Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

New Jersey Motorcyclist Dead After Collision On The BQE

BQE and Brooklyn Heights Promenade (Photo: Nathan Haselby)BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY – A New Jersey man is dead after being thrown off his motorcycle on the BQE yesterday and being hit by a vehicle which then left the scene. At about 1 a.m. on July 4th, 37-year-old Daniel Costa was

Announcements

Hundreds Rally Against DOT’s Plan To Turn Promenade Into 6-Lane Highway

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Several hundreds of people gathered on the beautiful Brooklyn Heights Promenade in the freezing cold to rally against the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) plan to turn the historic Promenade into a six-lane highway while repairing the deteriorating Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). Last September, the DOT

Downtown Brooklyn

Town Hall Meeting On Thursday To Discuss Plans To Run A Six Lane Highway Where Promenade Is

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) is hosting a meeting this Thursday, September 27 to discuss the agency’s two proposed plans on rehabilitating the deteriorating Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street. BQE and Brooklyn Heights Promenade (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Last week, DOT revealed two

brownsville

Friday Crime Blotter: Gowanus Canal Body Ruled A Homicide, Daylight Home-Invasion In Brownsville & More

BROWNSVILLE – Off-duty NYPD officer Ernesto Marks, 37, was arrested last night around 1:45 am, police confirmed. He was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing. GREENPOINT – Later that night, another off-duty cop was arrested, this time in North Brooklyn. Emel Lyndl Alegre, 34, was arrested around 2:00 am, and

Downtown Brooklyn

NYS Senate Passes Bill Allowing For Expedited BQE Repairs

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Early Saturday the New York State Senate passed a bill which includes allowing NYC to expedite the design-build phase for much-needed repair work to the BQE. Via NYC DOT’s “BQE Atlantic to Sands Project Update” presentationSenator Brian Kavanagh (Senate District 26—the Brooklyn Waterfront and Lower Manhattan)

News

[UPDATE] Woman Found Dead in Burning Car on the BQE, Driver Arrested After Fleeing Scene

UPDATE: Police arrested 23-year old Saeed Ahmad of Flatlands, Brooklyn after he fled the scene of a deadly crash that killed 25-year old Harleen Grewel of Astoria, Queens. Ahmad was driving on the Gowanus Expressway near Centre Street when he lost control of his vehicle, slamming it into a concrete

BQE

BQE Traffic At A Standstill After Cement Truck Overturns At Flushing Avenue Exit

Image via NYScanner.A cement truck overturned at around 12:30pm near the Flushing Avenue exit on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway this afternoon, stopping westbound traffic and injuring at least one person. City emergency services put out a call for help from the NYPD highway crash investigation unit and listed the

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Belt Parkway Is The Worst Roadway For Potholes In New York City

Sign put up near the Belt Parkway by former Borough President Marty Markowitz. (Photo: Kai Brinker / Flickr)The Belt Parkway, which follows the coast of southern Brooklyn and finishes in Queens, was the greatest source of pothole-related claims against the city during a six-year period that ended last month, according