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Thursday’s Headlines: Let’s Talk BQE Edition

Now's your chance to speak out against the mayor's plan to keep the BQE in place for another half-century. Plus the news.

By David Meyer

12:01 AM EST on November 12, 2026

Thursday’s Headlines: Let’s Talk BQE Edition

The Mamdani administration plans to build the BQE's bypass highway on top of the Brooklyn Bridge's approach. Credit: NYC Mayor's Office/NYC DOT/Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

The Mamdani administration is already collecting input on its plan to build a highway bypass over the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge in order to rebuild the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s central segment to last until 2080.

On Thursday, DOT will hold a virtual public hearing for its environmental review of the project, which the city claims will break ground in 2029. Our friends at Open Plans, which shares a parent organization with Streetsblog, encourage folks to register to speak out against the plan, or send written comments to BQECentral@dot.nyc.gov.

In other news:

The delivery app Fantuan forces its workers to pay for customer orders upfront in cash. (Documented)
DSNY supervisors have almost 2,400 speeding tickets since 2023. (Gothamist)
Ex-Jets coach Rex Ryan turned himself in on hit-and-run charges from hitting two pedestrians in Nashville. (ESPN)
An e-bike rider died after a head-on collision with another e-bike rider in a Bronx two-way protected bike lane. (Daily News)
Assembly Member Nikki Lucas still claims to be the chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, even after another judge ruled otherwise. (Hell Gate)
Meet Albany’s new climate “champions.” (NYS Focus)
And finally, architect Michael Wyetzner walked the “Broadway Vision” with Architectural Digest:

David Meyer

David was Streetsblog's do-it-all New York City beat reporter from 2015 to 2019. He returned as an editor in 2023 after a three-year stint at the New York Post and is now Managing Editor.

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