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	Red Hook, Brooklyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Red Hook is connected to Manhattan by the vehicles-only Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, whose toll plaza and approaches separate it from Carroll Gardens to the north.
		It is actually a peninsula formed by the Gowanus Canal at the southern edge of Downtown Brooklyn, and is north of the geographic center of the borough.
		The term South Brooklyn derives from its location in reference to the original Village of Brooklyn, rather than the much larger borough.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red_Hook,_Brooklyn (229 words)

	Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (I-478)
		The Battery Parking Garage, as shown in the background, was constructed by Robert Moses in conjunction with the tunnel.
		Originally envisioned as a three-tube, six-lane tunnel, the crossing was to connect two pieces of Robert Moses' rapidly expanding arterial network: the West Side Highway in Manhattan, and the "Circumferential bypass" (later known as the Gowanus Expressway and the Belt Parkway) in Brooklyn.
		The Robert Moses proposal was defeated in 1939 in favor of a twin-tube tunnel.
	www.nycroads.com /crossings/brooklyn-battery (2088 words)

	Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is a toll road in New York City which crosses under the East River at its mouth and connects the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, nearly passing under, but providing no access to Governors Island.
		The battery referred to in the tunnel's name refers to Battery Park and Castle Clinton, the former fortification at the southern tip of Manhattan.
		The tunnel is owned by the City of New York and operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brooklyn-Battery_Tunnel (332 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Brooklyn @ HighBeam Research
		The Brooklyn (1883), Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges span the East River, connecting Brooklyn with Manhattan; beneath the river are the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (vehicular) and subway tunnels.
		Brooklyn is a borough of well-defined neighborhoods, from the gentrified brownstone communities of Park Slope and Cobble Hill to Bedford-Stuyvesant, the largest African-American neighborhood in the city.
		Kings county was established in 1683; the Brooklyn Ferry area was incorporated as the village of Brooklyn in 1816, and the entire town was chartered as a city in 1834.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Brooklyn&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (651 words)

	mta.info Bridges & Tunnels
		When the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel opened in 1950, it was the longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in North America.
		The Battery Parking Garage in Manhattan was built as part of the tunnel project.
		The Manhattan end of the tunnel leads to the Wall Street area, the South Street Seaport, City Hall/Civic Center, Battery Park City, the World Trade Center site, and the World Financial Center.
	webcam.mta.info /mta3/bbt.jsp (253 words)

	Gowanus Expressway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A part of Interstate 278, it connects the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, with junctions along the way with the Shore Parkway (part of the Belt Parkway) and the Prospect Expressway.
		The exit to the right now serves the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway; the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is straight ahead.
		The Gowanus Expressway is an expressway in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gowanus_Expressway (313 words)

	Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, vehicular tunnel, N.Y. city, SE N.Y., bet.
		The construction of 2 parallel tunnels was begun in 1941, halted during World War II, and completed in 1950 at a total cost of $80 million.
		Manhattan and Staten Isl., the tunnel is used by 60,000 vehicles per day.
	www.bartleby.com /69/86/B10686.html (158 words)

	Bridges and Tunnels in New York and New Jersey in the United States
		Alternate routes exist near the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and the Queens-Midtown Tunnel across the East River, but the only alternatives through or near the Lincoln Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey across the Hudson River are options of public transit.
		If an express highway tunnel without access to or from Manhattan is built to link Hudson County in New Jersey and either Queens or Brooklyn in New York, bikeways and walkways should also be built under the Hudson River and the East River.
		The Woolwich Foot Tunnel (+51.4964+000.0623/) and the Greenwich Foot Tunnel (+51.4848-000.0098/) under the River Thames in London in the United Kingdom are open to pedestrians at all times.
	www.geocities.com /jusjih/us-ny-nj-bridges-tunnels.html (5709 words)

	New York Architecture Images- West Side Viaduct (Miller Highway)
		From the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel north to the Holland Tunnel, the
		From the Holland Tunnel north to the Lincoln Tunnel, the elevated
		entire replacement facility from Battery Place north to West 59th
	www.nyc-architecture.com /GON/GON020.htm (1971 words)

	What's New
		The Greater Brooklyn Tunnel would have three interchanges connecting with the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge.
		The solution is to extend Regional Plan's tunnel north of the Gowanus to connect with the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in the vicinity of Williamsburg.
		As promising as these new directions are, they stop short of a larger vision, one that capitalizes on new tunneling technology being employed around the world by cities that have determined that tunnels last three to five times as long as elevated roads, and avoid the blight that the roads impose.
	www.transport-link.com /news/btunnel.html (1082 words)

	trm20040520.doc
		Jim Ferrara, general manager of the MTA bridges and tunnel’s Brooklyn Battery Tunnel was introduced by Chair and began a brief presentation to update the committee on operational matters off the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.
		Ferrara noted that at the Tunnel 900 vehicles per hour per lane can be handled and that 800 vehicles per hour per lane can be handled at the Whitestone Bridge.
		Ferrara told the committee: 1) The Tunnel is used by over 55,000 vehicles per day Monday through Friday, and by approximately 35,000 vehicles per day on the weekends.
	www.brooklyncb6.org /_attachments/trm20040520.doc (770 words)

