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Queensboro Bridge

Queensboro Bridge, c. 1910The bridge from Roosevelt Island, which was Blackwell's Island in 1922.c. 19102016Queensboro Bridge
The bridge from Roosevelt Island, which was Blackwell's Island in 1922.c. 1910 · Library of Congress2016 · King of Hearts / Wikimedia Commons

The cantilever bridge over the East River between Long Island City and Midtown Manhattan, opened in 1909. Gatsby drives Nick across it into the city in chapter 4.

The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.

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It can be crossed on foot, with Midtown ahead; the best view of the bridge itself is from Sutton Place Park or Roosevelt Island. Subway: Lexington Av–59 St on the Manhattan side, Queensboro Plaza on the Queens side.

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