Brooklyn Bridge a celebratory banquet at his house on the day of the bridge opening. Further festivity included the performance of a band, gunfire from ships, and a fireworks display. Since the New York and Brooklyn Bridge was the only one across the East River at that time, it was also called East River Bridge. On that first day, a total of 1,800 vehicles and 150,300 people crossed what was then the only land passage between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Emily Warren Roebling was the first to cross the bridge. The bridge's main span over the East River is 1,595 feet 6 inches
Culture of Brooklyn the borough, flocking to world-class cinemas like BAM. After Radio City Music Hall, Brooklyn Technical High School houses the second largest auditorium in New York City with seating capacity of over 3,000. Brooklyn has been the setting for a variety of television shows, including the 1950s era "Honeymooners" starring Jackie Gleason, and the 1970s sitcom, "Welcome Back, Kotter", starring Gabe Kaplan. In the 1980s, "The Cosby Show" was set in a Brooklyn Heights brownstone. In the 1990s, "Brooklyn Bridge" (about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn in the middle 1950s) starring Marion Ross aired on CBS. There are a