GOALS & BENEFITS

Goals of the Tri-Line Plan

  • Eliminate air and noise pollution in Brooklyn Bridge Park and in the residential neighborhoods adjacent to the highway
  • Minimize disruption to the local neighborhood by eliminating any temporary highway
  • Create a new BQE that meets federal highway standards to improve motorist safety and traffic flow, while reducing the intrusion of cars and trucks into our city
  • Reduces traffic delays which result in substantial costs for businesses and residents
  • Save the Promenade in its current state without any disruption or closure
  • Preserve the historic Triple Cantilever structure
  • Expand and improve Brooklyn Bridge Park through innovative reuse of a historic transportation structure
  • Improve access to Brooklyn Bridge Park

Benefits to Brooklyn

  • Preservation of the Promenade and preservation of the Triple Cantilever (the highly important historic work of the ā€œmaster builderā€ Robert Moses) will constitute the greatest act of historic preservation in Brooklyn Heights since the formation of the Historic District
  • Noise and air pollution emanating from the BQE in residential neighborhoods are eliminated
  • No temporary structure is needed, so no negative effects from construction on the Promenade or local residents
  • Improved access to Brooklyn Bridge Park benefits local residents and businesses
Photo by Ann Dooley

Benefits to New York City and the Region

  • Substantial cost saving of the Tri-Line plan over the current proposed alternative means less spending on roads and more spending on other priorities in the city
  • The Tri-Line shows a way to eliminate air pollution from our roadways, including the dangerous particulate matter pollution
  • Modernize a critical part of the region’s transportation network
  • Reduces traffic delays which result in substantial costs  for businesses and residents
Photo by Brian Anthony

Benefits to Brooklyn Bridge Park

  • Adds over 8 acres of space to Brooklyn Bridge Park
  • Eliminates the need for the existing berms, freeing acres of additional space
  • Noise and air pollution from the BQE, which significantly affect the Park, are eliminated
  • Allows for the growth in size and programming of the Park
  • Innovative reuse of the historic Triple Cantilever transportation structure enhances the ā€œworld-classā€ quality of this highly successful Park and adds the potential for unique programing of the Triple Cantilever
  • Avoids the negatives of a new concrete superhighway structure along the length of the Park
  • Connects the Park to Brooklyn Heights and the rapidly growing Downtown Brooklyn