brooklyn-queens expressway
Over 200 migrants set up 'mini-city' with 'nighttime market' under NYC expressway
More than 200 migrants have planted their flag under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, setting up a makeshift mini-city with a nighttime market where asylum seekers peddle everything from food to haircuts.
Migrants booted from mini-tent city under BQE have returned
Roughly 15 migrants were spotted living in a mini-tent city under a Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Saturday – a day after cops and Sanitation workers cleared out their makeshift encampment near the...
Motorcyclist, 25, killed on BQE by hit-and-run driver
The motorcyclist was entering the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway when he was hit by another vehicle, "possibly a taxi" that kept on going, the NYPD said.
New mayor, same crumbling BQE, but Adams plans to move faster than de Blasio
Mayor Eric Adams wants to rebuild sections of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and abandon Bill de Blasio's plans to keep the structure in place for two more decades.
NYC construction honcho calls on city, state to 'tear down the BQE'
Carlo Scissura told a group of Brooklyn business leaders that the city and state should "tear down" the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
De Blasio touts plan to keep crumbling BQE structure through 2040
Officials did not say how much the plan to keep the highway in place will cost.
Stoppage and peppers: Vegetable truck overturns on BQE, snarling traffic
The truck toppled over a median at around 7:14 a.m. -- with its peppery perishables peppering the roadway at Exit 30, which feeds into Brooklyn's Flushing Avenue, photos of the...
23-year-old killed in BQE crash involving possible drunk driver
A front-seat passenger was killed early Friday when a motorist -- suspected of drunk driving -- crashed on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, cops said. The unidentified 23-year-old man was inside a...
Inferno consumes truck on Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
A box-truck burst into flames on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway early Wednesday, leaving the cargo area totally incinerated. The truck erupted on the eastbound lanes of the BQE at Cadman Plaza...
As city dithers over BQE fix, highway is getting closer to falling down
What will happen to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway? The city has ambitious plans to fix the falling-down roadway — so many plans that the BQE may collapse as everyone figures out...
NYC wasted money on BQE study because Corey Johnson wants to be mayor
The City Council's decision to have taxpayers shell out $245,000 on an engineering consultant to develop a new vision for fixing a long-deteriorating stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway was a big waste...
De Blasio signs executive order targeting heavy trucks on BQE
"There are a number of trucks that are on the BQE that are causing serious problems with the weight that in many cases are trying to mask themselves as lighter...
Man hangs himself from lamppost along BQE
A man hung himself from a light pole along the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in an apparent suicide following a fight with his wife — who then found him during Monday morning’s...
2 EMS workers in critical condition after 'medical episodes' on BQE
Two FDNY EMS workers suffered separate medical episodes on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Thursday — in a bizarre sequence of events that left one of them fighting for his life. EMT...
De Blasio names 'expert panel' on re-building BQE
Back to the drawing board. Mayor de Blasio named an “expert panel” Wednesday to examine options for rebuilding the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway following angry protests over a plan that would shut...
A ridiculous complaint about the BQE repair plan
New York City’s preservationists have always been full of chutzpah, but their latest complaint takes the cake: objecting to the temporary disruption of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade in order to...
Historic preservationists will sue city if BQE projects sticks to plan
A group of historical-preservation organizations has vowed to sue the city if it doesn’t change course on plans to reroute Brooklyn-Queens Expressway traffic to a temporary highway over the Brooklyn...
Brooklynites want outside help for extensive BQE repairs
Brooklyn neighborhood groups want Mayor Bill de Blasio to follow Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s lead and hire outside consultants to find a less obtrusive way to repair the crumbling BQE —...
Plan to repair BQE will put major roadway over a section of the Brooklyn Bridge
It’s a kill to a view. The city’s controversial plan to divert traffic from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway would install an unsightly roadway over and perpendicular to the Brooklyn Bridge —...
Protesters fight BQE repairs during Brooklyn Heights rally
About 200 people -- including at least one superhero -- gathered Saturday to protest the city’s plan to put a six-lane temporary roadway on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade for six...