Do you feel like you don't have a partner? Do you ever feel like the streets kiss you windy? Are you free tonight at 6 p.m.? If so, you can come down to the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO (under the Archway) to help set the record for the greatest number of people singing the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ "Under the Bridge." That's right: "Under the Bridge" under a bridge. No word on whether you'll be expected to wear a sock on your junk. more ›

A 34-year-old man who was preparing to jump off the Manhattan Bridge yesterday afternoon is safe thanks to the swift response of three NYPD officers. Responding to a 911 call of a man walking along the outer edge of the bridge, Officers Anthony Brooks and Daniel Sandberg and William Cooper found the man facing the water. "He had a look in his eyes like he wasn't all there—like he was somewhere else," Brooks told the Post. "In this situation we couldn't wait for ESU to get there because he was going to make a move." more ›

Since September the city has had pedestrian safety managers on each of the East River bridges, an experiment set to end on November 26th when the DOT will review the $80,000-a-month program. But as far as the cyclist-hating Post is concerned, the program is already a total dud. They say that commuters have already decided the program isn't working, while quoting one cyclist, who had, according to their report, one collision. Now, we've been a bit skeptical of this whole thing ourselves, but just to be sure we decided to head over there yesterday to see what some of those glorified crossing guards had to say for themselves. more ›

So you've been given the job of being a "pedestrian safety manager" on one of the city's Brooklyn/Manhattan bridges. From now until November 26 you have the fun duty of trying to bring peace between the bikers and walkers going over the spans between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on weekdays (noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays). What do you think your hourly salary is? more ›

You guys wanna meet us by the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO next week and dig into those mushrooms we've had since Highgate '94 and watch the side of the bridge grow a face? Sweet, pencil it in. Next week during the DUMBO Arts Festival, the bridge is going to look like this video, thanks to Immersive Surfaces. more ›

Intrepid street food explorers may be familiar with the gallery of vendors that set up shop alongside the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown, hawking everything from hot dogs on a stick to durian fruit. But now, cops are cracking down on the merchants, accusing them of some fairly gross-sounding misdeeds. more ›

This morning, there have been a couple crashes with multiples injuries. One was on the Cross Bronx Expressway, between a tractor-trailer, a van and other cars, with at least seven injured. The other was on the Manhattan Bridge, involving a motorcycle and two cars. more ›

Last August, Manhattan-bound lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge began closing overnight. But get ready to experience that nightmare all over again! The DOT writes, "Beginning on April 4, 2011 and continuing until the project completion in 2014, Manhattan-bound traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge may be detoured to the Manhattan Bridge as needed to accommodate construction. This will occur only during overnight hours and on some weekends." more ›

Because of rehabilitation work on the Manhattan Bridge, cyclists and drivers can count on being inconvenienced for almost a year starting as soon as January. Streetsblog covered a recent Brooklyn Community Board 2 meeting, during which the DOT elaborated on changes to be made while workers replace the four main cables that hold up the bridge. more ›

It's almost like state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. is trying to piss people off. Less than a year after he helped kill the plan for East River bridge tolls and claimed the idea was "fundamentally wrong," the Democratic majority leader says he would like to revive East River Bridge tolls as a way to generate revenue for the cash-strapped MTA. more ›

Yesterday around 1:45 p.m. a man was walking through this archway under the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO when, according to his wife, he was jumped by "a huskier, young guy (probably late teens), african american, wearing a tan jacket," in an unprovoked attack. "Unfortunately that was all my husband was able to see as the guy came up to him from behind and broke his glasses as he punched him. He didn’t demand money or anything, so don’t know if it was an attempted mugging or the guy was just mentally unstable." more ›

Perhaps following in the footsteps of Alain Robert and the other men who followed his climb up the NY Times building in 2008, a man was just spotted scaling the Manhattan Bridge (Brooklyn side). We'll update when we have more info! Let's hope he made it... more ›

These photographs were all taken by Berenice Abbott in the same area of Brooklyn in 1936 (two of them on the now non-existent Talman Street). The clapboard houses were part of what was called Irishtown, which was under the anchorage of the Manhattan Bridge (this area is now called DUMBO, of course). According to this book, back then it was "a slum of pre-Civil War houses renting for $15 per month. Lacking cellars, central heat, hot water, toilets, and bathtubs, many of the houses had been declared uninhabitable by the city. Talman Street was the remnant of an old cow path with an ice cream factory at one end and empty lots at the other." more ›

Did you know the Manhattan Bridge has been known, to some, as the Rodney Dangerfield of our city's bridges since the 1980s? Today, 100 years after it officially opened, the NY Times profiles why the structure gets no respect. more ›

Yesterday, a truck hit a Chinatown business near the Manhattan Bridge—and it was the second time this year wireless store has been hit. The Post reports that a "runaway cement truck" which "apparently lost its [brakes] at about noon on Canal Street near the Manhattan Bridge, careen[ed] out of control along the busy street" and "sideswiped half a dozen cars -- including one filled with children -- and then crashed through the front of a wireless-phone store." (See this picture.) One witness said of the scared children, "They were very distraught. It was traumatic. The truck was bearing down on them. They were both crying." Ten people (no pedestrians) had minor injuries; no criminality was involved. more ›

The Manhattan Bridge has been plagued with problems since it was constructed 100 years ago... and the ol' gal still isn't perfect after all this time. The NY Times reports that a $150 million project will soon be underway to replace all of the vertical suspension cables on the bridge, causing disruptions in weekend subway service (B, D, N and Q lines), closing the bikeway and even shutting down some traffic lanes... for the next four years. (The cyclists will have to share a pedestrian walkway.) more ›

Yesterday was the Manhattan Bridge's centennial and the celebrations were capped off by fireworks. Check out these photographs from our readers. more ›

The 6855-foot-long Manhattan Bridge is turning 100! With a newly reopened archway on the Brooklyn side, it's hardly looking like a centenarian, but the ol' girl's been through a lot, and has a fairly flawed history behind her. The construction for the bridge began in October of 1901, but wasn't open to traffic until December 31, 1909. Once it was put to use, Time Out notes it was realized that designer Leon Moisseiff "didn’t incorporate sufficient support, and placed the subway and streetcar lines on the outer edges of the roadway, putting too much strain on the deck." more ›

The pitched street battle between cyclists and drivers (and pedestrians) just won't let up! Cyclist Anna Letitia Mumford says that she was punched in the face by a driver yesterday during her evening commute in Brooklyn. Here's her story:

I had just crossed the Manhattan Bridge and was biking south on the bike path on Jay Street. The traffic was backed up, but the bike lane was open. Right in front of me, a car peeled out of the traffic and began to cruise up the bike lane. At Willoughby, the light was red so the car stopped. I tapped on the trunk to let the driver know that I was trying to pass. more ›

There was great excitement in the cycling community last month when the DOT finally finished turning the treacherous Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn into an elegant, elevated bike lane. Transportation Alternatives even held an opening celebration, dubbing the Sands Street lane the "Budnick Bikeway," after Noah Budnick, a T.A. advocate who almost died riding his bike on Sands Street in 2005. more ›

On the first non-rainy night in what seemed like centuries, DUMBO Fight Night made its outdoor debut under the recently-reopened Manhattan Bridge Archway. Fighters from DUMBO’s Gleason’s Gym and other corners of the Tri-State area hopped into the red, white, and blue ring for 16 bouts of amateur boxing to raise money for the DUMBO Improvement District. more ›

Sometimes things are just really cool to watch, like this video of the Manhattan Bridge moving along with the subway traffic. more ›