Brooklyn Bridge & DUMBO

A walk over the East River and down into DUMBO: the designer who died after a ferry crushed his foot, the son who stopped digging a tower at sand and then ran the job from a window, the crooked wire still inside the cables, the woman who crossed first with a rooster in her lap, the elephants that walked over a year after the opening, the box-maker and the artists who named a neighbourhood to scare off developers, and Whitman's ferry. Starts at the Manhattan entrance by City Hall Park and ends at Fulton Ferry Landing.

What you'll hear

1. 1Brooklyn Bridge EntranceStartThe man who designed the bridge died after a ferry crushed his foot, before a single stone was laid.
2. 2Manhattan TowerThe Manhattan tower stands on sand: Roebling stopped digging rather than lose more men.
3. 3The Main CablesThe crooked contractor's rejected wire is still inside the cables; Roebling just added 150 good wires to each.
4. 4Brooklyn TowerThe first person across the Brooklyn Bridge was Emily Roebling, with a rooster in her lap.
5. 5Brooklyn AnchorageA year after it opened, 21 elephants walked across; the Times said it looked like Noah's ark emptying onto Long Island.
6. 6Manhattan Bridge ViewDUMBO was named to sound so unappealing that developers would stay away.
7. 7Fulton Ferry LandingWhitman wrote his ferry poem to the people who would cross a hundred years later.

What this tour offers

• Self-guided walking tour
• 7 stops, with directions between each
• 19 minutes of narration
• Keeps playing with your phone locked
• Yours to keep, replay anytime
• Earns your New York passport stamp

Where you'll be

Brooklyn Bridge Promenade, Centre Street & Park Row, New York, NY 10038, USA

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