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Brooklyn Heights Promenade

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Stretching from Orange Street in the north to Remsen Street in the south, this esplanade provides enthralling views of Manhattan. Find a bench and take in the skyline, the Statue of Liberty, and the Brooklyn Bridge—an impressive 1883 steel suspension bridge designed by John Augustus Roebling. To your left is Governors Island, a former Coast Guard base now partially a national park. Below you are the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Brooklyn's industrial waterfront of warehouses, piers, and parking lots. A greenway initiative is moving forward in a bid to replace all but the expressway. At the south end of the promenade, near Montague Street, is a small playground.

  • Subway: 2, 3 to Clark St.; A, C to High St.
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