Podcasts about brooklyn heights association

It’s an issue that will redefine our city’s transportation, real estate values, public health and a host of other factors. The planning process for the rehabilitation of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has taken another turn. The city recently put together a panel of 16 experts to finally bring a measure of urban planning to what has been a chaotic, whiplash-inducing process.In this week's episode we'll be speaking with the panel’s chairman Carlo Scissura, as well as our reporter Mary Frost to talk about a rousing town hall held last week that discussed the issue. Organizer Hilary Jager from a Better Way NYC and Richard Zeigler from the Brooklyn Heights Association will also come on. Interview with Carlo Scissura at 1:30Interview with Mary Frost at 5:18Interview with Hilary Jager at 9:40Interview with Richard Zeigler at 11:23Our host Lawrence Madsen is a native New Yorker. His family and friends have told him since he was 17 that he has a voice for radio. When he saw an opportunity to do just that, he jumped for it. He is dearly fond of the Brooklyn Eagle. He attended Columbia University, and volunteers with the disaster relief group Team Rubicon.Subscribe to Brooklyn this Week:iTunesSpotifyStitcher

Brooklyn Paper Radio this week explored the latest news regarding the BQE with Peter Bray, the executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association.

The ongoing saga surrounding the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway rehab plan is going to be continuing for some time, so we’re dedicated to keeping you up to speed with the issue. This week, we’re going to be looking into the feasibility of a cross Downtown Brooklyn tunnel to replace part of the highway. We’ll be talking with Roy Sloane, who first thought to dig the tunnel, and Mary Frost, who’s been reporting on the issue in the community extensively. We’ll also hear about the Department of Transportation’s position on it and that of community organizers. Interview with Mary Frost at 1:08Interview with Roy Sloane at 11:21

The first story this podcast covered was the city Department of Transportation’s proposal to replace the Brooklyn Heights Promenade with a six-lane highway to fix the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, or BQE. It’s been four months since the announcement. Community activists have continued to push on the city and local representatives to save the promenade, the mayor backed the DOT’s proposal, hundreds of people took to the promenade in protest, an environmental study could reveal toxic air pollutants headed to the Heights, and new renderings show the highway would likely soar over part of the Brooklyn Bridge walkway for years. The plan is still on the table, despite heavy opposition, so this week we’ll be devoting our entire episode to bringing you up to speed with the issue.

This week we discuss the mayor's preference to convert the Brooklyn Heights Promenade to a temporary roadway, what legal weed could mean for the borough and some heated political races.