The Brooklyn Bridge was built took 13 years to build and opened for traffic in May of 1883. Now designated as a national land mark, this amazing bridge not only offers commuters a way to get from Brooklyn into The City, but it also offers an amazing opportunity for photographers to capture the magic of this historic place. If you shoot the bridge from the Brooklyn side, at night, when the water is calm, you can get the city in the background and the reflection off the water to make a stunning shot of New York city.