Walking across the Williamsburg Bridge, New York
A few months ago I walked across the Williamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan and took these pictures!
I first walked across a bridge in NYC when I visited with a friend in 2021, and we walked across the Queensboro Bridge. It was so loud with the sound of passing cars and trains that we couldn’t talk to each other, and just walked single file on that narrow path in silence. The view was lovely and the wind felt nice, and it was neat to pass above the entire width of Roosevelt Island.
I think the walk took like half an hour in total. The experience of walking in an uninterrupted line for so long (rare in Manhattan!) with that constant thunderous noise in the background made the whole thing feel kind of surreal, like passing through a portal or something. After my visit (I did all the touristy things too) I was surprised to find myself thinking of that walk across the bridge as often as I did. So after moving to Manhattan a year-ish ago, I listed walking across more NY bridges as one of my to-dos in the city.
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