	Brooklynisms
		Brooklyn native John Malar describes it like this: "In my neck of Brooklyn, where the back part of two backyards lined up, there were what we called "cables" running along telephone poles that went from one end of the block to the other.
		Collecting Brooklynisms is an ongoing project for Michaelle and me. These are slang words or expressions that have originated in, or are associated with the great and colorful borough of Brooklyn, NY.
		The first exit off the Brooklyn Bridge sports a sign saying, "Brooklyn", with an arrow, indicating which way to turn to enter the borough, as opposed to staying on the highway.
	www.lampos.com /brooklyn.htm (2744 words)

	New York @ NorthEastRoads.com - Interstate 478 (Brooklyn Battery Tunnel)
		Interstate 478 constitutes the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and associated approaches between New York 9A (West Street) in lower Manhattan and Interstate 278 (Brooklyn Queens Expressway) in Brooklyn.
		Interstate 478 southbound descends into a short tunnel underneath the ramps from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel northbound onto New York 9A and West Street northbound itself.
		New York 9A (West Street) southbound at Liberty Street and the Exit 2 split of Interstate 478 and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel southbound approach.
	www.northeastroads.com /i-478_ny.html (477 words)

	Wired New York Forum - Plan for Battery Tunnel Portal
		A state-of-the-art automated bus garage, a park arching over the Battery Tunnel and a new bridge across West Street are the centerpieces of a long awaited plan aimed to transform the eight-acre area around the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.
		The goal of the plan, called the Greenwich Street South Design Study, is to remove barriers created by the tunnel and garage, to ease access from Battery Park City to subway lines, and to address the problem of the hundreds of idling commuter buses that currently line the streets.
		April 20th, 2005 08:15 PM Plan for Battery Tunnel Portal
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=6120 (1133 words)

	Brooklyn Community Board 6 (www.brooklyncb6.org): Neighborhoods
		The construction of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, the Gowanus Expressway, and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel subdivided the geographic area once commonly known as South Brooklyn.
		The name South Brooklyn referred to the southern portion of the town of Brooklyn (or Breukelen), one of the six original towns that comprised Kings County when it was settled by the Dutch in the seventeenth century.
		With a population of 104,054 residents (2000 Census figure), Brooklyn Community Board 6 is comprised of the following neighborhoods: Carroll Gardens/South Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Columbia Street District, Gowanus, Park Slope and Red Hook.
	www.brooklyncb6.org /neighborhoods (213 words)

	A Sleek Aerie Atop the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel
		N 800-square-foot apartment that sits practically on top of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and around the corner from an entrance to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel may not be everyone's idea of an urban oasis.
		BROOKLYN SANCTUARY A serene maple and white interior.
		But for Avi Adler and David Stark, a renovated one-bedroom home on the roof of a nondescript 1940's Brooklyn building is paradise found.
	www.formandcontent.net /bonnie/online/nyt_adler (817 words)

	Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
		From Brooklyn, use the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel to West Street, or use the Brooklyn Bridge to West Street via the FDR Drive or Chambers Street.
		Battery Place wraps around Historic Battery Park and enters Battery Park City between Pier A and the Ritz Carlton.
		Public parking garages are available throughout Battery Park City and at the Battery Parking Garage between Greenwich Street and West Street.
	www.bpcparks.org /bpcp/map/map.php (340 words)

	Interstate 478 New York @ Interstate-Guide.com
		Today, the section of Interstate 478 that used to exist north of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is New York 9A.
		Interstate 278 eastbound as it encounters Exit 25 for the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (Hidden Interstate 478).
		Interstate 478 is a short spur route from Interstate 278 north to the southern tip of Manhattan via the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.
	www.interstate-guide.com /i-478_ny.html (414 words)

	Welcome to The Downtown Express Online
		Tim Carey, the president and C.E.O. of the Battery Park City Authority, which manages the 92-acre neighborhood of 9,000 people, said the tunnel is the only way to make it safer for neighborhood residents and the millions of people expected to visit the W.T.C. memorial.
		Battery Park City is often likened to the closest thing to suburban living in Manhattan and the two mothers said they felt more protected with the highway.
		Wils has said that the tunnel would clearly not be worth it if there were no street-level pedestrian access over Libeskind’s sunken memorial area, as she has proposed adding.
	www.downtownexpress.com /DE_10/downtowndivided.html (1298 words)

