Northeast · Nueva York

Brooklyn Bridge

Historic Half day difficulty: Easy with kids: yes

A suspension bridge from 1883, with stone towers and a spiderweb of steel cables, crossed on foot along a wooden walkway raised above the traffic. On the other side, Brooklyn offers the best postcard view of the Manhattan skyline.

The pop wink

New York's bridges appear again and again in the Spider-Man movies and comics, swinging from cable to cable over the river. Crossing it on foot lets you look up close at those very same steel cables.

With kids

Walking along the wooden walkway feeling the rumble of the cars below
Counting the enormous steel cables that hold up the whole bridge
Finding where Manhattan ends and Brooklyn begins beneath your feet
Looking for the padlocks people leave clipped to the railings

Accessibility: All ages; the full crossing is about 2 km, bring water

With family

Crossing at dusk and watching the skyscraper lights switch on
Taking the family photo with the stone towers framing the skyline
Heading down to Dumbo, in Brooklyn, to eat pizza by the river
Imagining together how they built such a bridge more than 140 years ago

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