One outdoor activity we had during our NYC trip in June was to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.
Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge, one of the oldest roadway bridge in the country. It has pedestrian bridge above the road way, a very popular destination for locals and visitors, to walk and bike. The total length for the walk from end to end is about 1 mile.
We walked the bridge on the morning of June 22nd, with Lily's friend Elaine and her two young sons.
It was cloudy but otherwise a pleasant day. The walkway had a consistent stream of pedestrians, and bikers from time and time. It was not crowded. We walked at leisure pace. We could see NYC pretty well from the bridge, Manhattan high rises to northwest , Empire state building to the northeast far way in mid-down, Manhattan bridge a short distance to the east, and the Statue of Liberty to the Southwest. Nicholas led the two little boys by hands, Lily and Elaine chatted all the way, and I walked back and forth to take pictures.
It took us about one hour to walk the length of the bridge to the Brooklyn Bridge park at the bank of East River, directly opposite to lower Manhattan. It is great place to rest and enjoy the view of lower Manhattan across the river.
We then took ferry to return to Manhattan, and had lunch at a restaurant in Seaport district - Dorlan's Tavern and Oyster bar. Our lunch time happened to be the game time of a FIFA world cup game. In addition to good food, we also enjoyed the soccer game.
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| pedestrian and bike lanes on the bridge |
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| First tower from Manhattan side |
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| Cables - and the 1875 Mark |
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| View of Manhattan |
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| Nicholas and two little brothers - Elaine's sons |
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| At Brooklyn Bridge park after walk on the bridge |
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| start of Wall Street |
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| Fifa game and lunch seaport district |
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Quick guide: Morning walk maybe better
subway to Brooklyn Bridge station
walk toward Brooklyn bridge
Walk on the bridge
go to Brooklyn Bridge Park
take ferry to Mahattan
have lunch at seaport district - many good restaurants there
go to Wall street after lunch if desired
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