Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Promenade

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Brooklyn Heights Promenade Photograph: Michael Kirby

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Mon Feb 22 2010

RECOMMENDED: 50 best New York attractions

It’s easy to forget that you’re standing atop the hectic Brooklyn-Queens Expressway while strolling along this esplanade, which opened in 1950. But the thoroughfare is inextricably linked to the Promenade’s existence: Community opposition to the BQE—which was originally intended to cut through Brooklyn Heights—led city planner Robert Moses to reroute the highway along the waterfront. He also proposed building a park atop the road to block noise. Stroll, run or make out along its ⅓-mile length, pausing to appreciate postcard-ready views of lower Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty; then check out some of the 19th-century row houses down Brooklyn Heights’ tree-lined side streets, or head down to Brooklyn Bridge Park.

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Address:
Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Promenade Columbia Heights
Brooklyn Heights
New York

Cross Street:
between Middagh and Montague Sts
Transport:
Subway: A, C to High St; 2, 3 to Clark St
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1. Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Promenade
  - Columbia Heights
    Brooklyn Heights
    New York
  - 40.699011,-73.996000

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Come here on a non-foggy day. Suddenly the maps will make sense and you'll never forget how New York Harbor and the islands relate to each other. Imagine historic battle movements, forests of tall ships, and aboriginal peoples in natural settings.

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