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Secrets of the Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO
- Starts
- Location
- City Hall Park — Jacob Mould Fountain
- Price
- $42
Explore the Brooklyn Bridge and the Roebling family’s engineering story, beginning with its Prussian-born, Berlin-trained designer John A. Roebling.
Plan your visit
- Ends
- Format
- In person
- Location
- City Hall Park — Jacob Mould Fountain, 43 Park Row, New York, NY 10038, Manhattan
- Organizer
- Untapped New York Tours
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About this event
Explore the Brooklyn Bridge and the Roebling family’s engineering story, beginning with its Prussian-born, Berlin-trained designer John A. Roebling.
Untapped New York’s guided walk crosses the Brooklyn Bridge and continues into DUMBO, exploring hidden engineering features, the people behind its construction and the waterfront neighborhood. The tour explicitly includes the Roebling family’s story.
Sunday, October 18, 10 a.m.–noon. Tickets are $42. Meet on the north side of the Jacob Mould Fountain, facing City Hall, inside City Hall Park at 43 Park Row. The two-hour walk finishes at the Empire Stores rooftop, 55 Water Street in DUMBO. The tour is mostly outdoors and is not ADA accessible. Check the booking page for current availability.
Sources and verification
Event details can change. Confirm the latest information with the organizer before attending.
- Last verified
- Listing provenance
- Facts from the official source
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Why it belongs on GermanEvents
The organizer explicitly highlights the Roebling family. The National Park Service identifies Brooklyn Bridge designer John Augustus Roebling as born in Mühlhausen, Prussia, and trained in architecture and engineering at the Royal Polytechnic Institute in Berlin before emigrating from Germany.