Pulaski Bridge

Short and small drawrbidge that connects Queens and Brooklyn. The Queens side is in Long Island City and the Brooklyn side is in Greenpoint. It can be a wait sometimes if you have to wait for the drawbridge but I don’t think that happens too often.
There is a foot path and bike lanes as well.
The view is nice when you’re crossing at night.

Tiny little bridge that connects LIC (Queens) to Brooklyn. It’s good for a walk, short run or biking while appreciating some great views of the city. Newtown Creek isn’t the cleanest but I can still appreciate it’s flawed beauty.

It’s a bridge that connects LIC (Queens) with Greenpoint (Brooklyn).It crosses over the Newtown Creek. Which is so polluted and runs into the East River. Period end of discussion.

It’s a bridge. Get over it (Hey!)
Good route to walk (or bike, if you’re one of those) from Long Island City to Greenpoint and points Brooklyn-​y. It’s a good spot to watch marathon runners die after coming over the hump. You can get good views of a crappy river and Manhattan from the bridge itself.
Generally there’s no delay to get over the bridge, if there is it’s because the drawbridge is up. It happens, and it takes a while. Get over it.
The walkway is skinny, and bikers can be dicks if they’re going too fast especially on a downhill — keep your head on a swivel and you’ll be fine.
Best of all, a great up and coming brewery is right under the Queens side of the bridge, Transmitter Brewing — if on foot, just walk down the Queens side steps and you’re there, assuming it’s Friday early evening or Sat/​Sun early afternoon or so.
Plus, it’s 50x better than the Pulaski Skyway.

Great view of the river which I don’t even know the name of or will ever really Google.
It says it is accessible by bike riding AND pedestrian walking but I didn’t see neither as I was in a moving vehicle. All I know is that unless the biking and pedestrian is on the same road as the oncoming traffic, they need to make that clearer on the directional side of things.
I am not playing the «see if I can outrun a car going 60mph from behind me» game. Nor will I play this game riding a bike. Helmet or no Helmet.
The ride on this bridge is rather brief that connects Queens (L.I.C. ~ Long Island City) to Brooklyn (Greenpoint).
If the G train isn’t running which it isn’t until February 2015, chances are you will be going over this bridge quite often.
I’m not sure that I’m a fan but this bridge serves its purpose.
Now, going to shytpoint I mean Greenpoint… that is a whole ‘nother discussion.

Great bridge for crossing by bike (or on foot) with stunning views of the NYC skyline. Not a lot of walkers /​cyclists, so the lack of separate, designated lanes is not an issue.
Be careful though and pay attention for cyclists and pedestrians to avoid a painful crunch.
Two broad pull outs off the pedestrian way allow ample photo opportunities of NYC’s skyline.
The bridge also welcomes you to Brooklyn.

It is quite comical to read Unilocalers writing reviews on this bridge and commenting on purely extraneous things like history, scenery, etc
It’s a god damn bridge people — it’s over water and connects LIC to Brooklyn. I can drive my car over water because of this bridge — hallelujah! That’s all that matters here folks — what the h@ll is wrong with you people? People continue to write essays and novels on nonsense concerning this bridge — it’s annoying
I’ll tell you two things that suck about this bridge AND this is applicable:
1. Speed limit is friggin 30mph! My moped from the early 90s has a higher top speed than this. Dumb cop gave me a ticket for going 40mph — retarded
2. It’s a drawbridge and I had to wait twice for it — just want to go home sometimes, but I get it. Doesn’t mean I won’t complain about it sucker–
There. You have it. The righteY to write a Unilocal review on a bridge

Progress doesn’t occur despite individuals but rather because of them. People are what matter. They are not interchangeable parts for you to mix and match. Mankind isn’t a collection of Lego pieces for your pleasure. Imagine if you can, the United States of America without George Washington. I can’t either. George was, to paraphrase the great Reggie Jackson, the straw that stirred the drink. In Washington’s case, that drink was probably beer or mead or wine or bourbon or whiskey. You get the idea. Georgie Baby liked to toss back a few cruisers. And who can blame him? Had the toughest gig in the land. But had he departed the planet and met his maker at Brandywine in 1777, at the very least my delicious black coffee would be the tasteless tea of a rat coward. Our fledgling nation might not have made it. What ifs are a dangerous game for most. Not for me. Because Washington’s life was saved on the battlefield by Casimir Pulaski. This polish adventurer and revolutionary hero might as well have saved all of humanity. Because in preserving the democracy’s alpha dog, hope survived too. Pulaski died at the Battle of Savannah, but he endures because America has endured. In large part, because of Pulaski the man.
And what a view from the bridge. Ohhhhh baybay. Ain’t that a good thang.

