Topic - Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. With a main span of , it was the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903, and the first steel-wire suspension bridge. - Source: Wikipedia

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The broken masts of the Cuauhtemoc, a masted Mexican Navy training ship, is seen after it collided with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mexico mourns naval cadet killed when training ship collided with Brooklyn Bridge

By Alba Alemán - Associated Press

National Transportation Safety Board lead investigator Brian Young, left, and board member Michael Graham take questions from reporters during a news conference in New York, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Radio calls asked tugs for help 45 seconds before Mexican ship hit Brooklyn Bridge, officials say

By Susan Haigh - Associated Press

Sailors work on the yard arms of the Cuauhtémoc, Sunday, May 18, 2025 in New York. The masted Mexican Navy training ship collided with the Brooklyn Bridge the night before. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Federal officials launch investigation into Mexican tall ship that struck Brooklyn Bridge

By Ruth Brown and Kyle Marian Viterbo - Associated Press

Workers wearing personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. On Thursday, New York City’s medical examiner confirmed that the city has shortened the amount of time it will hold on to remains to 14 days from 30 days before they will be transferred for temporary internment at a City Cemetery. Earlier in the week, Mayor Bill DeBlasio said that officials have explored the possibility of temporary burials on Hart Island, a strip of land in Long Island Sound that has long served as the city’s potter’s field. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

From the files: Isle used for virus burials has long history

By ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

Police and fire officials investigate the scene of a fiery crash involving three vehicles on the Brooklyn Bridge, Wednesday morning, Nov. 21, 2018, in New York. Fire Department officials said six people were injured, and one person was killed. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

The Latest: Police ID victim in fiery Brooklyn Bridge crash

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FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2018, file photo, authorities investigate the death of a baby boy who was found floating in the East River near the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan in New York. A Bronx father hopped a plane to Thailand after carrying his dead 7-month-old baby around New York City in a backpack and tossing the boy's body into the river and other tourist hotspots, police said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted, File)

NYPD: Dad fled to Thailand after tossing dead baby in river

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2018, file photo, a New York Police Department officer stands guard as authorities investigate the death of a baby boy who was found floating in the East River near the Brooklyn Bridge in the Manhattan borough of New York. A Bronx father hopped a plane to Thailand after carrying his dead 7-month-old baby around New York City in a backpack and tossing the boy's body into the river and other tourist hotspots, police said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted, File)

The Latest: Dead baby found floating in river is identified

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Authorities investigate the death of a baby boy who was found floating in the water near the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan, on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, in New York. No parent or guardian was present at the scene and the child showed no signs of trauma, police said. The medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

NYC police seek info for dead baby floating near Brooklyn Bridge

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Police: Baby’s body pulled from water near Brooklyn Bridge

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Robert Murray, top SEIU organizer, charged with assaulting NYPD officers

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2014 file photo, the Tribute in Light rises behind the Brooklyn Bridge and buildings adjacent to the World Trade Center complex in New York. The tribute, an art installation of 88 searchlights aiming skyward in two columns, is a remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The New York City licensing test for sightseeing guides includes questions about the bridge and the trade center. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Cargo ship clips Brooklyn Bridge; no injuries

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New York City Police officers stand at the base of a white flag flying atop the west tower of New York's Brooklyn Bridge, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Two large American flags atop the Brooklyn Bridge were replaced sometime during the night with white banners. Police crime scene and intelligence detectives were investigating how the flags were switched out on the famed span that connects Brooklyn and Manhattan, and there were no reports of suspicious activity, police said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

White flags baffle NYPD: ‘We’re lucky it wasn’t a bomb’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A white flag flies atop the west tower of New York's Brooklyn Bridge, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Someone replaced two American flags on the bridge with mysterious white flags. The white flags, international symbols of surrender, fluttered from poles on the stone supports that hold cables above the bridge connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan. An entity called Bike Lobby tweeted Tuesday that it hoisted the flags to signal &#8220;surrender of the Brooklyn Bridge bicycle path to pedestrians.&#8221; (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Brooklyn Bridge surrenders: White flags replace Old Glory atop icon

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This photo provided by Roberto Danino shows emergency personal near a section of the facade inside an underpass of the Brooklyn Bridge after it had collapsed, Wednesday, July 2, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A fire department spokesman says five people were injured. (AP Photo/Roberto Danino)

Brooklyn Bridge underpass facade collapses

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‘Not one more!’: Gun control group marches over Brooklyn Bridge

By Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press