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Guess What? Another Delay For BQE Repair Work

The City Department of Transportation has advised us that the start of the interim repair work on the parts of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway below Clark Street and below Grace Court, which had been scheduled for this Monday, has been postponed a second time. DOT now hopes to start the work the week of August […]

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Jackhammering on the BQE Now Scheduled to Start Next Monday; Delays Could Push Repairs into Next Spring

As reported by Mary Frost in The Eagle Friday and linked in a comment by Mary Kim to her earlier post, the start of repair work to the cantilevered parts of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway beneath Clark Street and beneath Grace Court was postponed for a second time, and is now scheduled to begin Monday, July […]

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BQE Interim Repairs Info Session This Thursday, July 20, 4 PM; Update on Work at Columbia Street Ramps

The NYC Department of Transportation will be holding a virtual meeting to discuss the BQE interim repairs. You can sign up for the meeting at this link. You can also view the DOT’s June 2023 interim repairs webinar powerpoint presentation at this link or watch the webinar on YouTube at this link. The DOT’s written update this week covered […]

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Update on BQE Repair Plans

Mary Frost in The Eagle has a comprehensive report on the Department of Transportation’s virtual community meeting Thursday evening discussing plans for interim repairs to the BQE this summer. Your correspondent also attended; here are some quick takeaways: 1. The work will take place at three locations: below the foot of Grace Court, below the […]

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BQE Work Starting Soon; “Virtual Community Meeting” Thursday Evening

We’ve been advised by State Senator Andrew Gounardes that the City Department of Transportation will start in July to do “significant and necessary repairs” to the cantilevered portion of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway that underlies much of Brooklyn Heights and the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. This is interim repair work simply to stabilize the existing structure […]

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Garden Party at Poplar and Hicks Saturday

The Poplar Street Community Garden, located at Poplar and Hicks streets, will host a party this Saturday, June 17 from noon until 3:00 pm. You may “[e]njoy refreshments, take a tour of the garden, learn some tips to keep your plants thriving and listen to a book reading!” It’s all free. It is wth great […]

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Celebrate Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge’s Second Anniversary, Saturday, June 17th, 12-5 PM

The Brooklyn Heights Community Fridge has been a neighborhood hub of giving, volunteering, gathering and feeding the hungry for two years running. Come out and celebrate the Fridge’s second anniversary on Saturday, June 17th, from 12:00-5:00 PM in the Peace Garden at First Presbyterian Church, 124 Henry St. There will be live music, snacks, repainting […]

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Brooklyn Heights Association’s “Future of the BQE” Survey Results Are Out

Update: According to Kirstyn Brendlen in the Brooklyn Paper the DOT has decided to delay repair work on the triple cantilever by conducting a traffic study before the environmental study instead of concurrently. The DOT says the cantilevered section will be safe, and “plans to begin some short-term repairs on the most-damaged sections of the […]

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Why Is a BQE Solution So Hard to Find? Will We Lose Chapin Playground and Access to Fulton Ferry/DUMBO?

In Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker sci-fi trilogy he imagined something called an “SEP field.” A spaceship surrounded by such a field became invisible because it was “Someone Else’s Problem.” The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, it seems, isn’t covered by a single SEP field, but by a multiplicity of them, depending on the point of view. For those of […]

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Air Quality Hazardous

According to Channel 2 CBS News New York, our air quality, because of smoke and dust being conveyed south from wildfires in Canada, is at a dangerously bad level. Everyone, especially those with health conditions that make them more sensitive, should remain indoors as much as possible. Those who go outside should wear masks of […]

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