Just six days after opening to the public, a rumor quickly spread that the Brooklyn Bridge was about to collapse. A stampede ...

One of many signature landmarks of New York City, the Brooklyn Bridge is also one of the oldest suspension bridges in the country and a National Historic Landmark. Its six lanes (and one ...

Hundreds took to the Brooklyn Bridge on March 9 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the historic yet ...

Just an easy way to get around Brooklyn without traffic,” said Mike ... for over seven decades until the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge rendered it obsolete in 1964. “I think it would be beneficial ...

Construction Administration Program Director John Parkinson celebrates Roebling's pivotal role in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge and the continuing impact of women in the field.

In unexpected and wonderful ways, the Brooklyn Bridge captured the imagination of all Americans, and in the process became a symbol in American culture of strength, vitality, ingenuity and promise.

The 13.1-mile race starts near the Brooklyn Museum, winds through Prospect Park and Flatbush Avenue, and then crosses the ...

The bridge runs about a mile each way ... but a peek at this preserved Brooklyn history is worth a trip. The massive botanical gardens of Brooklyn have three public entrances and an herbarium ...

Emily Roebling, the wife of Brooklyn Bridge chief engineer Washington Roebling, is a fascinating historical figure. With her husband incapacitated by illness, she took the lead in making sure one ...