Brooklyn Bridge

It's Finally Time to Start Fixing the R Train After Sandy... For Over a Year (UPDATED)

Second maybe to the A train in the Rockaways, the damage wrecked by Hurricane Sandy to the Montague Tunnel was devastating: The underground tunnel beneath the Brooklyn Bridge witnessed the worst flooding of any line in the city, leaving the R train out of commission for nearly a month and a half aft ... More >>

A Month And A Half After Sandy, The R Train Returns To Full Service By Friday

If the 12/12/12 concert last week told us anything, it was that Paul McCartney's Nirvana fill-in was something we should talk about more as a society. And that, a month and a half later, there's still a ton of work to do in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.When the storm hit two days before Hal ... More >>

JUST KIDS

Looking back at the Bowery art scene

Glengarry Glen Ross

ALL ABOARD

4Knots returns to the South Street Seaport

Judge Allows Class Action In Last Fall's Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrests To Go Forward

A federal judge ruled today that a class action suit against the NYPD over the mass arrest of more than 700 people on the Brooklyn Bridge October 1 can go forward. The march over the vehicular roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge was one of the most visually dramatic events of the young Occupy Wall Stree ... More >>

Hundreds of Years of New York City History Now Online in Massive Photo Archive

Hundreds of thousands of photos that offer snapshots of more than a century of New York City history are now publicly available online for the first time ever. Together, they offer a close-up, gritty picture of the city's history and development, from detective photos of gruesome crime scenes to ... More >>

Charges Dropped for 14 OWS Brooklyn Bridge Protesters

During the second week of Occupy Wall Street, way back in October, a march onto the Brooklyn Bridge gave the protesters a much-needed boost of legitimacy. It caused a minor media uproar when The New York Times was accused of changing around what had happened on the bridge. Six hundred and eighty-si ... More >>

Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Williamsburg Bridges All Messed Up This Weekend

​It's been a tough moment for people trying to get places in New York. This week we had the double whammy of the President's visit plus the Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting, and last weekend a lot of the trains were, for lack of a better word, fucked (especially the L). For those of you w ... More >>

Subway Conductor Tells You What to Do If You Fall in the Tracks (and Other Transit Real Talk)

A recent IAmA on Reddit is fascinating, at least, if you're kind of a subway nerd like we are. Or even if you're just a commuter and not a nerd at all! A user named Fusoyaff2, who says he's been a subway conductor for New York City Transit since spring of this year, has answered some of the most pre ... More >>

SONIC BOOM

Artists and musicians take over DUMBO

Bus Drivers Should Not Have to Transport Arrested Occupy Wall Street Protesters, Says TWU

In the aftermath of more than 700 reported arrests of protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, Occupy Wall Street continues to occupy a large portion of the news. This video has been circulating of what seems to be a very young girl (we've heard 13 years old, though that's not confirmed) being ... More >>

Why Did the New York Times Change Their Brooklyn Bridge Arrests Story?

​The above photo of juxtaposed screenshots from the New York Times website has been making the rounds on Facebook, and it shows two very different takes for the same story on yesterday's Brooklyn Bridge arrests. The screenshot on the left, from 6:59 p.m., appears to reflect what many protester ... More >>

Arrests Made at Occupy Wall Street March on Brooklyn Bridge; Times' Natasha Lennard Reportedly Arrested

Watch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com Police have arrested protesters at today's Occupy Wall Street March on the Brooklyn Bridge. The New York Times says "500 people" were kettled on the bridge by police. The Times contributing reporter at the scene, Natasha Lennard, is ... More >>

Rat Bites Woman as She Waits for J Train

​Brace yourself, fellow commuters, as this is horrible news. Now, to add to our various rational or irrational New York City fears, we have the fear of wearing open-toed shoes while sitting on a bench on a subway platform, because a rat might be hiding underneath it and notice us there and pop ... More >>

