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  • City Begins BQE Preservation Work, Warning of Traffic Jams

    09/18/2021 2:03:07 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 6 replies
    Bklyner ^ | August 27, 2021 | Billy Richling
    The city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) said today it will begin work this weekend along the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE), in an effort to extend the life of the triple-cantilever roadway that runs underneath the Brooklyn Promenade. Crews will begin work Friday evening, but the real impact on traffic will be felt Monday, when DOT plans to reduce the number of lanes on the portion of the expressway from Atlantic Avenue to the Brooklyn Bridge from three to two in both directions. The agency warned drivers to expect construction-induced traffic jams, and suggested they take public transit instead. Trucks and...
  • Terrorism cops bust man at tunnel (NYC)

    10/15/2004 4:01:14 PM PDT · by 4.1O dana super trac pak · 46 replies · 1,575+ views
    New York Daily News ^ | 10/15/2004 | Michele McPhee
    Anti-terror officials were called in last night after cops stopped a man carrying a fake passport and $40,000 in cash and money orders at the Manhattan-bound entrance to the Battery Tunnel, sources said.The 25-year-old man, who lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, was pulled over in his 1988 Ford truck for not wearing a seat belt around 8 p.m., the sources said.The man, who said he was originally from Michagan, refused to answer questions. "I ain't telling you nothing," he said, according to the sources.He was being held last night for driving with a suspended license as anti-terror officials were called...