Brooklyn Bridge

Culture in Downstate New York, New York, United States

• Best months: January–December
• Typical duration: 2h
• Elevation gain: 0 m

Access & fees

• free (fee: none)

Things to do

• birdwatching along the waterfront
• cycling across bridge — cyclists permitted on promenade
• join guided walking tours
• learn about the bridge's engineering and history
• pedestrian bridge walk (route: Manhattan to Brooklyn via elevated promenade)

Best time to visit

• early morning (reason: lighter pedestrian crowds · window: early morning)

Features

• elevated pedestrian promenade (width: 10–17 ft · height above roadway: 18 ft (5.5 m))
• main span 1,595.5 ft (metric: 486.3 m)
• national historic landmark (also: NYC landmark, National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark)
• neo-gothic stone towers (style: pointed arches)
• tower balcony overlooks — promenade rises at each tower to overhanging balcony

Nearby

• manhattan bridge (direction: north of Brooklyn Bridge)
• visit nearby dumbo and brooklyn bridge park
• williamsburg bridge (direction: north of Brooklyn Bridge)

Good to know

• brooklyn entry near sands street (borough: Brooklyn)
• cycle across the bridge (designated bike lane)
• manhattan entry near park row (borough: Manhattan)
• photography
• view the statue of liberty, east river, and lower manhattan
• walk across the pedestrian promenade
• watch sunrise or sunset over the manhattan skyline