Open Thread Wednesday | Brooklyn Heights Blog

Anybody else read the piece here on the latest plan to “repair the BQE?” Obviously, it boils down to 3 bandaids because the Mayor and/or DOT has ruled out surgery for now…. The PROBLEM ??What has been proposed WILL have a much greater impact on Brooklyn Heights than either the article or the DOT projects – and almost surely for a much longer period of time than 3 weekends in 2023.The Brooklyn Eagle has a long story about it, and nyc.gov has a PDF that demonstrates that lots of effort HAS been expended.The impact I predict has to do with my certainty that the DOT’s proposed re-routing is like hip replacement surgery using Venetian glass. When affected drivers – many in trucks – are told by their GPS that it’ll be 90 minutes before they’re “back on their way” to Manhattan or LGA or points north, they WILL make a right on Henry and a couple of turns later, they’ll be streaming (more likely, crawling) through Bklyn Hts on Clinton & Hicks.“6 lanes on the Promenade” didn’t fly, thank the Lord, but this alternative is the equivalent of trying to pack 100 lbs of manure in a 50 lb bag.…
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