Tag Archives | NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg

Simon Says: Talk to Neighbors; Examine Data; Review EIS for BQE Renovation

By on January 18, 2019 10:54 pm in 11201, BQE rehab, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, DUMBO, Environment, Fulton Ferry Historic District, Government, Health, Neighborhoods, Politics, Public Safety, Traffic, Vinegar Hil

As expected, Thursday’s “Java with Jo Anne” event, with State Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon at One Girl Cookies in DUMBO, drew a number of Brooklyn Heights residents eager to question Ms. Simon’s stance concerning the City Department of Transportation’s plan to construct a temporary six lane highway in the present location of the Brooklyn […]

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Hundreds Pack Promenade For Rally Against BQE Plan

By on January 13, 2019 4:37 pm in 11201, BQE rehab, Brooklyn Heights, Environment, Government, Health, Traffic

Brooklyn Heights Association Executive Director Peter Bray said the cold weather made him hope that 300 people would show up for yesterday’s rally on and for the Promenade, but by our estimate there was well more than that number. (Update: the New York Post estimates the turnout as “[a]bout 200″; we believe this is way […]

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Recent Developments on BQE Controversy

By on December 21, 2018 11:20 pm in 11201, BQE rehab, Brooklyn Heights, Government

There have been several recent developments concerning the plan to repair the cantilevered portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that lies below Brooklyn Heights and its Promenade, including the City Department of Transportation’s “innovative” proposal to replace the Promenade with a six lane highway while the two levels of the BQE below are repaired. This would […]

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