Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

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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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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 ⓘ
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 freeway system ⓘ
regional freight network ⓘ
hasDirection northbound ⓘ
southbound ⓘ
hasLanes multiple lanes in each direction ⓘ
jurisdiction State of New York ⓘ
knownFor Brooklyn Heights cantilever section ⓘ
aging infrastructure ⓘ
heavy traffic congestion ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
borough of Brooklyn ⓘ
borough of Queens ⓘ
linked to: Borough of Queens
maintainedBy New York City Department of Transportation ⓘ
New York State Department of Transportation ⓘ
openedInPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
parallelTo East River waterfront (in Brooklyn Heights section) ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn waterfront
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 areas ⓘ

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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 ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge → partOf → Gowanus Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens 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 ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Brooklyn Heights Promenade → adjacentTo → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Queens–Midtown Expressway → connectsTo → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 ferry landing → near → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Jay Street → isCloseTo → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Staten Island–Brooklyn corridor → hasMajorComponent → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Columbia Street Waterfront District → transportationBarrier → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Old Calvary Cemetery → near → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Maspeth → servedBy → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
subject linked to: Masbeth
Kosciuszko Bridge → carries → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Queens–Brooklyn → connectedBy → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
East Elmhurst → borderedBy → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Grand Central Parkway → connectsTo → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Gowanus Expressway → connectsTo → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Maspeth → crossedBy → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Kosciuszko Bridge → carries → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Kosciuszko Bridge → hasApproachRoad → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway (BQE) ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
New York City street network → hasNotableComponent → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Jackie Robinson Parkway → westernTerminus → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Queens Community District 2 → containsMajorRoad → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Interstate 278 → segmentName → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
I-278 → hasSegment → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure → carries → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway mainline ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
The Promenade → adjacentTo → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
York Street → locatedNear → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
subject linked to: York Street subway station
BQE → fullName → Brooklyn–Queens Expressway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
Brooklyn Heights cantilever section → partOf → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ
Maspeth Creek → near → Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ⓘ