A Mexican Navy tall ship called the Armada de la República Mexicana (ARM) Cuauhtémoc struck the Brooklyn Bridge at about 8:24 p.m. EST Saturday, May 17 killing two sailors and injuring over a ...

On this day 140 years ago, the Brooklyn Bridge opened to the public, following 14 long and difficult years of construction. Many had doubted that building a bridge of this size was advisable or ...