Brook-Krasny wants name change for Interstate 278
Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny, whose district includes the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Hamilton, is pushing to have the portion of Interstate 278 that is located within Brooklyn to be named in honor of military veterans.
Brook-Krasny (D-Bay Ridge-Coney Island) introduced legislation last week calling on the New York State to rename the Brooklyn portion of Interstate 278 the “Brooklyn Veterans Memorial Highway.”
Interstate 278 runs from New Jersey to New York and includes the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the Gowanus Expressway along portions of its 35.6-mile route.
Brook-Krasny noted that one end of the Brooklyn portion of the highway contains the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Hamilton and the other end contains the Brooklyn Navy Yard.