrooklyn

    Let’s not also forget that when Brooklyn Heights residents opposed the residential developments in the BBP that blocked protected views and added to stains on local amenities, De Blasio went to the press and spun it as “snobby rich Brooklyn Heights residents” opposing “affordable housing”.

    His attitude toward our neighborhood seems to echo NY Post’s intended subtexts. As we go into this fight we need to do it aware of the “Brooklyn Heights is full of selfish wealthy snobs” narrative, which is false and should be proven false at every opportunity.

  • Eddyde

    I dont see how putting pressure on him will help, he is not integral part of the planning or approval process and we have no leverage on him.

  • gc

    The cost for this project is already estimated at over $3 billion. Reality is probably more like $5 billion. Tens of millions is pocket change in that world.
    I would also think there are moderately easy solutions (easy if you’ve got the kind of money they’re throwing around) to getting people to the waterside of the piers.

  • gc

    As I can best understand it, de Blasio will, in fact, have the final word. He can try to deflect that responsibility but that doesn’t change the fact that the buck stops at his desk. As to leverage,
    he is an elected official subject to being voted out. I’m sure that with his level of vanity his legacy is a major concern. He’s already been crucified by the police. To be considered the second coming of Robert Moses will not go down well.

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