The crowds on the Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian walkway have been steadily increasing since the bike lane was removed during the de Blasio administration. This photo shows the walkway during the ...

New York City plans to propose a new rule as soon as this summer that will prohibit vendors on the pedestrian walkways of all New York City bridges, including the tourist-packed Brooklyn Bridge ...

City officials say the ban is necessary due to record numbers of people using the bridge’s central walkway. NYPD officers patrol the pedestrian foot path on the Brooklyn Bridge Wednesday, Jan. 3 ...

Street vendors and large crowds of people are pictured on the Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian pathway on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News) ...

It’s a bridge too far gone. The tourist-jammed Brooklyn Bridge has become a “disgusting, mile-long souvenir shop and flea market” due to illegal vendors who clog up the famous walkway ...

Dozens of trinket sellers currently compete for space with tourists and city commuters on the Brooklyn Bridge’s heavily trafficked pedestrian walkway. A new rule, which goes into effect ...

When it comes to making your way across the Brooklyn Bridge, there really is no wrong way to go about it. If you happen to be on foot, however, there is a dedicated pedestrian walkway on the ...

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The average width of the elevated pedestrian walkway on the Brooklyn Bridge is roughly 16 feet, but narrows to less than 5 feet in multiple areas. Throw vendors into the mix and that can cause a ...

Vendors on the Brooklyn Bridge are set to be banned from selling souvenirs as of Wednesday to alleviate overcrowding on the pedestrian walkway. The decision, implemented by New York City Mayor ...

The Brooklyn Bridge saw an average of 34,000 people use its wooden walkway last fall on weekend days — twice as many as the fall of 2021 — providing vendors with the perfect spot to hawk their ...

Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that the number of legal and illegal vendors on the pedestrian walkway on the Brooklyn Bridge is “not only a sanitary issue, it’s a public safety issue.” ...