Vice President Joe Biden was in Brooklyn Wednesday, along with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other New York officials, to mark the beginning of an intensive face lift to the 127 year-old Brooklyn Bridge. The work is expected to cost $500 million, $286 million of which is city money. About $30 million is from the federal [...]
Friday, May 14, 2010
By Jack Mirkinson The bridge plays host to all shades of human activity.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Construction has begun on street and bridge renovations that will ultimately see the Brooklyn Bridge repainted and resurfaced, while the Manhattan Bridge receives new suspension cables. The road work to support bridge construction will be done primarily on Water Street and Washington Street and is expected to wrap up during summer 2011. Meanwhile, heavy traffic is [...]
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Looks like the tourists are at it again, crowding otherwise pleasant spots and just lingering. This is bad news for Brooklyn Bridge bikers and joggers who want the space to take advantage of the clear and sunny days like today, which, by the way, will be 70 degrees. Share
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
The increasing appearance of warmer-weather tourists frustrates pedestrians and cyclists crossing the Brooklyn Bridge—a delicate a narrow lane of traffic is becoming more precarious than the pleasure stroll many intended. Share
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Johnny Maestro, a singer for the Brooklyn Bridges, died yesterday at the age of 70. We’re too young to know who they were, but apparently the helped break barriers back when singing about interracial harmony and infidelity were still taboo. Maestro, a native of the borough, reportedly picked the name for his smooth-tongued group when a [...]
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
By Alessia Pirolo Where the Brooklyn Bridge reaches Brooklyn, just before the sunset of a perfect October day, a man put his arms around a woman’s waist. They looked at each other. They smiled. “Stop. Stop. Don’t look at her,” shouted a photographer, who stared at the couple through the lens of a [...]
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