Brooklyn Bridge, Suspension Tower and Walkway

The suspension tower and walkway in the Brooklyn Bridge. View looking to Manhattan from Brooklyn. Credit: Julienne Schaer / NYC Tourism + Conventions. Photograph taken about the 2010s, after 2014 when the One World Trade Center, in the background, was completed.

Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883 and became one of the most photographed bridges in the world. It has an elevated promenade open to pedestrians in the center of the bridge, located 18 feet above the automobile lanes. A center line was painted to separate cyclists from pedestrians in 1971, creating one of the city's first dedicated bike lanes. Pedestrian access to the bridge from the Brooklyn side from Adams Street at its intersection with Tillary Street or a staircase near Prospect Street between Cadman Plaza East and West. In Manhattan, the pedestrian walkway is accessible from crosswalks at the intersection of the bridge and Centre Street, or through a staircase leading to Park Row.