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Brooklyn Bridge
noun
- a suspension bridge over the East River, in New York City, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn: built 1867–84. 5,989 feet (1,825 meters) long.
Brooklyn Bridge
- A suspension bridge built between Manhattan and Brooklyn in the late nineteenth century; Manhattan and Brooklyn are today two boroughs of New York City . At the time of its completion, the Brooklyn Bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge.
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His most recent assignment was the 84th Precinct, at the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge.
The same night the “dead cops” chant was recorded, two police officers were attacked on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Hordes of celebrants, swept by rain, surged over the five-year-old Brooklyn Bridge.
And Richard, who always carried a camera, took a picture of this naked man dancing on the Brooklyn Bridge.
The vehicle crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, and then stopped behind a school.
"It was a lucky thing for me that I took that walk on the Brooklyn Bridge," he reasoned.
Brooklyn Bridge and Brooklyn Ferry might be the cross-roads of the world.
They stopped at a telephone station to notify the police at the Brooklyn Bridge terminals, then paused to draw a long breath.
Here they entered the large Municipal building that stands near the entrance to Brooklyn Bridge.
The next day found them together again walking across the Brooklyn Bridge.
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