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Brooklyn Bridge and NYC Skyline

If New York City’s skyline doesn’t impress you in the heart of Manhattan, it will from Brooklyn Bridge! Indeed, that’s where I realized how tall the skyscrapers actually are, something you don’t always notice when you are walking at their feet.

Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the U.S., connects Brooklyn to Manhattan by spanning the East River. We started the 1.8-kilometre walk in Brooklyn and headed to Manhattan. It was very hot but I loved the few clouds in the deep blue sky, they added depth to the pictures!

The NYC icon has a wide pedestrian walkway open to walkers and cyclists, and it’s one of the nicest walk I took in the city. Sure, jaded cyclists are a minor annoyance as they speed across the bridge, often yelling “get out of the path!”—but I guess us pedestrians can be a liability. Like in Ottawa, it would be good to remind everyone that these kinds of paths are meant to be shared, and that cyclists and pedestrians are not enemies…

Like in many places around the world, such as the Pont des Arts in Paris, Brooklyn Bridge has a few interesting graffiti, and some “love locks” were affixed here and there. But overall, the bridge was fairly “clean.”

We were surprised to see a lot of people don’t walk the entire length of the bridge, but simply the first half from Manhattan to the top. Indeed, for the second part of the walk, we followed the crowd whereas the Brooklyn part of the bridge was almost empty!

Entering Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn
Brooklyn Behind Us
The Tollway Below
Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
The Statue of Liberty
Manhattan Skyline
Brooklyn Bridge
NYC Skyline
The Wooden Path
Graffiti and Knickknacks
Locks on the Bridge
Crossing powered by $1 NYC Spring Water!
Manhattan Bridge
Manhattan Bridge
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Zhu

French woman in English Canada.

Exploring the world with my camera since 1999, translating sentences for a living, writing stories that may or may not get attention.

Firm believer that nobody is normal... and it’s better this way.

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