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Brooklyn Bridge

What Critics Are Saying About Hank Willis Thomas’ Brooklyn Statue, ‘Unity’

'Unity' features a muscled arm pointing straight into the sky, and is located near the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge in downtown Brooklyn.
By Helen Holmes
The three main characters in Annie Hall: Keaton, Allen and the city of New York.

The Bridges of Manhattan County: AMC’s CEO Reflects on NYC’s Cinematic Overpasses

It seems to be a distinctly New Yorker thing. More precisely, a Manhattanite. We live on an island, and eventually it gets into many of our heads to walk the perimeter of the island. Maybe it’s like the trout swimming upstream; it seems instinctive. It’s such a commonly held impulse that, back in 1985, conservationist Cy Adler started the spring tradition of The Great Saunter, an annual stroll by the island’s natives around their slender urban rock.
By Josh Sapan
The DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn, see from under the Manhattan Bridge.

Bob Dylan Paints Brooklyn’s Top Instagram Spot, Boyle Heights Galleries Vandalized

The Nobel prize winner has painted “the most Instagrammed spot” in the Brooklyn.
By Alanna Martinez
3. Hurricane Matthew The extremely destructive and long-lasting tropical cyclone became the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since 2007. The storm affected many island nations and parts of North and South America.

Afternoon Bulletin: The Wrath of Hurricane Matthew, Dead Grandma Wrapped in Plastic

By Jacqueline Cucco
A protester confronted a member of the NYPD at a protest last year over the Eric Garner decision.

‘Blue Lives Matter’ Bill Would Grant Cops Hate Crime Protection From Protesters in New York

By Will Bredderman
Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance, Actor’s Actor, Comes to Brooklyn for ‘Nice Fish’

By Rebecca Kurson
Melissa Jane Kronfeld said she will continue to take yellow cabs because her Uber experiences have been even worse.

Afternoon Bulletin: Cuomo Calls for Statewide Regulation of Uber and More

By Grace Guarnieri
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Afternoon Bulletin: Alongside Daily News, De Blasio Visits Bronx Homeless Encampment

By Francis Curiel
The wannabe urban explorer who posted an Instagram atop the Brooklyn Bridge just ended up hurting the cause, according to urbexer Julia Wertz. (Instagram)

Brooklyn Bridge Selfie Stunt Is Bad News for Urban Explorers

By John Bonazzo
This view of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge may change a little once Pierhouse is built. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: Hotel Blocking Priceless Views of Brooklyn Bridge Approved

By Giulia Olsson

Bill Murray Joins Poets House’s Annual Walk Across The Brooklyn Bridge

By Justin Joffe
(Photo: Alliance for Tenant Power/Facebook)

Afternoon Bulletin: Thousands March to Demand Affordable Rent, Canine Dining and More

By Jennifer Neufeld

Yet Another Bridge Breach: Russian Tourist Arrested for Climbing the Brooklyn Bridge

By Nicole Vranjican
Police walk along the Brooklyn Bridge following the discovery of a pair of white flags that appeared there July 22. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Bill de Blasio: ‘Hold Me Accountable’ for Brooklyn Bridge Breaches

By Will Bredderman

German Artists Behind the Brooklyn Bridge Stunt Voluntarily Return Missing Flags

By Lale Arikoglu
A Damien Hirst pharmacy installation. (Courtesy DamienHirst.com)

Morning Links: Damien Hirst Pharmaceutical Edition

By Nate Freeman
A white flag on the Brooklyn Bridge. (Photo: Mark Weprin/Twitter)

Brooklyn Bridge Stunt Perpetrators Wave the White Flag

By Marie Solis
Rev. Bud Green lighting up on an episode of the Joan Rivers Show. (YouTube)

Weed Activist Claims to Have Planted White Flags Over Brooklyn Bridge

By Meredith Carey
A white flag on the Brooklyn Bridge. (Photo: Mark Weprin/Twitter)

NYPD Suspects Skateboarder Buddies as Brooklyn Bridge Flag Switchers

By Esti Jungreis
Eric Adams (Photo: Paula Duran)

Eric Adams Invokes 9/11 a Day After White Flags Fly on Brooklyn Bridge

By Paula Duran
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

White Flags Atop Brooklyn Bridge Do Not Amuse Brooklyn Borough Prez

By Ross Barkan

Brooklyn Surrenders? White Flags Appear Overnight Atop Brooklyn Bridge

By Esti Jungreis
Photo: Twitter

Brooklyn Floods, But the Skyline Glows

By Esti Jungreis

Phantom Piano Haunts the East River

By Elizabeth Coscia
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