Cool for a stroll with your date. There is a little nook you could cuddle up too also to enjoy the view. There was a bum when I went, he wasn’t bothering anyone. Pulaski offers a different type perspective of Manhattan with a cross of Brooklyn and Queens.
The bridge Harlem shakes, its a drawbridge. If you have small ankles you can get caught between the gap. Then get mauled by the tons of bikers riding by. This bridge needs an enema! Add a bike lane or something. Hopefully you will not be the unfortunate pedestrian with bicycle bells ringing in your ear «get the ef out the way» Next step the triage unit.
Take a note: from the Pulaski skyway in jersey, shut this bad boy down and fix it.

This crappy little bridge shouldn’t have it’s own Unilocal listing but I’ll give in and write a review for it anyway.
It’s just a small bridge over Newton Creek connecting Greenpoint in Brooklyn with Long Island City in Queens. It’s a small bridge so there’s no grand entrance, no architectural details worth mentioning, and no toll.
The view of the city from the bridge is decent but the one narrow walkway is annoying to share with pedestrians and bikers so use your head and stay to your right.

I use this bridge a couple times a week bike-​commuting to work in Long Island City. When I first started biking the bridge (spring/​summer 2012) I felt like I was always breathing in exhaust and getting pelted in the face with debris from the road… strangely that hasn’t happened this spring. Maybe they did some construction over the winter? Anyway, the bike/​pedestrian path is narrow, but for the most part people respect each other. There are lots of biking commuters on this bridge who tend to be more cautious and considerate and less aggressive hipster-​y bikers. The incline coming from BK is a bit steep… but it’s a short bridge, so it’s totally manageable.
The biggest thing to watch out for is daydreaming and phone-​talking pedestrians… especially women… They tend to zone out and then randomly wander into the middle of the path, or start excitedly gesturing, laughing and swerving while on the phone… A polite bell ring or «Watch the f*ck out» usually works.
enjoy your ride!

Today was my first time crossing this bridge. It’s cool because you get some nice views but there really isn’t much space to walk with everyone else and the bikers. Also, the bridge moves a little under your feet when there are trucks or a lot of cars driving by.
Overall, cool bridge but it’s not for sightseeing it’s more for just getting from Queens to Brooklyn or vice versa without taking a bus or car.

The narrow Pulaski path is hazardous for both bikers and pedestrians alike. Here’s my Reader’s Digest instructions on navigating the bridge without appearing on The Gothamist:
*PEDESTRIANS* Stay to your far right and walk straight. Deviating from walking straight will most likely leave you grazed by a seasoned speedster.
*BIKERS* For the sake of everyone’s safety, please be sure to have a functioning front light, rear light and bell. Feel like zigzagging through? No problem, ring your bell/​toot your horn and yell out LOUD during passing. If foot traffic will ever be as bad as post-​Sandy, just walk your bike. You won’t be a statistic from an extra five minutes tacked on to your trip.
Thanks to Assemblyman Joe Lentol’s pitch to the DOT last month, a much needed expansion to this heavily used path is in sight.