Tomorrow, Humans Will Briefly Own the Streets of Manhattan

​Tomorrow marks the first day of this summer's Summer Streets, the three consecutive August Saturdays in which, from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m., a route normally used by cars and buses and things of a vehicular persuasion is for humans alone. The 2011 route connects the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Par ... More >>

SHAKE IT

Learn the art of belly dancing

Water Taxi New Years Eve Cruise

50 Reasons to Be Pretty Damn Euphoric You Live in New York City

​Sometimes life seems hard here -- the crowds, the expense, the 24-hour-living-and-working lifestyle...But then there are days, like yesterday, when we're ever so glad we live in New York City. Like when much of the rest of the nation goes a reddish color of Tea Party, and we stick to coffee a ... More >>

Brooklyn Bridge Park Will Totally Let You Booze Outside

Gettin' tipsy at BBP!​The Brooklyn Bridge Wine Bar officially opened its doors today, featuring an outdoor plaza where winos who like a cool breeze with their chardonnay can get just that, the New York Post reports. After years of delays in the park's construction, New Yorkers are finally able ... More >>

(Most) Brooklyn Bridge Park Vendors on Track to Open in July

Looks even better with lobster rolls and wieners.​Early last month, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corp. announced its line-up of summer food and beverage vendors. A rep from Empire State Development told us that the vendors would probably be up and running by mid-July. According to Grub ... More >>

Joe Biden Visits Brooklyn Bridge, Compares New York to San Francisco

Via NY1. Click to enlarge.​Joe Biden dropped by the Brooklyn Bridge today to tell Manhattanites -- yes, they did it from the Manhattan side --what a big (fucking) deal it is that the federal government shelled out $30M from the Economic Recovery Act to help repair the Brooklyn Bridge, a projec ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Brooklyn Bridge ... You Old Thing, You!

​Today marks the 127th anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. At the time of its completion in 1883, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world--50 percent longer than any previously built. It's since been trod upon by horses and buggies, trolleys, cars, people, and innumera ... More >>

GET A GRIP

Yes, you can scale the Brooklyn Bridge, sort of

Man Revives Ancient Cliche, Jumps From Brooklyn Bridge

​Someone decided to leap off the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday night, NYPD confirms. The Brooklyn Heights Blog says the suicidal man "kept police at bay for over 30 minutes last night as he threatened to jump... "The drama unfolded shortly after 10:30 p.m. with reports of a man, armed with a knife, ... More >>

SHAPE UP, NEW YORK!

Start your day with fitness classes outdoors

Famous Author Get Attention for Dumbo Land-Use Protest

People have protests against overdevelopment all the time, and most get little attention from the press. But the folks in Dumbo who disapprove the building of yet another ugly modern tower, this one hard by the Brooklyn Bridge, had a masterstroke: have a celebrity guest. If they'd gotten Lindsay Loh ... More >>

City Creates Seven-Mile Car-Free Path for 'Summer Streets'

A Great Piece of Property For Sale Turns 125: Celebrating the Brooklyn Bridge

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"Green Liquid" on Subway Tracks Was Actually a Cigar Box

Brooklyn Bridge Art Party Turns To Naked Coney Carousing

Live: The Boredoms' Drum-Circle Clusterfuck

New Year's Eve Event Guide

Sunday 7/30

New Fish

If Joe Socks were here now, I'd be a protected guy. Now I'm just . . .

Strike Coverage: Brooklyn Bridge Not Built for Crowds

Famous Span Swayed During Exodus for 2003 Blackout

. . . And to All Some Good Nights

Festive fun that's both naughty and nice

Quick Takes in an Old Space on the Brooklyn Waterfront

Close-Up on Brooklyn Heights

Rage, Peace, and Panty Lines

Close-Up on South Street Seaport

Close-Up on DUMBO, Brooklyn

Life During Wartime

National Security Ends a 20-Year Arts program

Underground Rumblings

A Modern Militant Vies to Revive the Transit Union

Studio Apartment In Mid-19th-Century Brownstone

The Alienist

Artist Brings UFO Abduction Home To New York

Who's There?