foot of Brooklyn Bridge (Manhattan side); photo by Roger W. Smith
Last year, Mayor Adams conducted a major push to announce new rules clarifying that vending on pedestrian walkways on the Brooklyn Bridge, and all DOT bridges, is prohibited. Officials cited pedestrian safety, as well as bridge security, as reasons for the ban.
amNewYork, August 26, 2025 (see full article above)
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This is typical for Mayor Adams, and it is completely unnecessary.
I have frequently walked over the Brooklyn Bridge. The vendors are polite and unobtrusive.
Take bottled water, for instance; welcome on a hot day They sell a bottle for less than the delis. They are always friendly.
The same thing is true of how fruit and water vendors are treated in Battery Park.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
August 2025
Roger Smith's New York 