Wholesale Brooklyn Bridge East Tower

View of Brooklyn Bridge East tower emerging behind nineteenth century commercial buildings on the corner of Front Street and Camden Plaza, Brooklyn. Brooklyn Bridge, Spanning East River between Park Row, Manhattan and, New York, New York County, NY. 4x5 photographic documentation compiled after 1968. Building/structure dates: 1869 initial construction. National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000523. Significance: At the time of its opening on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest spanning bridge in the world. It represents the culmination of nearly a lifetime's experience designing and building suspension structures and incorporates the pinnacle of development of design features conceived by John A.