Photo Gallery: Belt Pkwy
 Looking
south as Brooklyn's Ocean Pkwy passes beneath the Belt Pkwy.
Much of the cement, lining the underpass supports, are crumbling.
The Trump Village & Warbass coop apartments rise in the background. |
| Unseen to the fore left, is Coney Island Hospital. This Ocean Pkwy should not be confused with it's Long Island namesake. Old plans may have existed to convert this Ocean, from a secondary road with grade crossings, to a true limited access parkway, but it remains a boulevard style parkway, like it's northern cousin, Eastern Pkwy. It runs from Brighton Beach, about 5 blocks south of the Belt, into the Prospect Expwy in Flatbush. Unlike the Belt, which originally had Woody lightpoles, Ocean had cast iron Corvington style poles. The Quarterloops, seen here, supplanted the corvs in the 60's. |
 Each
side of the Belt has dual exits, for Ocean Pkwys' north and south.
Ironically, the eastbound Belt's south exit is much easier and
safer to use for the northbound Ocean, than is the cloverleaf
type exit meant for the north. The westbound Belt's exit for
Ocean Pkwy north, is likewise easier for Ocean Pkwy south, than
is the cloverleaf ramp that enters Ocean just to the right. Using
the wrong exits allows for easy left hand turns, guarded by the
traffic lights, into any of the three available lanes, without
concern for merging traffic, whereas the intended ramps thrust
you into merging traffic and make you navigate dangerous, sharp
curves. Why they have not been closed is beyond me, but I won't
complain too much, since those exits still contain highly endangered
woody poles. |