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Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in , spanning the between the boroughs of and . Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: bridge in New York City, crossing the East River
  • Also known as: “East River Bridge”, “Great East River Bridge”, and “New York and Brooklyn Bridge”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Freedom Tower and Woolworth Building.

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One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and as the , is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in , New York City. is situated 1 mile northwest of Brooklyn Bridge.

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The is a 792-foot-tall residential building and early skyscraper at 233 Broadway in the neighborhood of in . is situated 4,100 feet northwest of Brooklyn Bridge.

Carousel
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Jane's Carousel is a carved wooden 48-horse carousel in , New York City, built in 1922 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company for the Idora Park amusement park in . is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Brooklyn Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumbo and Financial District.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the borough of . It encompasses two sections: one situated between the and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to across the , and another extending eastward from the Manhattan Bridge to the area.

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The comprises the southern tip of , with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and Barclay Street on the north.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood within the borough of . The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, and the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway or the on the west.

Brooklyn Bridge

Latitude
40.70569° or 40° 42′ 21″ north
Longitude
-73.99636° or 73° 59′ 47″ west
Inception
May 24th, 1883
Height
135 feet (41 metres)
Open location code
87G8P243+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 375157262
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
5110306
Wiki­data ID
Q125006
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Brooklyn Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Brooklyn-brug”
  • Arabic: “جسر بروكلين”
  • Armenian: “Բրուքլինի կամուրջ”
  • Asturian: “Ponte de Brooklyn”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bruklin körpüsü”
  • Balinese: “Kreteg Brooklyn”
  • Basque: “Brooklyn zubia”
  • Belarusian: “Бруклінскі мост”
  • Bengali: “ব্রুকলিন সেতু”
  • Bosnian: “Bruklinski most”
  • Breton: “Pont Brooklyn”
  • Bulgarian: “Бруклински мост”
  • Catalan: “Pont de Brooklyn”
  • Chinese: “Brooklyn Kiô”
  • Chinese: “布碌崙大橋”
  • Chinese: “布魯克林大橋”
  • Chinese: “布鲁克林大桥”
  • Chinese: “布鲁克林桥”
  • Croatian: “Brooklynski most”
  • Czech: “Brooklynský most”
  • Danish: “Brooklyn Bridge”
  • Dhivehi: “ބްރޫކްލީން ބްރިޖް”
  • Dutch: “Brooklyn Bridge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى بروكلين”
  • Esperanto: “Broklina Ponto”
  • Estonian: “Brooklyni sild”
  • Finnish: “Brooklyn Bridge”
  • Finnish: “Brooklynin silta”
  • French: “pont de Brooklyn”
  • French: “Pont de Brooklyn”
  • Galician: “Ponte de Brooklyn”
  • Georgian: “ბრუკლინის ხიდი”
  • German: “Brooklyn Bridge”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα του Μπρούκλιν”
  • Hebrew: “גשר ברוקלין”
  • Hindi: “ब्रुकलिन ब्रिज”
  • Hungarian: “Brooklyn híd”
  • Icelandic: “Brooklynbrúin”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Brooklyn”
  • Irish: “Droichead Brooklyn”
  • Italian: “ponte di Brooklyn”
  • Italian: “Ponte di Brooklyn”
  • Japanese: “ブルックリン橋”
  • Javanese: “Kreteg Brooklyn”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರೂಕ್ಲಿನ್ ಸೇತುವೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Бруклин көпірі”
  • Korean: “브루클린 교”
  • Korean: “브루클린교”
  • Latin: “Pons Brooklynensis”
  • Latvian: “Bruklinas tilts”
  • Lithuanian: “Bruklino tiltas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Brooklyn Bréck”
  • Malay: “Jambatan Brooklyn”
  • Malayalam: “ബ്രൂക്ലിൻ പാലം”
  • Manx: “Droghad Brooklyn”
  • Marathi: “ब्रुकलिन ब्रिज”
  • Marathi: “ब्रूकलिन ब्रिज”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Brooklyn Kiô”
  • Mongolian: “Бруклины гүүр”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “القنطرا د بروكلين”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لقنطرة د بروكلين”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brooklyn Bridge”
  • Norwegian: “Brooklyn Bridge”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਰੁਕਲਿਨ ਬ੍ਰਿਜ”
  • Persian: “پل بروکلین”
  • Piemontese: “Pont ëd Brooklyn”
  • Polish: “Most Brookliński”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte do Brooklyn”
  • Romanian: “Podul Brooklyn”
  • Russian: “Бруклинский мост”
  • Scots: “Brooklyn Brig”
  • Serbian: “Бруклински мост”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Most Brooklyn”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Бруклински мост”
  • Slovak: “Brooklyn Bridge”
  • Slovak: “Brooklynský most”
  • Slovenian: “Brooklynski most”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بروکلین کؤرپوسو”
  • Spanish: “Nueva York y el Puente de Brooklyn”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Brooklyn”
  • Spanish: “Puente del Río Este”
  • Swedish: “Brooklyn Bridge”
  • Swedish: “Brooklynbron”
  • Tagalog: “Tulay ng Brooklyn”
  • Tamil: “புரூக்ளின் பாலம்”
  • Thai: “สะพานบรุกลิน”
  • Thai: “สะพานบรูคลิน”
  • Turkish: “Brooklyn Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Бруклінський міст”
  • Urdu: “بروکلن برج”
  • Uzbek: “Brooklyn koʻprigi”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Brooklyn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Tulay han Brooklyn”
  • Welsh: “Pont Brooklyn”
  • Western Panjabi: “بروکلائن پل”
  • Western Panjabi: “بروکلین پل”
  • Wu Chinese: “布鲁克林大桥”
  • Yiddish: “ברוקלין בריק”
  • Yue Chinese: “布碌侖大橋”

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