#bqe

[imagesofnyc]

Monday, February 16th, 2026.

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn.

[unsuccessfulpeoplewithtalent]

[flipjack]

Location. Location. Location.

[vinsunt]

Day 8 BQE

[arilevine]

The High Road

[nyc-urbanism]

This is truly an amazing photo: The Long Island Motor Parkway (AKA Vanderbilt Parkway) in 1908 with the Manhattan skyline in the background. Built in 1908 and running from Queens to Ronkonkoma, Long Island, historians have called it the first road in the country built specifically for automobiles. The privately built toll road featured overpasses and bridges with a toll of $2 when it opened – limiting the roadway for wealthy men wishing to race their new cars. The parkway was closed and absorbed by the state in 1938. Part of the trail still exists as a bike trail in Queens. #longislandhistory #brooklyn #longislandmotorparkway #longisland #brooklyn #robertmoses #vanderbiltparkway #longislandexpressway #lie #bqe #brooklynqueensexpressway #nyhistory #hychistory #urbanism #urbanplanning #thepowerbroker #architecture #urbandesign #cityplaning #urbanplanning #vanderbiltmansion #ronkonkoma (at Queens, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfrN-ZKOFWz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[railwayhistorical]

The Changing Face of Brooklyn

Here are two images made nearly forty years apart: underneath of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway at Park and Vanderbilt Avenues. This lies in between Pratt Institute and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, adjacent to Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken in 1981 and 2021.

[thefarfield-s5s]

Bridge views