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Interstate 278 (I-278) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in New Jersey and New York in the United States. The road runs 35.62 miles (57.32 km) from US Route 1/9 (US 1/9) in Linden, New Jersey, northeast to the Bruckner Interchange in the New York City borough of the Bronx.
I-278 west (Brooklyn–Queens Expressway) – Brooklyn, Staten Island: Eastern end of I-278 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; all trucks must exit; exit number not signed: East Elmhurst: 1.34: 2.16: To I-278 west (Brooklyn–Queens Expressway) – Brooklyn, Staten Island: Westbound exit and eastbound entrance: 1.34: 2.16: 5
A mile (1.6 km) after entering Queens, I-495 meets I-278 (Brooklyn–Queens Expressway) at exit 17, then briefly becomes a two-level, 12-lane highway traveling across Calvary Cemetery. Merging into one level at Maurice Avenue, I-495 continues through the neighborhoods of Maspeth, Elmhurst, and Rego Park.
Near exit 9, however, the freeway passes through the commercial center of Clifton Park as it connects to NY 146. Clifton Park Center, one of several shopping plazas at the junction, is situated southwest of the exit. Past exit 9, the commercial development subsides as I-87 traverses another area dominated by housing tracts.
NY 27 begins at exit 24 of I-278 (the Gowanus Expressway) in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City.For the first stretch through Brooklyn, NY 27 runs along the Prospect Expressway — a sunken six-lane freeway through the Park Slope and Windsor Terrace neighborhoods — providing interchanges with Fourth Avenue, Seventh Avenue, and 11th Avenue.
Motorist killed, 7 hurt — including 9-year-old girl — in three-vehicle collision on Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Joe Marino, Amanda Woods. November 21, 2024 at 1:01 PM.
Exits 7 and 8, both at the Kew Gardens Interchange at the Jackie Robinson Parkway's eastern end, are both eastbound-only. Exit 7 goes to the Van Wyck Expressway ( I-678 ) northbound (there is no access southbound), while exits 8E and 8W lead to the Grand Central Parkway 's eastbound and westbound lanes, respectively.
The Promenade and BQE in 2024, seen from Brooklyn Bridge Park. With the Promenade's success, various claims were made for who originated the idea. A proposal by the landowner and early developer Hezekiah Pierrepont in about 1827 for a promenade along the bluff of the Heights figures nowhere in the correspondence over the proposed highway. Other ...