Can I walk over the Brooklyn Bridge?
Can I walk over the Brooklyn Bridge? How do I get on the Bridge? To walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, use the Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Walkway located at Washington Street and Prospect Street, right at the northeast corner of Cadman Plaza. You can also just walk straight onto the bridge from Adams Street.
Why is the Brooklyn Bridge famous?
Considered a brilliant feat of 19th-century engineering, the Brooklyn Bridge was a bridge of many firsts. It was the first suspension bridge to use steel for its cable wire. It was the first bridge to use explosives in a dangerous underwater device called a caisson.