Williamsburg Bridge Tour

This was a beautiful day to be walking in New York. The weather was in the low 70's with virtually no humidity and very little to no cloud cover. A very early preview of what weather is to come and I hope for very many more days like this.

The card recommended I start in Manhattan, but I chose to start on the Brooklyn side. I took the J train to Marcy Ave. At the Marcy Ave station I took a picture of one of the stained glass art windows there. When I exited the station I followed the signs which pointed to the Williamsburg Bridge.

Before reaching the bridge I walked through a park just before the bike/run/walk path for the bridge. The park is dedicated to Valley Forge with a statue of Washington upon his horse.


Right at the entrance to the pedestrian path of the bridge was a bike dedicated to the death of someone struck by a car as a bicyclist. "CYCLIST KILLED HERE DAN VALE 26 YEARS OLD FEBRUARY 18, 2009 REST IN PEACE" is what the sign above the bike reads. You might not be able to see this in the picture, but there are several signatures on the bike from loved ones to this man.

Following the memorial I entered the path to walk across the Williamsburg Bridge. Now there are clear instructions on the floor all the way across that indicate that pedestrians running and walking are to be on the left side of the divider and bicyclists on the right. NOBODY seemed to care except me. Key word is "seemed", because the New York attitude is of general indifference and those who were not on the correct side may have been wished excruciating death by slow torture by their "fellow" New Yorkers. Most of the view was obstructed for picture taking by this heavy metal fencing. Since we have to stop people from killing themselves, I couldn't take all the pictures I would have liked. Here's an example so you know what I mean.

















The first picture worth sharing was the your leaving Brooklyn sign. Oy Vey?!? Really? Anywho....







As I was walking the bridge I was able to get up close to the fence and snap a shot of a rooftop that was well painted in a mosaic. Didn't think I knew that word did ya? Actually, I'm not sure I used it right so, it was all artsy and stuff and I liked it so I took a picture of it.

As I got near the first tower of the bridge there was a bronze plaque that had been graffitied over telling you the start and finish date and probably the history of the bridge. However, I could only read the opening year which was 1903. I'd have taken a picture of it, but it was truly disgusting to see and I didn't want to save it. The view of the Manhattan skyline was amazing. I did my best to take photo's of it. Very few were worth saving. I'll post the ones of interest here.













































After I made it to Manhattan, I made a trip into Brooklyn on the F train. At the Essex and Delancy station for the F train there was some interesting tile art on the walls that I snapped a few pictures.































My day ended with a walk along the shoreline of Brooklyn looking over at Staten Island with my good friend Joe. However, this was not part of the tour. But I thought I'd share the picture I took of the Verrazano. Hope to see you next tour.