I wandered over here on my lunch hour. The
Brooklyn Heights Promenade is also called the
Esplanade. Its about a pleasant 20 min walk from my office. Even though the day was a little gray and a bit breezy, it is always nice of course to sit by a river and enjoy the view.
The
Esplanade is a third of a mile long, offering a nice vista of the Statue of Liberty, the Manhattan skyline and the majestic Brooklyn Bridge. It is bordered by grand townhouses and mansions, part of Brooklyn's first Historic Preservation District.
The next three photos are a sweeping panorama of the view
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| That's Governor's Island in the distant left |
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| Of course this is downtown Manhattan (Wall Street, etc.) |
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| Looking northwesterly, the Brooklyn Bridge is visible |
Surprisingly it was very noisy. Being built over busy Interstate 278 obviously added the noise of traffic but it seemed most of he noise came from accrues the river - actually from traffic on the FDR highway that hug the east side shoreline of Manhattan.
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| Looking south one can see the Traffic that flows under the Promenade |
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