BQE
Proper noun
Meaning
BQE
The Brooklyn-Queens expressway; Interstate 278 in New York and New Jersey, USA.
Examples
Cuomo to the rescue: After announcing a significant expansion of Penn Station when his motorcade passed a pile-up on the BQE.
“Repairing the BQE is an opportunity to reimagine a vital section of our city,” Stringer said in a statement.
Located just off the BQE on Marcy Avenue in Williamsburg’s Southside, the bar is reminiscent of New York’s bygone eras.
That being said, we never imagined we’d be dining directly under the BQE, after hastily criss-crossing a menacing, car-riddled intersection, sparsely surrounded by neon-lit gas stations and odiferous auto body shops.
Our cartoonist, Cristian Fleming, thinks this BQE roadwork is taking too long.
What about tearing the BQE down?