“It is totally disgusting. The bridge used to be a great place to walk over. Not anymore because of all the vendors,” wrote one resident.
It’s a bridge too far gone.
A Post reporter and photographer spent an afternoon on the bridge this week observing the sea of two dozen sellers. Neighborhood residents complain that illegal vendors are contributing to dangerous congestion on the Brooklyn Bridge.The tourist-jammed Brooklyn Bridge has become a “disgusting, mile-long souvenir shop and flea market” due to illegal vendors.Fellow disabled vet and licensed vendor Robert Velsor gave the proposed vendor ban a thumbs-down because it is too wide-ranging.
There is a city proposal to ban all vendors to “enhance pedestrian safety” and “ease overcrowding on the elevated pedestrian walkways.”Fellow disabled vet and licensed vendor Robert Velsor gave the proposed vendor ban a thumbs-down because it is too wide-ranging.J.C. Rice It’s also loud, with multiple video setups every 100 yards blasting Jay-Z’s 2009 hit “Empire State of Mind” and vendor Rahman’s recorded voice in a loop announcing, “Ice cold water! One dollar for the water! One dollar for the water!”
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