Editing Interstate 278 (section)

===Gowanus Expressway===
After the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, I-278 continues into Brooklyn on the Gowanus Expressway. Immediately after the bridge, the freeway comes to an eastbound exit and westbound entrance for the [[Belt Parkway]]. After this, a full interchange serves 92nd Street at which point I-278 becomes a single-level six-lane freeway. Soon after, one of the eastbound lanes becomes an HOV lane, continuing east to the [[Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel]].<ref name=nydn>{{cite news |last = Liff |first = Bob |title = Study: Keep HOV Lane at Gowanus |newspaper = [[New York Daily News]] |date = March 6, 2000 }}</ref> restricted to buses, carpools, and vehicles with three or more occupants.<ref name=NYCDOT-HOV/><ref name="Kashiwagi 2018"/> On weekdays, this HOV lane carries eastbound traffic in the morning and westbound traffic in the afternoon. The lane is closed at other times, including certain New York City government holidays.<ref name=NYCDOT-HOV>{{cite web | title=HOV Lanes  | publisher=[[New York City Department of Transportation]] | url=https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-02801 | access-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Kashiwagi 2018">{{cite web | last=Kashiwagi | first=Sydney | title=DOT agrees to keep Gowanus Expressway HOV lane open during 6 working holidays | website=silive | date=November 27, 2018 | url=https://www.silive.com/news/2018/11/dot-agrees-to-keep-gowanus-expressway-hov-lane-open-during-6-working-holidays.html | access-date=November 27, 2022}}</ref>

The Gowanus Expressway continues northeast into urban residential neighborhoods and reaches an eastbound interchange at [[Fort Hamilton Parkway]] and a westbound interchange at 86th Street. Turning more to the north, I-278 comes to a partial interchange at 65th Street, with an exit eastbound and entrance eastbound. The road curves northwest at this point and comes to a directional interchange providing access to [[Third Avenue (Brooklyn)|3rd Avenue]] and the Belt Parkway.<ref name="nysdot-2010tvr" /><ref name=gm /> The Gowanus Expressway turns northeast again at the interchange with Belt Parkway, and it continues along an elevated alignment above Third Avenue, running through urban residential and commercial areas.<ref name=gm /> Along this viaduct, I-278 has interchanges with 38th Street/39th Street and the Prospect Expressway ([[New York State Route 27|NY&nbsp;27]]).<ref name="nysdot-2010tvr" /><ref name="gm" />

[[File:Gowanus5bbtjeh.JPG|thumb|left|The Gowanus Expressway during the 2008 [[Five Boro Bike Tour]] |alt=An elevated freeway in a city with bicyclists riding on it]]

After the interchange with the Prospect Expressway (NY&nbsp;27), the freeway widens to eight lanes and heads north, coming to an interchange with the [[Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel]] approach (officially the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, I-478), with the exit ramps splitting from the median of I-278. Westbound access to the tunnel is provided by the Hamilton Avenue exit.<ref name="nysdot-2010tvr" /><ref name="gm" /> In this area, the freeway passes over the [[Gowanus Canal]], an extremely polluted canal that was once used for shipping.<ref name="Held">{{cite news |url = https://emagazine.com/currents-of-change/ |title = Currents of change: Can Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal be Cleaned Up? |last1 = Held |first1 = James E. |date = May 1, 1999|work = E&nbsp;– The Environmental Magazine |access-date = January 5, 2017 |issue = 10 |volume = 3 }}</ref> The site has been designated a [[Superfund site]] by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.epa.gov/Region2/superfund/npl/0206222c.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604174317/http://www.epa.gov/Region2/superfund/npl/0206222c.pdf |archive-date = June 4, 2011 |title = Gowanus Canal site description |publisher = EPA |access-date = March 10, 2010 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Navarro 2010">{{cite news |last = Navarro |first = Mireya |title = Gowanus Canal Labeled Superfund Site, Over City's Objections |website = The New York Times |date = March 2, 2010 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/nyregion/03gowanus.html |access-date = January 9, 2017 }}</ref>