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Op-Ed: Imagining Downtown Brooklyn Without the BQE

Julianne Cuba joined Streetsblog in February, 2019, after three years covering local news and politics at The Brooklyn Paper. There, she also covered the notoriously reckless private carting industry and hit-and-runs. A 2015 graduate of Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism Master’s Program, she now lives in Brooklyn. Julianne is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/julcuba?lang=en">@julcuba</a>. Email Julianne at <a href="mailto:julianne@streetsblog.org">julianne@streetsblog.org</a>

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Brooklyn Heights Group Wants to Break the Car Culture, Nix Lanes on Rebuilt BQE

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$ix Questions About the Massive Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Plan$

Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He&#8217;s also the writer and producer of &#8220;Murder at the Food Coop,&#8221; which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.

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De Blasio, Channeling Cuomo, Creates his Own ‘Expert Panel’ for BQE Repairs

Planning Group: Cut Two Lanes When BQE is Rebuilt

Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants the BQE for Trucks Only

Council Speaker Johnson Joins Calls for Knocking Down the BQE

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