Gowanus Expressway

The original Gowanus Expressway in 1954, before widening. This part was built on the BMT Third Avenue Elevated

North end of original Gowanus Expressway in 1954, before widening. Exit to the right now serves Brooklyn-Queens Expressway; the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is straight ahead. Note 35 cents toll; today it is $5.00

Nearly the same place in 2008

The Gowanus Expressway is an expressway in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York. 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 portion north/east of its junction with the Belt Parkway is a reconstruction of the former Gowanus Parkway, a cars-only highway, considered part of the Belt Parkway. Part of the Gowanus Parkway was built on the structure of the BMT Third Avenue Line, a closed elevated railway.

Recently, the New York State Department of Transportation has considered putting part or all of the elevated road underground.^[1]

[edit] Exit list

Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
		Belt Parkway east – Kennedy Airport	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	17	92nd Street – Bay Ridge
10.47	18	Fort Hamilton Parkway	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	19	86th Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
11.18	20	7th Avenue, 65th Street, 6th Avenue
11.93	21	3rd Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	22	Belt Parkway	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	23	38th Street, 39th Street	No entrance ramps
14.29	24	NY 27 east (Prospect Expressway)
	25	Battery Tunnel (I-478) – Manhattan	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
15.14	26	Hamilton Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		I-278 east (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) – Triboro Bridge	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance

v • d • e Parkways in New York City

Manhattan	FDR East River Drive - Harlem River Drive - Henry Hudson

The Bronx	Bronx River - Henry Hudson - Hutchinson River - Mosholu - Pelham

Brooklyn-Queens	Belt Parkway system: Cross Island - Laurelton - Shore - Southern Others: Grand Central - Jackie Robinson (Interborough) Former: Gowanus - Whitestone - Long Island Motor Parkway

Staten Island	Korean War Veterans (Richmond) Former: Willowbrook - Proposed: Wolfe's Pond

v • d • e Expressways in New York City

Manhattan-Bronx	Bruckner (I-95/I-278) - Cross Bronx (I-95/I-295) - Major Deegan (I-87) - New England Thruway (I-95) - Sheridan (I-895) - Trans-Manhattan - Throgs Neck (I-695) - (I-95)

Brooklyn-Queens	Brooklyn-Queens/Gowanus (I-278) - Clearview (I-295) - JFK - Long Island (I-495) - Nassau (NY 878) - Prospect (NY 27) - Van Wyck/Whitestone (I-678)

Staten Island	Staten Island (I-278) - West Shore/MLK (NY 440)

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