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The Brooklyn Queens Expressway ('''BQE''') is an Expressway which runs from southern Brooklyn , New York to the Grand Central Parkway in Queens , New York. It is a portion of Interstate 278 . The highway is mainly elevated in Brooklyn, with some open-cut sections. In Queens, the highway is a mix of elevated, open-cut and at-grade sections. The BQE was built from the 1950s , and was completed in 1964 as a crowning achievement of Robert Moses , who still sparks debate today, being blamed for the Deindustrialization of Red Hook . The part that passes over the Gowanus Canal leading to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel , as well as its southern extension to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge , is known as the Gowanus Expressway . A section along the harbor in downtown Brooklyn is partially covered to create the Brooklyn Heights Promenade . North of downtown Brooklyn, it passes through the Williamsburg neighborhood, then crosses Newtown Creek to Queens on the Kosciuszko Bridge . Motorists may encounter difficulity finding an entrance onto the BQE from Brooklyn Side Street s, as illustrated in the 1990 movie, '' Quick Change '', starring Bill Murray . Murray and his cohorts escape from their Manhattan bank robbery in their getaway car, only to take the wrong turn from the BQE — they are unable to get back on. Murray finds a sign reading "To I-278," but the arrow at the bottom of the sign rotates around, and around. The Brooklyn Queens Expressway is infamous for rush hour Traffic Congestion . The BQE is referred to in the song 'Rusty The Skatemaker' by the alternative rock band Rasputina who began in Brooklyn, New York in 1992. EXIT LIST |
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