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Sep 9, 2021 · Some 500,000 people fled Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge in a matter of just hours, even as the area was blanketed in dust and debris. © Doug Kanter, AFP/File. 9:59am. Lila Nordstrom was...
Oct 24, 2014 · You know that ubiquitous photo of workers hanging off the Brooklyn Bridge’s wires? The one plastered on every coffee cup, poster, and pint glass sold in NYC? It wasn’t always so famous.
- Brooklyn Bridge History
- Brooklyn Bridge Today
- Getting to Brooklyn Bridge
Planning for a bridge to connect New York and Brooklyn, then two separate cities, began as early as 1800, however its construction did not begin until 1869. Its groundbreaking design was the masterwork of John Augustus Roebling, who tragically died in an on-site accident very early in construction, after which his son Washington Roebling took over ...
Today, Brooklyn Bridge remains an iconic feature of New York City’s skyline. The mile-long central walkway takes you over the bustling East River, usually awash with boats, while directly below your feet a buzz of traffic meanders to and from the boroughs. The bridge’s iconic cables cut an intricate silhouette overhead, while walking towards Manhat...
If walking the bridge from Brooklyn there are two entrances – The Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Walkway at the intersection of Tillary Street and Boerum Place, and the underpass on Washington Street that leads up to the walkway itself. The closest subway station is High Street-Brooklyn Bridge Stop, however to incorporate a walk through historic Brookl...
- Lily Johnson
- Jesse Greenspan
- Boss Tweed helped get the project started. William M. “Boss” Tweed, the infamously corrupt head of New York City’s Tammany Hall political machine, latched on to the Brooklyn Bridge project from the very beginning.
- At least 20 people died during the bridge’s construction. The first fatality came in 1869 before construction had even begun. German-born John A. Roebling, who designed the bridge, was taking compass readings one afternoon when his foot was crushed between some pilings and a boat.
- It was the longest suspension bridge in the world—by far. A few high-profile collapses in the first half of the 19th century prevented suspension bridges from immediately catching on.
- The bridge opened with a massive celebration. Huge crowds gathered on May 24, 1883, to watch the bridge’s opening ceremony, which The New York Times described, in reference to Brooklyn, as “the greatest gala day in the history of that moral suburb.”
Jun 30, 2023 · The Brooklyn Bridge, one of New York City's famous landmarks, turned 140 this year, and its history has been wrought with death, disease, and controversy.
- Elias Chavez
- Henry Blodget
Mar 4, 2016 · To this day one tower of the Brooklyn Bridge rests on bedrock, while the other rests on sand. In the caissons, fires, explosions and the bends (caisson disease) took the lives of 20 men. A case of the bends nearly killed Roebling himself.
May 23, 2012 · The evocative, black-and-white photographs are not only remarkable for the intimate and playful details they capture, including a shot of workers painting the Brooklyn Bridge in 1914—without...
