Gowanus
Expressway Corridor Tunnel and Neighborhood Revitalization Master Plan
 The
Gowanus Expressway overshadows a corridor between
the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the Brooklyn
Battery Tunnel. The neighborhoods that
boarders the Gowanus Expressway have long wished
for a solution that would improve their quality
of life. The plan will unify the communities
that have been fractured ever since the construction
of the Expressway. After consulting with
borough, community, and business leaders, AIA
Brooklyn has begun a master planning initiative
that centers on rerouting the elevated roadway
and addressing multiple issues in the neighborhoods
bordering the corridor.
One of the major focuses is addressing the
greening of the 3rd Avenue corridor.
It removes the Gowanus Expressway and relocates
the vehicular circulation via a state of the
art cable suspended expressway along 1st Avenue
within an existing manufacturing area.
When the project began, AIA
Brooklyn looked at a prior proposal and
supported a tunnel scenario that would take
the place of the Gowanus Expressway. However,
during the planning process we decided to present
an alternative to the tunnel and recommend a
cable suspended structure along 1st Avenue and
the manufacturing corridor. Other features
of the plan are:
- A major shipping terminal
- A freight tunnel from Brooklyn to
New Jersey
- Development of commercial space
- Expansion of open space
- A waterfront park
- Connection to the waterfront
- Expansion of the existing hospital
 The
scope of the project is vast and AIA
Brooklyn’s efforts continue to develop
and refine a vision to appeal to a broad public
interest. At the commencement of the
project, we conducted meetings with elected
officials, community leaders and the public.
We then engaged the Chapter, professionals,
architectural students and the public to develop
the plan to date. At this point the
objective is to take the progress back to
the communities/parties of interest to achieve
a greater level of participation and mutual
support. The process will continue through
2008 and will be refined along the way.
Drawings and an accompanying narrative will
be compiled into a book, providing citizens
and public officials with information to realize
these visions and bring new life to the neighborhoods.
More images of Gowanus project can be viewed
in the following pages.
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