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City unveils ‘bold’ proposals to reimagine Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from above and below

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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City to close one lane of Staten Island-bound BQE for next 2 weekends to install weigh-in-motion tech

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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City proposes new redesign for BQE triple cantilever, delays construction until 2029

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Section of Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to close for third and final round of repairs June 1-3

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Environmental justice coalition criticizes planned BQE overhaul, demands community-led transformation

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway traffic

Section of Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to close for needed repairs April 13-15

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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City receives $5.6M federal ‘Reconnecting Communities’ grant to revamp BQE

By Kirstyn Brendlen

BQE triple cantilever

Biden administration denies $800M infrastructure grants for BQE’s crumbling cantilever

By Ben Brachfeld

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BQE closure ‘dumps traffic’ on Atlantic Avenue, to dismay of local merchants

By Adam Daly

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City to partially close Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever for repairs next month

By Isabel Song Beer

Reynoso at BQGreen presentation for BQE renewal at Rodney Park

BQGreen: Electeds demand 3.5-acre park in Williamsburg to compensate for BQE

By Ximena Del Cerro

BQE triple cantilever

BQE automatic weight sensors greenlit in state legislature

By Melissa Fishman

BQE triple cantilever

City delays BQE construction to conduct traffic study, says roadway is ‘safe’ amid interim repairs

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Cars and trucks travel along the BQE.

Pol proposed 25 cent tax on all online deliveries, funds to go towards BQE

By Isabel Song Beer

Rendering of design proposal for NYCDOT's new plans for BQE corridor vision.

NYC DOT unveils new BQE North and South corridor designs

By Isabel Song Beer

people at BQE workshop

As DOT presents refined concepts for BQE, locals question cost, construction

By Anna Bradley-Smith

Cars and trucks travel along the BQE.

No plans for the BQE? Electeds, activists blast state for inaction on contentious highway

By Aidan Graham

BQE from above

Brooklyn pols slam state DOT’s ‘unacceptable and irresponsible’ lack of action on BQE redesign

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Tonnage sensors on the BQE will take a year to set up: DOT

By Kevin Duggan

cantilever section of the BQE

‘Scale’ of Justice: Hochul signs bill authorizing tighter enforcement of trucks on BQE

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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