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The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River.
Downtown Brooklyn. Bridge Plaza/RAMBO; DUMBO. Fulton Ferry; Fort Greene; Prospect Heights. Pacific Park/Atlantic Yards; Vinegar Hill; South Brooklyn – takes its name from the geographical position of the original town of Brooklyn, which today includes the neighborhoods listed above under the heading "northwestern Brooklyn." It is not located ...
The Carroll Street Bridge in Gowanus, Brooklyn: Third Street Bridge: 1905 [10] 350 feet: Third Street: Ninth Street Bridge: 1999 [10] 700 feet: Ninth Street: Vertical Lift Bridge Ninth Street Bridge, spanning Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn: Culver Viaduct: 1933 [12] 0.6 miles trains: passes over the Ninth Street Bridge, carrying 4 tracks, 2 express ...
The Brooklyn Bridge, completed in 1883, was the first bridge to span the East River, connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn, and all but replacing the frequent ferry service between them, which did not return until the late 20th century. The bridge offered cable car service across the span.
Dumbo (or DUMBO, [2] [3] an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass [a]) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.It encompasses two sections: one situated between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another extending eastward from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area.
The complex comprises two stations, Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall and Chambers Street. The Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station was built for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), and was an express station on the city's first subway line. The station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway.
Brooklyn Bridge Trinity Cemetery: Park Avenue and Wilson Avenue June 19, 1930 Flushing Avenue Line: Brooklyn Bridge Maspeth, Queens: Flushing Avenue November 21, 1948 now the B57 bus Broadway Line: Williamsburg Bridge Cypress Hills: Broadway and Fulton Street January 15, 1950 now the Q24 (ex-B22) bus Williamsburg Bridge Local: Williamsburg Bridge
The High Street station, also signed as High Street–Brooklyn Bridge, and also referred to as Brooklyn Bridge Plaza and Cranberry Street, [4] [5] [6] is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Cadman Plaza East near Red Cross Place and the Brooklyn Bridge approach in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Its ...