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Reconnecting divided neighborhoods and mitigating the negative environmental, economic, and social impacts of an urban highway artery

BQ Green

业主
St. Nicks Alliance
位置
Brooklyn, NY
规模
19.8 acres
Team
Work completed by team while at DLANDstudio
专业领域
景观
现况
Ongoing
荣获奖项
New York Design Award, Urban Design

Originally proposed by the Regional Plan Association in the mid-1930s, the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) was intended to mitigate traffic congestion, facilitate industrial development and strengthen the connection between the boroughs of New York City. As chair of the Tri-borough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, Robert Moses charted its path through low income residential neighborhoods of Brooklyn & Queens. Construction left a trail of divided neighborhoods in its wake.

BQ Green reconnects neighborhoods divided by the construction of the BQE and reduces many of the negative environmental, economic and social impacts of the highway artery. Notably, the creation of a 3.5 acre green space would improve air quality in a park-poor area of New York where asthma rates are double the citywide average.

BQ Green is part of a larger vision to transform the BQE into an ecologically and socially productive spine by introducing recreation space, ecological strategies and infrastructure improvements that enhance the urban performance of the trench while transforming it into a true public amenity. Two blocks will be capped to provide playing fields and verdant open space for an under-served Hispanic community in the south-side Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

With support and vision of City Councilwoman Diana Reyna, the design team is collaborating with NYCDOT and NYSDOT, NYCDPR and NYCDEP to pursue Federal HUD/DOT community development funding to make the vision a reality.

The project is currently ongoing. Learn more and support the Friends of BQ Green by visiting BQGreen.org.

想了解更多项目细节,请联系 Susannah Drake.

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