Click Here Gowanus Expressway (I-278)

EASTBOUND (NORTHBOUND): start at the top of the page
WESTBOUND (SOUTHBOUND): start at the bottom of the page

CURRENT GOWANUS EXPRESSWAY CONDITIONS:

BOROUGH OF STATEN ISLAND

The Gowanus Expressway exit numbering scheme continues west on the Staten Island Expressway.

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

PASSENGER CAR TOLL $7.00 (westbound only)
SPEED LIMIT 45 (except otherwise posted)

BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN

Belt Parkway
(PASSENGER CARS ONLY)

EAST ONLY - Queens, Kennedy Airport, Long Island

(EXIT 16 -- EASTBOUND EXIT ONLY -- KEEP LEFT)
(I-278 EASTBOUND THROUGH TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT)

EASTBOUND: UPPER AND LOWER LEVELS MERGE

WESTBOUND: UPPER LEVEL KEEP LEFT, LOWER LEVEL KEEP RIGHT

92nd Street

Bay Ridge

Brooklyn VA Hospital

Fort Hamilton, Dyker Beach Park

EASTBOUND I-278 HOV LANE OPEN TO VEHICLES WITH THREE OR MORE OCCUPANTS, BUSES AND TAXIS ONLY

OPEN FROM 5 AM - 10 PM
(EASTBOUND ONLY -- HOV LANE OPEN TO EZ-PASS HOLDERS ONLY)

Fort Hamilton Parkway

Bay Ridge

(EXIT 18 -- EASTBOUND EXIT ONLY)

86th Street

Bay Ridge

(EXIT 19 -- WESTBOUND EXIT ONLY)

65th Street

Bay Ridge, Sunset Park

Lutheran Medical Center

Owl's Head Park

(EXIT 20 -- EASTBOUND EXIT ONLY)

3rd Avenue (EASTBOUND EXIT)
6th Avenue (WESTBOUND EXIT)

Bay Ridge, Sunset Park

Owl's Head Park

LONG-TERM CONSTRUCTION TO BATTERY TUNNEL
WATCH FOR SPEED AND LANE RESTRICTIONS

Belt Parkway
(PASSENGER CARS ONLY)

EAST ONLY - Queens, Kennedy Airport, Long Island

(EXIT 22 -- WESTBOUND EXIT ONLY -- KEEP RIGHT)
(I-278 WESTBOUND THROUGH TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT)

DANGEROUS MERGE AND EXITING AREA

38th Street / 39th Street

Sunset Park

Bush Terminal Piers, Maimonides Medical Center

Prospect Expressway (NY 27)

EAST ONLY - Prospect Park

CUNY-Brooklyn College, SUNY-Health Science Center

(EXIT 24 -- RIGHT EXIT EASTBOUND, LEFT EXIT WESTBOUND)
(I-278 WEST EXIT TO NY 27 EAST CLOSED 5:00 AM TO 10:00 AM)

DANGEROUS MERGE AND EXITING AREA
LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE -- SLOW DOWN TO 40 MPH

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (I-478)

NORTH ONLY - Manhattan, TO West Side Highway (NY 9A) NORTH and FDR Drive NORTH

(BROOKLYN-BATTERY TUNNEL -- PASSENGER CAR TOLL $3.50)
(EXIT 25 -- LEFT EXIT EASTBOUND, RIGHT EXIT WESTBOUND)

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROHIBITED IN TUNNEL

HOV LANE TRAFFIC MUST EXIT AT THE BROOKLYN-BATTERY TUNNEL

END CONSTRUCTION ZONE

The Gowanus Expressway exit numbering scheme continues east on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

Sign images are from the Manual of Traffic Signs by Richard C. Moeur. Additional sign images by C.C. Slater. Route shields by Ralph Herman and Jim Poserina.

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