Com­plet­ed in 1883, Brook­lyn Bridge con­nects Man­hat­tan and Brook­lyn by span­ning the East Riv­er. At the time it opened, and for sev­er­al years, it was the longest sus­pen­sion bridge in the world and it has become a famous and icon­ic land­mark of New York. The bridge has a wide pedes­tri­an walk­way open to walk­ers and cyclists.