Brooklyn Bridge

The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that 15 New York and New Jersey bridges be inspected for levels of risk collapse from a vessel collision as part of a nationwide call to safeguard bridges from vessel strikes following last year’s fatal collapse of Baltimore’s Scott Key Bridge. The call for safety inspections on bridges does not indicate that...

Following an investigation of the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse last year, the National Transportation Security Board recommended that 68 bridges across the United States be inspected for their risk of collapse, eight of which are in New York. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

NYPD ESU officers speak with NBC New York’s Marc Santia after a heroic rescue on the Brooklyn Bridge. 

New York City has banned vendors from the Brooklyn Bridge. The change ends a bustling market that supplied cheap goods to tourists on the iconic crossing. Police officers were stationed in pairs Wednesday along the mile-long span. The ban is aimed at easing congestion on the bridge’s heavily trafficked pedestrian walkway. Sellers acknowledge the bridge has recently been inundated with...

From hats to hot dogs, you can find anything for sale at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge. But starting next week that’s about to change. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.

A woman is being sought by the New York City Police Department for allegedly assaulting a man and shouting an “anti-ethnic statement” during Saturday’s pro-Palestinian march across the Brooklyn Bridge. Police said the incident occurred around 6:15 p.m. on the bridge footpath, just above the roadway where thousands of protesters were continuing their march into Manhattan. The woman allegedly...

Thousands of people marched in Brooklyn and Manhattan on Saturday in what may be the largest demonstration yet calling for a ceasefire. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.