The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and multiple news outlets have reported a pedestrian was struck and killed at about 10:00 pm Sunday evening on Atlantic Avenue near Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights. Katherine Harris, a 31-year-old originally from Hyde Park, NY had the right of way when a Volvo traveling west at a high rate of speed ran the red […]
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BQE Developments: the Number-of-Lanes Controversy
As we noted a week ago, the City Department of Transportation is considering the question of whether “BQE Central,” the cantilevered part of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street and below Brooklyn Heights should, in whatever final design for a rebuilt BQE is adopted, keep the two lanes and shoulder in each […]
Possible BQE Designs Revealed
Mary Frost, in the Eagle reports on yesterday evening’s meeting, in which DOT officials revealed three possible plans for the Central portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, which sits below Brooklyn Heights and the Promenade, between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street. Renderings of these plans, dubbed “The Stoop”, “The Terraces”, and “The Lookout”, can be seen […]
BHA Raises BQE Alarm; Public Invited to Meetings Next Week
The Brooklyn Heights Association has issued a call to arms to the community concerning possible future plans for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway: Among the things we are hearing is that rebuilding and potentially even widening the BQE to accommodate six lanes of traffic is most definitely on the table. If true, we believe that it would […]
Joralemon from Hicks to Furman Closed Tomorow Evening
As part of the City’s “Trick or Streets” program, in partnership with the Willowtown Association, tomorrow (Monday, October 31; Halloween) from 4:00 to 8:00 PM Joralemon Street between Hicks and Furman streets will be closed to vehicular traffic.
BQE Maintenance Work to Create Traffic Problems This Weekend
In what is, no doubt, a preview of things to come, the Atlantic Avenue BID warns us of possible Downtown Brooklyn gridlock this weekend: Maintenance on the BQE will require Queens-bound single lane closures (Washington to Pearl Sts) & Atlantic Ave on-ramp closures this weekend. *AVOID* driving in Downtown Brooklyn this Saturday 10/29 1AM- Mon. […]
Mixed Reactions to DOT’s Community Meeting on BQE
As Mary Frost reports in the Eagle, Dozens of Brooklyn Heights residents trekked to the New York City College of Technology on a rainy Thursday night to attend the NYC Department of Transportation’s first community engagement meeting for the redesign of the “Central” portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). The “Central” portion extends from Atlantic […]
Town Hall Thursday Evening; BQE Meetings Upcoming
City Council Member Lincoln Restler will hold a Brooklyn Heights Town Hall meeting this Thursday evening, September 29, starting at 6:30 PM. The meeting will be held by Zoom; register here to receive information on how to join the meeting. Along with Council Member Restler, representatives of the Brooklyn Heights Association and of various city […]
Does Adams Want to Keep Existing BQE? Repair Plans Announced; Public Discussion Forums Coming
According to Cate Corcoran in Brownstoner, “It seems the mayor has made up his mind.” He wants to repair the triple cantilevered section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that sits below Brooklyn Heights and leave it and the rest of the highway as is, while mitigating the damage the BQE has done to other neighborhoods with […]
Open Streets Montague Goes to the Dogs
Open Streets Montague, sponsored by Montague Street BID and the Brooklyn Heights Association, returns this Saturday, September 10 from noon to 7:00 PM. All parked cars must be moved from Montague between Clinton Street and Hicks Street before noon; an emergency lane will be open during the event. This Saturday’s Open Streets will feature a […]
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