A highway is crumbling.

New York can't agree on how to fix it.

That was a headline in the New York Times back in November about the highly problematic

section of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway located underneath the Brooklyn Promenade,

that romantic walkway upon a western scenic shelf of Brooklyn,

offering sumptuous views of Lower Manhattan. Now, everyone pretty much loves the promenade,

but nobody loves the BQE, especially in his present state. So how did we get here? You have to

go all the way back to the origins of the

neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights for the answers. So for a special treat, we put together

two previous Bowery Boys episodes into one epic newly remastered, newly re-edited show,

which recounts the glorious history of Brooklyn Heights, and of course, its promenade.

Hey, it's the Bowery Boys.

Hey.

Hi. Hi there, welcome to the Bowery Boys.

This is Greg Young.

And this is Tom Myers.

Today we're returning to Brooklyn.

In fact, one of the most famous neighborhoods in New York City, Brooklyn Heights, a New York Histor's dream neighborhood located just south of the Brooklyn Bridge overlooking the East River. A dream neighborhood because it really does

offer a crash course in, among other things, architectural history. Because when you walk the

streets of Brooklyn Heights, it's like you're

walking through time. You can experience much of what the neighborhood was like 100 years ago,

or even 125 years ago, because so many of the buildings that are standing in that neighborhood

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