Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

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expressway highway limited-access road urban freeway

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is a major highway in New York City that runs through Brooklyn and Queens, carrying heavy traffic between the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and the Grand Central Parkway while forming part of Interstate 278.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway canonical 10
Brooklyn–Queens Expressway 10
Gowanus Expressway 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expressway ⓘ
highway ⓘ
limited-access road ⓘ
urban freeway ⓘ
abbreviation BQE ⓘ
carries truck traffic ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ
connectsTo Belt Parkway ⓘ
Brooklyn Bridge ⓘ
Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel

FDR Drive ⓘ
Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
Grand Central Parkway ⓘ
Jackie Robinson Parkway ⓘ
Kosciuszko Bridge ⓘ
Long Island Expressway ⓘ
Manhattan Bridge ⓘ
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ⓘ
Williamsburg Bridge ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
designedBy Robert Moses ⓘ
formsPartOf New York City arterial highway network ⓘ
surface form: New York City freeway system

regional freight network ⓘ
hasDirection northbound ⓘ
southbound ⓘ
hasLanes multiple lanes in each direction ⓘ
jurisdiction U.S. state of New York ⓘ
surface form: State of New York
knownFor Brooklyn Heights cantilever section ⓘ
aging infrastructure ⓘ
heavy traffic congestion ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
borough of Brooklyn ⓘ
Borough of Queens ⓘ
surface form: borough of Queens
maintainedBy New York City Department of Transportation ⓘ
New York State Department of Transportation ⓘ
openedInPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
parallelTo Brooklyn waterfront ⓘ
surface form: East River waterfront (in Brooklyn Heights section)
partOf Interstate 278 ⓘ
passesThrough Astoria ⓘ
Brooklyn Heights ⓘ
Downtown Brooklyn ⓘ
Greenpoint ⓘ
Long Island City ⓘ
Masbeth ⓘ
Sunnyside ⓘ
Williamsburg ⓘ
Woodside ⓘ
roadType interstate highway ⓘ
routeNumber I-278 ⓘ
traverses New York City waterfront ⓘ
surface form: New York City waterfront areas

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brooklyn Navy Yard → nearInfrastructure → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Long Island Expressway → connectsWith → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Calvary Cemetery, Queens → borders → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Queens Expressway
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge → partOf → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gowanus Expressway
New York City arterial highway network → hasPart → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Belt Parkway → connectsTo → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Robert Moses → notableWork → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
LIE → connectsTo → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Queens Expressway
Brooklyn Heights Promenade → adjacentTo → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Queens–Midtown Expressway → connectsTo → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Queens Expressway
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 ferry landing → near → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Queens Expressway
Jay Street → isCloseTo → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Queens Expressway
Staten Island–Brooklyn corridor → hasMajorComponent → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Columbia Street Waterfront District → transportationBarrier → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Queens Expressway
Old Calvary Cemetery → near → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Queens Expressway
Masbeth → servedBy → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
subject surface form: Maspeth
Kosciuszko Bridge in New York City → carries → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
subject surface form: Kosciuszko Bridge
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Queens Expressway
Queens–Brooklyn → connectedBy → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Queens Expressway
East Elmhurst → borderedBy → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Grand Central Parkway → connectsTo → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Queens Expressway
Gowanus Expressway → connectsTo → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