Brooklyn Bridge
Opened in 1883 as the first fixed crossing of the East River, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn, and at the time the longest suspension bridge in the world. A raised walkway runs above the traffic between its stone Gothic towers, with the harbour and the Manhattan skyline on either side.
- Where
- New York, New York, United States
- Grade
- Heritage site
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 40.7057, -73.9963
Get the Brooklyn Bridge stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Brooklyn Bridge. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your New York volume with your photos and a note.
Near Brooklyn Bridge
Charging Bull 1.4 km
A bronze bull of 3,200 kilograms with its head lowered, standing on Broadway just north of Bowling Green in the Financial District. It stands for a rising market and for Wall Street itself, and draws thousands of people a day to pose beside it.
National September 11 Memorial & Museum 1.6 km
Two square pools sit in the footprints of the original Twin Towers, with water falling into a central void. Around their edges are cut the names of the 2,977 people who died in 2001 and the six who died in 1993, and the museum lies beneath, among the old foundations.
One World Trade Center 1.7 km
The tallest building in the United States and in the Western Hemisphere, designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for the rebuilt World Trade Center. Its spire brings it to 541 metres, or 1,776 feet, a figure chosen for the year of American independence.
Ellis Island 3.7 km
The small island where about 12 million immigrants were inspected and processed between 1892 and 1954 on their way into the United States. Its great main building is now a national museum of immigration, reached only by ferry, on the same route as the Statue of Liberty.
Flatiron Building 4.0 km
A 22-storey steel-framed building on a triangular block where Fifth Avenue meets Broadway, designed by Daniel Burnham and opened in 1902. Seen from the north, its narrow prow recalls the old cast-iron clothes iron that gave it its name.
Statue of Liberty 4.4 km
A copper-clad woman holding a torch over New York Harbor, a gift from the people of France dedicated in 1886. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed the figure and Gustave Eiffel the iron framework inside it, and the copper has long since weathered to green.
The High Line 4.8 km
A 2.3 kilometre park built on a disused railway spur raised above the streets of Manhattan's West Side. Planting designed by Piet Oudolf grows between the old rails, and the idea came from the Coulée verte, an elevated walk in Paris finished in 1993.
Empire State Building 4.8 km
An Art Deco skyscraper of 102 storeys, built between 1930 and 1931 and named after the nickname of New York state. It stands 443 metres to the tip of its antenna and was the tallest building in the world for almost four decades, until 1970.
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Questions
Where is Brooklyn Bridge?
Brooklyn Bridge is in New York, New York, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Charging Bull (1.4 km), National September 11 Memorial & Museum (1.6 km), One World Trade Center (1.7 km).
How do I get the Brooklyn Bridge stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Brooklyn Bridge and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your New York volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Brooklyn Bridge before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your New York volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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