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
Culture of Brooklyn the borough, flocking to world-class cinemas like BAM. After Radio City Music Hall, Brooklyn Technical High School houses the second largest auditorium in New York City with seating capacity of over 3,000. Brooklyn has been the setting for a variety of television shows, including the 1950s era "Honeymooners" starring Jackie Gleason, and the 1970s sitcom, "Welcome Back, Kotter", starring Gabe Kaplan. In the 1980s, "The Cosby Show" was set in a Brooklyn Heights brownstone. In the 1990s, "Brooklyn Bridge" (about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn in the middle 1950s) starring Marion Ross aired on CBS. There are a