Newtown Creek bridges
Newtown Creek is a body tributary of the East River in New York City, whose main flow also serves as a part of the border between Brooklyn and Queens. It has four tributaries of its own, English Kills and Whale Creek in Brooklyn and Dutch Kills and Maspeth Creek in Queens. There are several bridges crossing these waterways.[1]
Crossing Newtown Creek[edit]
There are several bridges crossing the main body of Newtown Creek. These bridges are listed in order from the point at which Newtown Creek forms off of the East River.
| Name | Type | Lanes | connects | along | built | demolished | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Avenue Bridge | Greenpoint and Long Island City | Vernon Avenue and Manhattan Avenue | 1905[2] | 1954 | |||
| Pulaski Bridge | bascule bridge | two roadways and a pedestrian walkway | Greenpoint and Long Island City | McGuinness Boulevard and 11th Street | 1954 |  | |
| Greenpoint Avenue Bridge | bascule bridge | two roadways and two pedestrian walkways | Greenpoint and Blissville | Greenpoint Avenue | 1850s,1900,1929,1987 |  | |
| Meeker Avenue Bridge[3] | swing bridge | two roadways and two walkways | Greenpoint/East Williamsburg with Laurel Hill/Maspeth | 1894[dubious ] | 1933[dubious ] | ||
| Kosciuszko Bridge | non-moveable bridge | 6 car lanes | Greenpoint/East Williamsburg with Laurel Hill/Maspeth | BQE | 1939 | 2017 |  |
| Kosciuszko Bridge | non-moveable bridge | two roadways and a pedestrian walkway | Greenpoint/East Williamsburg with Laurel Hill/Maspeth | BQE | 2017, 2019 |  | |
| Grand St Bridge | swing bridge | two roadways and two pedestrian walkways | East Williamsburg | Grand Street |  |
Crossing Dutch Kills[edit]
There are several bridges crossing Dutch Kills in Queens, which are all movable bridges except for the Long Island Expressway bridges. These bridges are listed in order from the point at which Dutch Kills forms off of Newtown Creek.
| Name | Type | Lanes | connects | along | built | demolished | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB Cabin[4] | swing bridge | railway | Greenpoint and Long Island City | LIRR's Lower Montauk Branch |  | ||
| Cabin M | single-leaf bascule bridge | railway | LIRR's now-abandoned Montauk Cutoff |  | |||
| Borden Avenue Bridge | retractile bridge | two roadways and a pedestrian walkway | Blissville | Borden Ave | 1908 |  | |
| Long Island Expressway structure | non-moveable bridge |  | |||||
| Hunters Point Ave Bridge | bascule bridge | two roadways and two pedestrian walkways | Blissville | Hunters Point Avenue |  |
Crossing English Kills[edit]
There are two bridges crossing English Kills in Brooklyn. These bridges are listed in order from the point at which English Kills spurss off of Newtown Creek.
| Name | Type | Lanes | connects | along | built | demolished | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Ave Bridge | bascule bridge | two roadways and a pedestrian walkway | East Williamsburg | Grand Street and Metropolitan Avenue merge to cross over this bridge. | .jpg) | ||
| English Kills Bridge | non-moveable | railway | East Williamsburg | Bushwick Branch |  |
References[edit]
- ^ "NYC DOT - Bridges - Newtown Creek". www.nyc.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "F.Y.I. - NYTimes.com". web.archive.org. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "The Kosciuszko Bridge and the Changing Face of Brooklyn". www.bklynlibrary.org. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ^ shayna (3 November 2015). "Dutch Kills Swing Bridge". Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "DB Cabin". The Newtown Pentacle. Retrieved 2024-01-17.