World Trade Center 1 and New York by Gehry behind the Brooklyn Bridge in 2013 

A pedestrian's-eye view 

Hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge 

Hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge  

Cable support system  Aerial view of New York City behind, through which the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center are visible

World Trade Center twin towers in the background of the Brooklyn Bridge 

The smoke from the destruction of the World Trade Center towers, with the Brooklyn Bridge in the foreground 

Brooklyn Bridge under construction.  Stereograph print taken between 1873 and 1880

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper cover, April 28, 1883 

Lithograph by Currier & Ives taken in 1874  The great East River suspension bridge, Connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn. View of Brooklyn Bridge with many sailing craft, including a large paddle-wheeled steamer

Tenements under the Brooklyn Bridge twin arch support   Diagonal view of the crowded street with scribbled figures on sidewalks and wagon on the street. Sketch from 1909

2006 - 350,000 stale crackers found under the Brooklyn Bridge  Workers found a stockpile of water drums, medical supplies, gauze bandages left over from the Cold War in a cavernous room under the Brooklyn Bridge's main entrance ramp, while performing a regular structural inspection including 350,000 stale crackers.

1883 - 1st cable cars in New York City, on the Brooklyn Bridge  New York City’s first cable car line opened in 1883 on the new Brooklyn Bridge. Cable Cars were moved by steam-driven machinery in a powerhouse, which continuously drew a loop of wire cables through a slot beneath the street. When the cable car operator wanted the car to go forward, he gripped the running cable with a special device. When he wanted to stop, he released the moving cable. Cable cars were useful on streets that were too steep for horses. Steam-powered cable became less valuable once electricity became available for trolleys and resulted in ending the run of cable cars in New York City in 1909.

1883 - The 1st Person Across the Brooklyn Bridge  The Brooklyn Bridge was still a week away from opening to the public when a determined woman named Emily Warren Roebling hitched up a team of horses and became the first person to cross the completed span. She brought along, apparently for good luck, a live rooster. Roebling could have left the bird at home. The bridge she helped build was strong and true.

1883 - Brooklyn Bridge opening ceremony  When ithe bridge opened on May 24, 1883, thousands of happy New Yorkers made the crossing beneath a shower of fireworks. 1,800 vehicles and 150,300 people crossed the first day.

1996 - Cable Crossing  This installation by Mark Gibian is made from galvanized steel cables that undulate across the station's skylight. The materials and their use refer to the Brooklyn Bridge's historic use of steel cables as a building material. An MTA Arts for Transit project.