Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge carries road traffic, a pedestrian promenade and a protected bicycle path across the East River between Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Heights, and it is working city infrastructure rather than a monument with a gate. The New York City Department of Transportation owns, operates and maintains it. John A. Roebling designed it, construction began in 1869 and was completed in 1883, and at the time it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. The pedestrian and cycle bridge paths are open 24 hours daily; weather, police activity and maintenance can close lanes. Step-free entrances or public approaches, lifts where required, and accessible toilets serve principal visitor areas. The pedestrian and cycle bridge paths are open 24 hours daily; weather, police activity and maintenance can close lanes. Crossing the bridge is free. Step-free entrances or public approaches, lifts where required, and accessible toilets serve principal visitor areas. Subway 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall or A/C to High Street. Yes. Weather, events, maintenance and security can change ordinary access. No. Special tours, exhibitions and upgrades use separate tickets. The pedestrian and cycle bridge paths are open 24 hours daily; weather, police activity and maintenance can close lanes. Crossing the bridge is free. Step-free entrances or public approaches, lifts where required, and accessible toilets serve principal visitor areas. Subway 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall or A/C to High Street. The pedestrian and cycle bridge paths are open 24 hours daily; weather, police activity and maintenance can close lanes. Crossing the bridge is free. Step-free entrances or public approaches, lifts where required, and accessible toilets serve principal visitor areas. Subway 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall or A/C to High Street. Yes. Weather, events, maintenance and security can change ordinary access. No. Special tours, exhibitions and upgrades use separate tickets. The pedestrian and cycle bridge paths are open 24 hours daily; weather, police activity and maintenance can close lanes. Crossing the

There is no interior and nothing to queue for. The bridge is one continuous walk, and its parts arrive in a fixed order. From either end the approach runs over land first, because the span sits high above the East River while both shores are low, so the structure slopes down and reaches a long way inland on both sides before it is over water at all. Then comes the first stone tower, then the mid-span, then the second tower, then the second approach. Crossing the bridge is free. Subway 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall or A/C to High Street.

This page records sixty minutes for the Brooklyn Bridge, and that is a one-way crossing walked at a normal pace with stops, not a race. The department's own figure for the bridge and its approaches is 6,016 feet, a little over a mile, and a person who simply walks it without pausing will be across in twenty-five to thirty-five minutes. Nobody does that. Step-free entrances or public approaches, lifts where required, and accessible toilets serve principal visitor areas.

The pedestrian and cycle bridge paths are open 24 hours daily; weather, police activity and maintenance can close lanes. Dated closures, ceremonies, performances, weather or security notices from the operator take priority over ordinary hours. Arrive early enough to complete the public route before final admission.

Crossing the bridge is free. The base ticket excludes transport, tours, premium access, special exhibitions and independently operated activities unless explicitly listed. Carry any required identity or concession document. Follow staff directions on arrival. Follow staff directions on arrival. Follow staff directions on arrival. Follow staff directions on arrival.

Subway 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall or A/C to High Street. Use the named entrance and station because security, separate exits and large complexes can change the practical route. Allow extra time for screening and the final walk. Follow staff directions on arrival. Follow staff directions on arrival.

Step-free entrances or public approaches, lifts where required, and accessible toilets serve principal visitor areas. The pedestrian and cycle bridge paths are open 24 hours daily; weather, police activity and maintenance can close lanes. Crossing the bridge is free. Step-free entrances or public approaches, lifts where required, and accessible toilets serve principal visitor areas. Historic surfaces, crowds and security remain relevant.

The subject is the geometry, not the view. The picture that only this bridge gives is a tower's two pointed arches seen head-on from the promenade with the suspenders and diagonal stays converging into them, and it works best from about thirty metres out, low, with the walkway leading in. Crossing the bridge is free.