Pulaski Bridge — Attraction in New York

The bridge itself is nothing special but the view of the Greenpoint, Long Island City, Manhattan and Newtown Creek is beautiful. It takes about 15 minutes on a casual walk over from one end to the other. I do recommend.

The Pulaski Bridge in New York City connects Long Island City in Queens to Greenpoint in Brooklyn over Newtown Creek. It was named after Polish military commander and American Revolutionary War fighter Casimir Pulaski in homage to the large Polish-American population in Greenpoint. It connects 11th Street in Queens to McGuinness Boulevard (formerly Oakland Street) in Brooklyn.

Designed by Frederick Zurmuhlen, the Pulaski Bridge is a bascule bridge, a type of drawbridge. Its span crosses Newtown Creek, Long Island Rail Road tracks, and the entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel from south to north. The bridge carries six lanes of traffic and a pedestrian sidewalk; the pedestrian sidewalk is on the west or downstream side of the bridge, and has views of the industrial areas surrounding Newtown Creek, the skyline of Manhattan, and of a number of other bridges, including the Williamsburg Bridge, the Queensboro Bridge, and the Kosciuszko Bridge. The bridge was reconstructed between 1991 and 1994.

Located just over 13 miles (21 km) from the start of the New York City Marathon at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the Pulaski Bridge serves as the approximate halfway point...

The worst bridge! It’s managed by very incompetent people, who have no common sense. On may 8 2025 at 10 am, I am driving from jackson avenue lic to greenpoint bk. As soon as I get on the pulaski bridge I saw that the stop signs for drawbridge were down. Based on the amount of car ahead of me, it looked like it’s been closed for five minutes. I shut down the engine and started waiting. After ten minutes I have noticed that there is no barge or any vessel is coming, as I could clearly see the water surface from where I stand on the bridge. I kept looking at the either directions to see what’s coming and why the bridge is shut down for traffic when there’s no vessel is on the water. I monitored the traffic from google maps to see where it ends. Traffic piled up very quickly on both ends of the bridge and made a gridlock. Finally I saw a tugboat pushing a barge coming very slowly towards the bridge that’s been open for 25 minutes already! At the end, when the vessel passed and the bridge opened back for traffic, everyone wasted a good 30 minutes from their day just because of one of the worst businesses on the Newtown creek that they only harm the city and the nature. There were hundreds of vehicles, bicycle commuters and pedestrians on the bridge. This is a pure ignorance of who is managing this city. They should be ashamed of not being able to operate a drawbridge in a...

The Pulaski Bridge:

Construction Started and Opening Date: 1949 and September 10, 1954. Connection: Connects the Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn with the Long Island City neighborhood in Queens over Newtown Creek. Length：Approximately 2,810 feet (857 meters). Pedestrian Walkways: Pedestrian and bicycle paths are available. Main Material: Steel. Type of Bridge: Bascule bridge. Owner and Fees: Owned by the New York City Department of Transportation. No toll for vehicles, pedestrians,...