	Welcome to The Downtown Express Online
		Consider the current situation near the tunnel entrances for the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and the tunnel under Battery Park.
		To make the case that the poll spelled victory for tunnel supporters, Rogers combined the top three points in a four-point scale, which is not an advisable approach.
		Contrary to Downtown Express’ lead story, the results of the poll show that the construction of a new vehicular tunnel under West St. is viewed as one of the lowest priorities measured in the survey —if a priority at all.
	www.downtownexpress.com /DE_08/letetrstotheeditor.html (590 words)

	Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), SE N.Y., Brooklyn and Queens boroughs of N.Y. city, extreme W end of L.I. Short but vital 11-mi/18 km highway; Interstate Route 278 (I-278); partly elevated, partly depressed; from Verrazano-Narrows Bridge N to Astoria Park near La Guardia Airport and Triborough Bridge.
	www.bartleby.com /69/87/B10687.html (87 words)

	3-digit Interstates from I-78
		It consists only of the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and its approaches, and does not include the West Side Highway or the replacement arterial (the "Route 9A Reconstruction Project").
		The Manhattan Bridge Expressway was cancelled in 1971, and I-478 was extended over the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel instead.
		The highway from Battery Park to 57th street was closed permanently.In the early 1980s, it was demolished in stages.
	www.kurumi.com /roads/3di/ix78.html (1459 words)

	Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Closed
		Fox News Channel is reporting that the Brooklyn battery Tunnel is closed as police are investigating a "suspicous package." So far we are talking about almost a half hour between the first report and the last announcement of this.
		They closed off the little park in front of the building where the tunnel "breathes" at the battery end, and they put in a guard booth and generally keep a truck or bus parked there to keep terrorists from ramming it, I presume.
		That is the usually the bridge or tunnel that has the most security in NYC for some reason.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/842522/posts (719 words)

	TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES: Testimony: Hearing on the Gowanus Expressway EIS Scoping Process
		Given that the life span of tunnel options is more than twice that of elevated highway options, discount costs and benefits based upon the projected life cycle of each alternative.
		Otherwise, the State DOT would do a disservice to the businesses and residents of Brooklyn and the region and their children, who must live with the decisions made today.
		Thus, the full potential increase in vehicle trips produced over time is not revealed, which is extremely significant given the number of Brooklyn to Brooklyn trips made on the Gowanus.
	www.transalt.org /press/testimony/971112gowanus.html (2187 words)

	Tunnel To Towers Run
		When his truck was prohibited from entering the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, typical of him, he raced on foot towards the site with his gear strapped to his back.
		Firefighter Stephen Siller, who, on September 11th 2001, ran through the Brooklyn/Battery Tunnel to the Twin Towers where he laid down his life for others.
		Stephen Siller, beloved husband and father of five, was a firefighter from Squad 1, Park Slope Brooklyn.
	www.tunneltotowersrun.org (235 words)

	Directions by Car
		Take the West Side Highway or the FDR South to Brooklyn Battery Tunnel; follow signs to Staten Island/Gowanus Expressway.
		Approximately 3 miles out of the BB Tunnel, the Gowanus splits into the Belt Parkway (Shore Pkwy) or Staten Island (Verrazano Bridge) -- take the Belt Pkwy Brooklyn south.Continue to exit 11N-- Flatbush Ave North.
		Brooklyn Bridge...to Brooklyn...follow the signs to Staten Island/Verrazano Bridge and Belt Pkwy Brooklyn--take the Belt Pkwy Brooklyn exit when the road splits, get off at exit 11N--Flatbush Ave North.
	www.rivaphoto.com /car.htm (238 words)

	Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Access Roads
		Driving directions to reach the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel connecting lower Manhattan and Brooklyn:
		From Brooklyn: All vehicles may use the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Route 278) to Hamilton Avenue and follow local street signs to the Tunnel.
		All vehicles may use the Gowanus Expressway (Route 278) or the Prospect Expressway directly to the Tunnel.
	www.mta.nyc.ny.us /bandt/html/bbtaccess.htm (78 words)

	pr067-02.html
		"The opening of West Street and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is key to relieving traffic congestion on the approaches into Manhattan and to the future revitalization of Lower Manhattan," said Mayor Bloomberg.
		The BBT is the last major crossing in the City to fully reopen as a result of the tragic events of September 11th.
		The interim roadway and the BBT will be open to the general public tonight at 8:00 p.m.
	www.nyc.gov /html/om/html/2002a/pr067-02.html (1199 words)

	Smarttix - THE NEW ALTERNATIVE FOR ADVANCE SALES TICKETING
		Stay in middle as Brooklyn Battery Tunnel entrance is on the left and entrances to BQE and Hicks St. are on the right.
		Proceed towards the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel on 278E/BQE to the Hamilton Ave Exit 26B.
		(Stay in middle as Brooklyn Battery Tunnel entrance is on the left and entrances to BQE and Hicks St. are on the right.
	www.smarttix.com /venueListing.aspx?venuecode=THE574 (715 words)

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