Williamsburg Bridge
The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City, connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in New York City
- Also known as: “New East River Bridge” and “New Eastern District Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Domino Park and East River Park.
Domino Park
Park
Photo: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Domino Park is a 5-acre public park in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It spans a quarter mile along the East River near the Williamsburg Bridge, at the Domino Sugar Refinery site. Domino Park is situated 1,500 feet east of Williamsburg Bridge.
East River Park
Park
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East River Park, also called John V. Lindsay East River Park, is 57.5-acre public park located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, administered by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
Eldridge Street Synagogue
Museum
Photo: Alexisrael, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eldridge Street Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue at 12–16 Eldridge Street in the Chinatown and Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. Eldridge Street Synagogue is situated 1 mile west of Williamsburg Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower East Side and Alphabet City.
Lower East Side
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a mix of old and new, bohemian and upscale: you can find trendy bars and music venues, a venerable old no-nonsense place that just might serve up the best pastrami sandwich in the world, and great bialys.
Alphabet City
Neighborhood
Photo: Rtd2101, Public domain.
Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a shipyard and industrial complex in northwest Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. The Navy Yard is located on the East River in Wallabout Bay, a semicircular bend of the river across from Corlears Hook in Manhattan.
Williamsburg Bridge
- Categories: suspension bridge, double-decker bridge, road bridge, railway bridge, and transportation
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.71384° or 40° 42′ 50″ northLongitude
-73.97295° or 73° 58′ 23″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Height
135 feet (41 metres)Open location code
87G8P27G+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 533212910OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeGeoNames ID
5144581Wikidata ID
Q125068
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Williamsburg Bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر ويليامزبرغ”
- Armenian: “Վիլյամսբուրգի կամուրջ”
- Basque: “Williamsburg zubia”
- Bulgarian: “Уилямсбъргски мост”
- Catalan: “Pont de Williamsburg”
- Catalan: “Williamsburg Bridge”
- Chinese: “威廉斯堡大橋”
- Czech: “Williamsburg Bridge”
- Dutch: “Williamsburg Bridge”
- Estonian: “Williamsburgi sild”
- Finnish: “Williamsburg Bridge”
- French: “pont de Williamsburg”
- French: “Pont de Williamsburg”
- German: “Williamsburg Bridge”
- Hebrew: “גשר ויליאמסבורג”
- Italian: “ponte di Williamsburg”
- Italian: “Ponte di Williamsburg”
- Japanese: “ウィリアムズバーグ橋”
- Korean: “윌리엄스버그 다리”
- Latvian: “Viljamsburgas tilts”
- Malayalam: “വില്യംസ് ബർഗ് പാലം”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Williamsburg Bridge”
- Norwegian: “Williamsburg Bridge”
- Persian: “پل ویلیامزبورگ”
- Polish: “Williamsburg Bridge”
- Portuguese: “Ponte de Williamsburg”
- Portuguese: “Ponte Williamsburg”
- Russian: “Вильямсбургский мост”
- Slovak: “Williamsburg Bridge”
- Spanish: “Puente de Williamsburg”
- Swedish: “Williamsburg Bridge”
- Tagalog: “Tulay ng Williamsburg”
- Thai: “สะพานวิลเลียมส์เบิร์ก”
- Ukrainian: “Вільямсбурзький міст”
- Wu Chinese: “威廉斯堡大桥”
- Yiddish: “וויליאמסבורג בריק”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Williamsburg and Two Bridges.
Nearby Places
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