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A Three-Hour Walk in Brooklyn

A trip across New York’s most famous crossing leads to Brooklyn
Heights, the city’s first suburb. This neighborhood has a 19th-century
feel, mixed with a hint of Middle Eastern cultures. The riverfront Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall
promenade has unrivaled views of Manhattan. For more 4.5.6
550 yards/500m
details on sights in Brooklyn, see pages 226–41.
Manhattan
Manhattan Bridge
from here. In Brooklyn
Bridge
1814, this was
the depot for
the ferry EMPIRE-
FUL TON
connecting E a s t R i v e r J FERR Y P ARK
Brooklyn and 3
Manhattan Island. 2 WATER STREET
This transformed 4
Fire Station on Old Fulton Street Brooklyn Heights BROOKL YN PLAZA W FRONT STREET
BRIDGE
CADMAN
from a predomin- P ARK COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
Fulton Ferry Landing antly farming
Brooklyn Bridge yields truly area to a residential 1
thrilling views of the lower district. The area FURMAN STREET 5 STREET
MIDDAGH
New York skyline and prize is full of charac- CRANBERRY
STREET
photo opportunities. Take a taxi ter and is still a ORANGE ST HENRY ST High Street
or, if you have time, walk across very popular PINEAPPLE ST 6 A.C
it to Brooklyn. place to live.
On the far side, follow the To the right is 4 Eagle Warehouse 7 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS Clark Street
Tillary Street sign to the right, the River Café J8 J 2.3 CADMAN PLAZA EAST
turn right at the bottom of 3. This restaurant’s fine BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY WILLOW STREET CLARK ST
the stairs, then take the first cuisine and spectacular views was HICKS STREET
path through the park and of the Manhattan skyline make editor TILLARY ADAMS STREET STREET
walk down Cadman Plaza it one of New York’s most of the PIERREPONT STREET
West 1 under the Brooklyn- exceptional dining spots. Brooklyn 9 MONTAGUE STREET q CLINTON STREET Court St
Queens Expressway; here Double back past the former Eagle. REMSEN STREET R
Cadman becomes Old Fulton Eagle Warehouse 4 built in 1893. He set the 0
Street. You can see the bridge type for his STREET w JAY ST REET
on the right as you head to Brooklyn Heights Leaves of J O R A L E M O N J Borough Hall
the river at Water Street and the From the landing, turn right to Grass at a 2.3.4.5
Jay Street
Fulton Ferry landing 2. During steep Everitt Street up Columbia print shop HENRY S T R E E T Metro Tech
the Revolutionary War, George Heights, on to Middagh Street, near the A.C.F.R
Washington’s troops fled to and along the streets of Brooklyn corner of STATE STREET CLINT O N STREET FULTON
Heights. 24 Middagh 5 is Cranberry and
BOERUM PLACE
one of the area’s oldest Fulton. The ATLANTIC AVE COURT STREET STREET
houses, built in 1824. town houses e LIVING STONE ST LIVINGSTONE STREET
Next turn right on now on the S M I T H ST R EE T
Willow and left on site are called
Cranberry; here the town Whitman Close. STATE STREET HOYT ST
Hoyt-
houses range from Turn right along Hicks. The Schermerhorn
wooden clap boards to Hicks family, local farmers, Streets BOND STREET
A.C.G
brick Federal-style to inspired the name “hick” for a PACIFIC STREET
brownstones. Except for yokel. Turn left on Orange Street AT L A N T I C A V E N U E NEVINS STREET
cars and a few modern to the Plymouth Church 6,
STATE STREET
buildings, you could be in home of Henry
the 19th century. Ward Beecher, PACIFIC STREET
Many famous peo ple an antislavery Atlantic Ave
have lived here. Truman preacher. His J 2.3.4.5
Capote wrote Breakfast at sister, Harriet r
Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood Beecher 3RD AVE
in the basement of 70 Stowe,
Willow, and Arthur Miller wrote Uncle
once owned 155 Willow. Tom’s Cabin.
Walt Whit man lived on Meander Truman Capote with
3 Entrance to the River Café Cranberry Street when he along Henry feathered friend
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