BQE North Visioning Workshops

Our community is currently facing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reimagine one of the area’s most infamous roadways: the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). Since 1937, our borough has been divided by the daunting transportation infrastructure, envisioned by Robert Moses, which either cut a trench or built an elevated highway bifurcating historic neighborhoods. Nearly a century later, NBK Parks is leading outreach as part of NYC Department of Transportation’s new effort to modernize the BQE across its entire corridor.

NBK Parks was selected as a “BQE Community Partner” by NYC DOT through an open, competitive application process last fall. Now, they are asking YOU to help shape the future of the BQE by participating in one of NBK Parks’ upcoming BQE Visioning Workshops!

Specifically, these three workshops will encourage short- and long-term improvement ideas across a variety of topics, including parks and open space; street safety and quality of life; freight and traffic; and land use & development. NBK Parks will compile the resulting feedback and ideas into a report that will inform NYC DOT’s future investment.

1. VIRTUAL WORKSHOP >> WED 15 FEB, 7:30 – 9:00 PM, VIA ZOOM, REGISTER

2. LUNCH & LEARN >> SAT 25 FEB, 1:30 – 4:00PM, 75 THOMAS ST,  REGISTER

3. OPEN HOUSE DROP-IN >> SAT 04 MAR, 1:00 – 5:00 PM, 86 KENT AVE, REGISTER