P0stNutClarity t1_j6imh9w wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:32 PM

Reply to comment by PandaJ108 in Clearing Vendors From the Brooklyn Bridge Won’t Solve Its Overcrowding Problem by StrngBrew

I hadn't been on the bridge in years and happened to foolishly think I could add a jog across on my run.

360 degree selfie vendors, photographers, artists, folks selling license plates...vendors LINED the bridge. I don't remember this being the case pre-bike path removal.

I ended up walking 80% of the way it was so crowded with tourists and vendors. That was my fault. Sticking to the touristless Manhattan bridge from now on.

thefirstnightatbed t1_j6k9ih5 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 10:40 PM

It was definitely at least somewhat of a problem pre-bike path removal. I remember being annoyed at the annoyance of bikers because the pedestrian path was full of vendors and they HAD to use the bike path for large chunks of the bridge. You can’t be mad at pedestrians for walking where they can at that point.

krugo t1_j6njaqh wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:23 PM

Just gotta make sure you have headphones that block out the clattering of the subway right next to your head on the MB