One of many signature landmarks of New York City, the Brooklyn Bridge is also one of the oldest suspension bridges in the country and a National Historic Landmark. Its six lanes (and one ...

George C. Parker was born one of eight children to Irish parents in New York on 16 March 1860. In the 1880s, New York was a melting pot with every ethnic group from every corner of the planet.

A humpback whale was spotted under the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday, the first such sighting in the East River since 2022. The whale, likely feeding on Atlantic Menhaden, ventured into the urban ...

Whale, that’s something you don’t see every day. A humpback made a shocking splash beneath the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday — marking the species’ first visit to the East River in two years.

Heroic NYPD officers saved life of a barefoot man who threatened to jump from the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday — and who even flipped the bird at officers before dangling precariously from the ...

Human remains found near Brooklyn Bridge Park on Thursday match previous recoveries of skeletal parts in the immediate vicinity, the New York City chief medical examiner's office said on Friday.

Whales seemingly enjoy the urban backdrop of New York City as much as the locals, given the recent humpback whale sighting under the Brooklyn Bridge. The rare event, documented on Monday ...

An 1846 townhouse that is updated for modern life and dressed in a range of jewel tones lists for $17 million in New York ...

"Oh! Did you see that?" one viewer said. The whale reportedly swam along the East River and was spotted near the Brooklyn Bridge as well. Gotham Whale, an organization that tracks marine life in ...

Brooklyn is the most populous and one of the five boroughs of New York City. Brooklyn was first established as a shipbuilding facility. Brooklyn’s neighborhood has strong dominance of ethnic groups.