Union Street Bridge
The Union Street Bridge is a double leaf Scherzer rolling lift bascule carrying Union Street over the Gowanus Canal in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The bridge cost $85,206.85 and opened on March 4, 1905.Photo: Steven Pisano, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carroll Street Bridge and Union Street station.
Carroll Street Bridge
Bridge
Photo: uberzombie, CC BY 2.0.
The Carroll Street Bridge is a retractable bridge in New York City, crossing the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. It carries a single wooden-decked lane for eastbound vehicular traffic and two sidewalks. Carroll Street Bridge is situated 570 feet southwest of Union Street Bridge.
Union Street station
Metro station
Photo: Aio Eo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Union Street station is a local station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Union Street in Brooklyn, New York City, serving the communities of Park Slope, Gowanus and Carroll Gardens. Union Street station is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Union Street Bridge.
New York Transit Museum
Museum
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The New York Transit Museum is a museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems in the greater New York City metropolitan region. New York Transit Museum is situated 4,000 feet north of Union Street Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gowanus and Carroll Gardens Historic District.
Gowanus
Neighborhood
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gowanus is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community District 6.
Carroll Gardens Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The Carroll Gardens Historic District is a small municipal and national historic district located in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
Carroll Gardens
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Carroll Gardens is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Encompassing approximately 40 city blocks, it is bounded by Degraw and Warren Streets, Hoyt and Smith Streets, Ninth Street or the Gowanus Expressway, and Interstate 278, the Gowanus and Brooklyn–Queens Expressways.
Union Street Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bascule bridge in Brooklyn, New York City, United States
- Categories: road bridge, bascule bridge, and transportation
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.67949° or 40° 40′ 46″ northLongitude
-73.98836° or 73° 59′ 18″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87G8M2H6+QMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1119674819OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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