Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel $58 million. Detailed plans for the tunnel were released in May 1936. The project now consisted of a $60.3 million twin-tube bore from Red Hook, Brooklyn, to the Battery, Manhattan, as well as a $2.3 million bridge over the Gowanus Canal. The city approved these plans in January 1936. One civic group wanted to plan for future traffic volumes, so it asked the city to conduct further studies of the Brooklyn-Manhattan tunnel project. The tunnel was officially renamed the "Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel" in July 1936. In November of that year, Brooklyn Borough President Raymond Ingersoll and New York City Parks commissioner
Brooklyn Magazine news feed for the borough. In September 2012 the website launched a special online-only issue dedicated to Brooklyn literature to coincide with the Brooklyn Book Festival. "Brooklyn Magazine"s first cover star was "Boardwalk Empire"s Michael Pitt. Subsequent covers have featured other Brooklynites of note, such as Emily Mortimer, David Cross and Olivia Thirlby. Brooklyn Magazine Brooklyn Magazine is an American glossy quarterly celebrating the arts, fashion, and high-end culture of Brooklyn, New York. "Brooklyn Magazine" was founded by Northside Media Group (brothers Scott and Daniel Stedman, the same team behind the popular free alt-weekly "L Magazine". Its editor-in-chief is Mike