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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2, 2024
Contact: (212) 839-4850, press@dot.nyc.gov

Ahead of Schedule: BQE Reopens Nearly 24 Hours Early Following Weekend Repairs

Completed work includes new concrete and reinforcing steel bars

NEW YORK – New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today announced that the agency's weekend repairs to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) were completed nearly 24-hours ahead of schedule. The BQE was fully closed between the Atlantic Avenue entrance ramp and the Manhattan Bridge exit ramp in the Queens-bound direction beginning Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 2:00 a.m. Work was scheduled to run until Monday, June 3, 2024 at 4:00 a.m., but crews completed the work ahead of schedule, fully re-opening the BQE today, June 2, 2024, at 6:00 a.m.

"I am proud of all the dedicated employees and crew members who worked around the clock to make repairs to the BQE and completed the work ahead of schedule," said NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez. "Closing a major highway for repairs is always difficult, but I am pleased that we could make necessary repairs while minimizing disruptions to the surrounding community."

This weekend's repairs were the third of three weekends of scheduled repair work involving a full closure of a stretch of the BQE in recent months, with prior closures in October 2023 and April 2024.