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“The subways were all elevated and now they are all tunnels,” said Ben Meskin, a member of the Gowanus Expressway Community Coalition, which has long fought to tear down the viaduct.
Along the Gowanus Expressway portion ... Headed north from the Gowanus Canal, the highway plunges from the viaduct into a trench that divides another neighborhood, then skirts Brooklyn Heights ...
The dangerous exit ramp from the Gowanus Expressway at Sixth Avenue will be ... are intended to help the highway remain useful till the viaduct is replaced with either another viaduct or a tunnel ...
A 20-car smash up on the Gowanus Expressway early this morning appeared to be caused water sprinklers left on all night by a construction crew, officials said. The train of wrecks, which caused ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The MTA is reporting delays on the Gowanus Expressway, not on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, early in the Friday morning commute. "We are reporting delays off property on the ...
A group of Brooklyn environmentalists and community activists have come up with a dream team to advise them on the future of the Gowanus Expressway. The Gowanus Community Stakeholder Group and the ...
Just as the Cross Bronx Expressway cut off the South Bronx from the rest of the city and caused it to spiral into decline, Moses' Gowanus project resulted in a crime-ridden, rubble strewn Brooklyn ...
Traffic was backed up Tuesday morning on the Gowanus Expressway at the BQE in Brooklyn after wooden panels spilled onto the roadway. Video from Chopper 2 overhead showed crews working to clear the ...
A long-forgotten plan has been revived. But can the state muster the will to get it—or any big project—done?
The $400-million interim repairs currently being made to the Gowanus, including deck replacements at various points along the expressway, are intended to help the highway remain useful till the ...