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The concepts for the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) are merely greenwashing. Expanding the highway and partially covering it with a park doubles down on our past mistakes. Who would want to enjoy a park that's level with a double-decker freeway?

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4:30 PM · Mar 3, 2023

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And just to clarify, please stop referring to the expansion of highway on/off ramps by public housing as a "park project." This literally couldn't be further from the truth.

Google Earth aerial of Nassau/Gold Street highway on/off ramp

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Hayden Clarkin

@the_transit_guy

Mar 3

Today, the Adams administration is hosting a meeting regarding the BQE. The administration is excluding leaders who want to keep the freeway at 2 lanes, instead of the 3 lanes that the administration hopes to expand it to.

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Lincoln Restler

@LincolnRestler

Mar 3

Mayor Adams is hosting a blatantly political meeting at City Hall today with 20+ Brooklyn District Leaders and other elected officials to foment opposition to a two lane solution for the Triple Cantilever. brooklyneagle.com/articles/2023/

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Hayden Clarkin

@the_transit_guy

Mar 3

Who would seriously think that a triple-decker highway with a park adjacent to it is a pleasant experience?

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Feels like it was designed by (1) someone who would never visit that park or (2) someone who has never been to an urban park before...

harveyspectrum

@harveyspectrum2

Mar 3

it’s already a highway next to a park and the park and promenade are packed all the time. It’s nyc - no one is expecting peace and quiet. Just happy that the waterfront is a public space and the highway is pushed more inside and away

Jan-Hendrik Fiedler

@FlyingFan1

Mar 3

I’m sorry but this is the best it will get. The BQE is essential to NYC and removing it would put all of its traffic into Brooklyn and Queens itself. So covering such a road with greenery and trees, connecting people and park, is much better than leaving it like it currently is.