The Pulaski Bridge is different from Pulaski Sky Way.
I used to hear them both on the news for years and thought they were the same thing. The Pulaski Skyway is in Jersey. The Pulaski Bridge is in Brooklyn. Here is a Youtube video of a Time Lapse of a sunset on the bridge.
As many transplants move here to NYC since 911 (because before 911 many were afraid of NYC) new names for old neighborhoods come up because Real Estate agents want people to move into neighborhoods that nobody wanted to move into before. Many of them have silly names here is an example. DUPBO. It means Down Under the Pluaski Bridge onramp.
It sounds as silly as Dumbo not quite, but almost! Yes transplants, DUMBO is made up too! But it was made up a little earlier than «Gowanus» which still makes me laugh!
Queens West is another recently made up name.
Like many neighborhoods with transplants who do not know how to ride a bike properly in NYC there are complaints about the bikers. Our Boston born Mayor started this whole bike trend because before him everyone seemed to know how to ride and nobody was stupid enough to ride in NYC streets with cow bells expecting you to move out of their way!
He has successfully turned NYC into Boston!
The Bridge does not have a toll and does not go to Manhattan. Which is probably why it doesn’t have a toll. The Bridge goes between Greenpoint Brooklyn and Long Island City Queens.
It carries six lanes of traffic and a pedestrian sidewalk over the water, Long Island Rail Road tracks, and the entrance to the Queens-​Midtown Tunnel. The pedestrian sidewalk is on the west or downstream side of the bridge, which has good views of the industrial areas surrounding Newtown Creek, the skyline of Manhattan.
The neighborhoods on both sides of the bridge Long island City Queens and Greenpoint Brooklyn are old NYC neighborhoods. But transplants have started to move into them.
Mostly due to lower costs in Greenpoint and Long island City until recently being more industrial. Transplants that move into Long island City seem to have more money and behave more respectfully taking care of the neighborhood. For some reason transplants in Brooklyn seem to be less respectful. Just look at reviews for Williamsbug and you will understand what I mean.
An interesting blog about the bridge.
Since there is no toll though I haven’t been on this bridge too often I have never been stuck in traffic here which is rare in NY, we have only used it to go from Greenpoint to LIC and visa versa but for me it has to be 3 stars at least! I am not giving it 4 stars because it has no real historic significance. It was named after Polish military commander and American Revolutionary War fighter Kazimierz Puaski (Casimir Pulaski) because of the large Polish-​American population in Greenpoint. It connects 11^th Street in Queens to McGuinness Boulevard in Brooklyn. The Pulaski Bridge opened to traffic on September 10, 1954. It served as a replacement for the nearby Vernon Avenue Bridge, which had linked Vernon Avenue in Long Island City with Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint.

Caught between
Brooklyn and Queens
View of destination, taunting.

Pretty cool Bridge, connects Queens and Brooklyn. I use it frequently to go to Williamsburg. Easy to get to and no craters on it.
The best part is very nice view of NYC…

As a bridge it might not be cool, but as a walking/​biking path that connects Greenpoint to LIC, I’d say it’s pretty neat. You can see the Manhattan skyline and also some mediocre artworks on the wall separating the path from all the cars.
An acquaintance who lives by the Pulaski bridge in Greenpoint mentioned that she can just walk over the bridge and jump on the 7 train to Grand Central, and get there in less than 20 minutes. I thought that was pretty interesting.

This is a pathetic little bridge in comparison to the other Goliaths spanning the East River.
I had no idea this bridge existed until I challenged myself to Bike across all of the bridges in one day. First was the Brooklyn Bridge, then back to Manhattan by using the Manhattan Bridge, then I biked back over to Brooklyn using the Williamsburg Bridge. At this point, I had to get to Queens and this little bridge allowed me to connect to Queens quickly. There is no view from the top of this bridge, other than of the train yard.
I finished my bridge excursion by using the Queensboro Bridge to get back over to Manhattan.
The path is super narrow, and if you have a head on collision you might fall into traffic, so be careful if you see someone coming.

Not
Pretty
And not that
Bike friendly but
It will get you view atop Newton.

So New York got its first snowstorm of the Winter of 2009 and I had to get from Greenpoint, Brooklyn to Midtown East that very evening — ugh.
The easiest way would probably have been to have gone around the corner and taken the G-​train to the 7-​train but since I was running late I decided to run across the Pulaski Bridge so as to get directly to the 7.
I’d heard the name of this bridge before as it’s the official mid-​point of the New York city Marathon, however, I had never walked, let alone run, across it before.
The bridge is nothing to write home about though it has been connecting Queens and Brooklyn since 1954, has views of the Manhattan skyline on a clear night and, on one faithful evening in December 2009, it withstood the snow (and so did I) and helped me get to where I needed to go in the least amount of time.
Thanks Pulaski Bridge.