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  • proper noun The more common name for the Brooklyn-Queens expressway.

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Examples

  • But this accident I passed on the BQE is a pretty good reason why you should run them at least once ...

    Nick Carr: Bad News on the BQE 2009

  • The BQE is a cinematic suite inspired by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Hula-Hoop.

    PegasusNews.com stories 2010

  • The BQE is a cinematic suite inspired by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Hula-Hoop.

    PegasusNews.com stories 2010

  • The BQE is a montage of images of the expressway and its surroundings Stevens captured as a commissioned project for the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which wanted a film about Brooklyn but left the topic choice to the musician.

    New York Press 2009

  • Sufjan Stevens 'The BQE is a 40-minute symphonic and cinematic exploration of the infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a major traffic artery that severed neighborhoods and contoured waterways with the brute force of modern urban planning.

    BroadwayWorld.com Raleigh Stories 2009

  • For those that don't know, Mr Stevens had been hard at work on a film/performance, The BQE, which is his cinematic and musical project about the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

    Drowned In Sound // Feed 2009

  • I hope and pray that our conversation while on the BQE is the closest they ever get to witnessing anything like that in their lifetimes.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • Each kind runs the gamut from schlocky (remember the rock albums by the German heldentenor Peter Hofmann in the 1980s?) to serious (indie-pop star Sufjan Stevens's orchestral/instrumental work "BQE").

    'Classical crossover': A label not necessarily to be feared Anne Midgette 2010

  • The first track on the album is "BQE," a dizzying homage to the hectic Brooklyn-Queens Expressway she spends much time on (Hiromi lives in Brooklyn).

    WIBW - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • "BQE" has at least one electro track, and his Christmas Vol. 8 was way electronic-y compared to the official 1-5 releases.

    The Wreck of the "What are you listening to" thread matteey@yahoo.com 2010

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