For general inquiries, please email [email protected]
To sign up to volunteer, please contact [email protected]
To make a contribution, or if you have questions about donating, please email [email protected]
If you are a member of the press writing a story, you can reach us at [email protected]
Thank you for your support!
June 27th, 2019
To the Members of the Mayor’s Expert Panel on the BQE Reconstruction:
Since the first Expert Panel meeting in April, the local communities adjacent to the proposed project area have united to discuss the future of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) and how its imminent reconstruction can best reflect our expectations and concerns. Our meetings have made one thing clear: we share a unified vision, one we hope will be adopted by the Expert Panel and Department of Transportation (DOT). Below is an outline of our collective vision and the requirements we would like you to consider as you move forward in your work.
Of great importance to us is a transparent process that gives all affected communities meaningful opportunities to engage with you throughout. We understand this is challenging, but we hope to participate in the process and affect the end result, which must be a 21st-century sustainable solution, one that will permanently change the relationship of the expressway to our adjacent neighborhoods. That solution must protect our neighborhoods and parks, emphasize our neighborhoods’ historic character and enhance pedestrian connectivity and green space.
Unified Vision Statement
What we desire:
What we expect during the process:
What we expect will be avoided:
Signed:
Martha Bakos Dietz
President
Brooklyn Heights Association
Amy Breedlove
President
Cobble Hill Association
Hilary Jager
A Better Way
cc:
Honorable Mayor Bill de Blasio
Honorable Corey Johnson, City Council Speaker
Honorable Jumaane Williams, NYC Public Advocate
Honorable Scott Stringer, NYC Comptroller
Honorable Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President
Honorable Nydia Velazquez, U.S. Representative
Honorable Brian Kavanagh, NYS Senator
Honorable Jo Anne Simon, NYS Assembly Member
Honorable Brad Lander, NYC Council Member
Honorable Stephen Levin, NYC Council Member
Polly Trottenberg, NYC Commissioner Department of Transportation
Mike Racioppo, Brooklyn Community Board 6 District Manager
Rob Perris, Brooklyn Community Board 2 District Manager