BQE rehab plan faces pushback over proposed Furman Street temporary highway near Brooklyn Bridge Park
TL;DR
NYC’s plan to repair the crumbling BQE would close the roadway and create a temporary Furman Street highway along the edge of Brooklyn Bridge Park to handle about 130,000 daily vehicles, drawing concerns about park access, noise, air quality, and parkland use, while officials push the project as a necessary $4 billion, 2040-completion fix that will be refined through public meetings and approvals.
- NYC's plan to fix BQE sparks concerns over temporary highway in Brooklyn Bridge Park Gothamist
- NYC unveils $4 billion plan to overhaul aging BQE without closing Brooklyn Promenade ABC7 New York
- Mamdani unveils NYC's $4B plan to fix BQE; groundbreaking won't start until 2030 FOX 5 New York
- Mamdani administration pitches multi-billion-dollar plan to fix BQE’s crumbling cantilever amNewYork
- ‘We're fixing the BQE': Mamdani returns from vacation with a $4 billion plan NBC New York
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