Brooklyn Bridge

noun

1. 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

1. 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.

Notes

The Brooklyn Bridge is mentioned in several common expressions about the sale of the bridge by one person to another (the bridge is actually public property). A person who “could sell someone the Brooklyn Bridge” is persuasive; a person who “tries to sell the Brooklyn Bridge” is extremely dishonest; a person who “would buy the Brooklyn Bridge” is gullible.

Example Sentences

The troop has taken field trips to Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge and to a Colombian restaurant in Queens where the girls sang along to Shakira.

From Los Angeles Times

I go down to the one under the Brooklyn Bridge sometimes.

From New York Times

But today there are many politicians and pundits who would like us to believe that the great contributions of immigrants stopped somewhere in the late 1800s with the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times

An obsession with federal architecture led Williams back to the Capitol, for an exhibition called “Ruins of Empire” that was shown in Brooklyn Bridge Park in 2022.

From New York Times

Karelina shared photos on social media of her travels across her adopted country: posing by the Pacific Ocean, dancing on the Brooklyn Bridge and skiing in the Pennsylvania mountains.

From Los Angeles Times