Southbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway reduced to single lane in Downtown Brooklyn over next 2 weekends

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Traveling southbound on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway may be a bit of a headache this weekend and next as the New York City Department of Transportation closes down all but one lane through Downtown Brooklyn.

Sept. 14-16 and Sept. 21-23, a brief stretch of the expressway will be mostly closed so that weigh-in-motion equipment can be installed along that section of the roadway, the DOT said.

“Weigh-in-motion technology has proven successful along the BQE in areas where it’s installed, leading to a 64% reduction in overweight vehicles along the triple cantilever,” DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said. “These limited lane closures are necessary for us to continue to keep overweight trucks off the BQE and we advise drivers to take mass transit or seek alternate routes if possible.”

The closures begin at 1 a.m. Saturday and last through 5 a.m. on Monday both weekends, bringing Staten Island-bound traffic down to one lane from Adams Street to Washington Street.

In addition to the lane closures, on the weekend of Sept. 21-23 the Sands Street entrance ramp to the Staten Island-bound roadway will be closed.

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