Brooklyn BQE section to close again for repairs the first weekend of June

Get ready to pump those brakes, drivers.

This coming weekend, a roughly 1-mile section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo will again close to traffic so that essential repairs can be done, the city Department of Transportation said.

The highway's Queens-bound side is slated to be fully closed from the Atlantic Avenue entrance ramp to the Manhattan Bridge exit ramp from 2 a.m. on June 1 to 4 a.m. on June 3, according to the transportation department. The work will add new concrete and reinforcing steel bars to the BQE near Clark Street and Grace Court to help prolong its lifespan.

Officials said it’s expected to be the last planned repair work to this section of the highway this year. “We are approaching the third and final phase of our interim repair work for 2024 on the BQE to preserve its lifespan and keep it in a state of good repair,” Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a statement. “As we did in October and April we will keep the public closely updated on our progress as we plan ahead for this work.”

The department is advising drivers to avoid the BQE this weekend — and to expect major delays if they can't. Detours will be posted throughout Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.

Details on the highway closure, via the city, are listed below.

Additional travel restrictions

• Atlantic Avenue eastbound left turn onto Hicks Street banned (except for buses)
• Atlantic Avenue eastbound left turn onto Clinton Street banned (except for buses)
• Hicks Street northbound left turn onto westbound Atlantic Avenue banned

Ramp closures associated with work June 1 to 3

Queens-bound

• Third Avenue entrance ramp
• Sixth Avenue entrance ramp
• Prospect Expressway entrance ramp (HOV lane to Battery Tunnel open)
• Hamilton Avenue entrance ramp
• Atlantic Avenue entrance ramp

Queens-bound Atlantic Avenue detour

• All Queens-bound vehicles must exit at Atlantic Avenue
• Left onto Boerum Place
• Right onto Tillary Street and take ramp onto BQE

Queens-bound Third Avenue entrance ramp detour

• Exit Gowanus Expressway at Exit 21 to Third Avenue (Brooklyn)
• Travel along Third Avenue
• Left onto Flatbush Avenue
• Right onto Tillary Street and take ramp onto BQE

Queens-bound Prospect Expressway entrance ramp detour

• Travel along the Prospect Expressway towards Gowanus Expressway
• Exit Gowanus Expressway at Hamilton Avenue (HOV lane to Battery Tunnel open)
• Take a right onto Hicks Street
• Take a right onto Atlantic Avenue
• Take a left onto Boerum Place
• Take a right onto Tillary Street and take ramp onto BQE

Queens-bound Linden Boulevard detour

• Exit Gowanus Expressway at Prospect Expressway
• Exit at 10th Avenue
• Turn right onto 10th Avenue
• Turn left onto McDonald Avenue
• Turn left onto Caton Avenue
• Continue onto Linden Boulevard
• Detour routes to Conduit Avenue with connections to Nassau Expressway, Van Wyck Expressway, and the Long Island Expressway via the Van Wyck Expressway