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”, “New York and Brooklyn Bridge”, “Nueva York y el Puente de Brooklyn”, “Puente del Río Este”, and “布鲁克林桥”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Freedom Tower and Woolworth Building.

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One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and the… is situated 1 mile northwest of Brooklyn Bridge.

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The is a 792-foot-tall residential… is situated 4,100 feet northwest of Brooklyn Bridge.

Carousel
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Jane's Carousel is a carved wooden 48-horse carousel… 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 .

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The comprises the southern tip…

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood within the borough of .

Brooklyn Bridge

Latitude
40.70569° or 40° 42′ 21″ north
Longitude
-73.99636° or 73° 59′ 47″ west
Established
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”
  • Central Kurdish: “پردی بڕۆکلین”
  • Chinese: “布魯克林大橋”
  • Chinese: “布鲁克林大桥”
  • 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: “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”
  • Kashmiri: “برٛوکلِن کٔدٕل”
  • 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: “Puente de Brooklyn”
  • 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”
  • Yue Chinese: “布碌崙大橋”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Seaport and Two Bridges.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: DUMBO/Fulton Ferry and How the Bridge was Built.

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