Now, the area is just expensive enough to attract art galleries instead, like the Museum Of Modern Arthur. The art isn't relegated to one museum, though, and rightfully so, since DUMBO used to be a cheap place for artists to live. If you'd like something more visual, though, the waterfront is also home to the DUMBO Art Center, a 3,000 square foot gallery that offers seasonal exhibitions, workshops, and the annual Art Under The Bridge Festival. Floating underneath the bridge is the curious Barge Music venue, where 125-seat audiences are treated to exceptional chamber music in an unlikely setting. The promenade is adorned with many informational plaques to fill up your historical head and plenty of benches to rest your feet. One a clear day, all of Manhattan and Brooklyn is visible, as well as views down the East River and into Upper New York Bay. Still one of the world's largest pieces of freemasonry, the Brooklyn Bridge features a unique promenade that spans the entire length of the bridge and carries pedestrians above the pulsing inter-borough traffic. If you're coming into DUMBO from Manhattan, there are the usual subway routes, of course, and taxi cabs, but one of the things that New Yorkers and tourists alike love to do is take a stroll down the Brooklyn Bridge. Formerly called Fulton Landing-after Robert Fulton, the man who invented the steam engine and whose ironclad ship, the USS Monitor, was built in Greenpoint during the Civil War-DUMBO remains connected to Manhattan by more than just the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges: the New York Water Taxi stills runs commuter and tour boats from Fulton Landing every day. Where Brillo pads used to be made, the upper class now scrub out their own spot in what used to be a significantly cheaper alternative to Manhattan. Whereas Tribeca is the "triangle below Canal," DUMBO is-in both senses-"down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass." While it was once a haven for starving artists and the working class residents of Brooklyn, DUMBO has seen tremendous surges in property values in the last decade. Use the arrow buttons to navigate down the street and around the neighborhood!ĪlMar is located in the Dumbo neighborhood of Manhattan.įirst thing's first: DUMBO is so named-like nearby RAMBO just north and Tribeca in Manhattan-because of its location. Drag the street view to look around 360°.
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