robert moses

The Department of Transportation’s latest vision for the highway’s triple-cantilever structure in Brooklyn Heights stacks traffic lanes directly atop one another.

The weekend ‘walkshops’ are part of a $2 million federally funded study to plot a better future for the highway, which has long been criticized as a scar of environmental racism.

The study seeks to identify remedies for the unequal health outcomes in the largely Black and Latino neighborhoods surrounding the highway.

The cultural landmark stands on the ruins of what was a once thriving, culturally-rich Black and Latino community.

“The sins of past development can and must be undone," Senator Chuck Schumer said.

A quick history lesson.

"We want people to know the true history of Robert Moses, which cannot be done justly by commemorating him and his actions."

Robert Moses State Park? 'Maybe there’s a better name for this park.'

Before Trump-as-Caesar, another right-wing assault on Shakespeare in the Park almost killed the festival before it could become the institution that it is today.

Author Jerald Podair on why Walter O'Malley is unfairly blamed for the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn, and why Robert Moses managed to escape that blame.