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"At the time of its construction, the Queensboro Bridge was the greatest cantilever bridge in the world." Greatest how? Tallest? Longest? -- Roy 02:15, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone have the words "pedestrians and" covered by the 1st non-info box image? I'm running firefox @ 1360x1024. It goes away if I make my window smaller.
I have replaced the prior image in the infobox. I don't think that the previous image ( Image:Queensborobridge closeup.jpg) really said anything about the bridge at all; first and foremost, it was a picture of Midtown Manhattan—the bridge just happened to be there. It was not the prominent subject at all, and thus I don't feel that it was appropriate for this article. -- Larry V ( talk | contribs) 16:27, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
I replaced the image here with an aerial photo I took from 30 stories up. I wanted to show more of the structure and the approaches, as well as the scale of the bridge. Also, there was already a night-time photo in the article. This is the old one. -- -- K72ndst 04:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
The Schools Near Queens bridge Are Long Island City High School, etc.
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This New York Times blog post seems to suggest that it won't be officially renamed the Ed Koch Bridge until next month, so perhaps the re-naming and the move are premature? 174.116.184.220 ( talk) 15:40, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
I think the page should redirect to its old name, Queensboro Bridge. And here why: take a look at Joe DiMaggio Highway in Manhattan. The Wikipedia page for this road still redirects users to its old name, West Side Highway. Its unofficial, but it's still the popularly accepted name in this city.
Another example is Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, which is officially Avenue of the Americas but the main Wikipedia page for this road is filed under Sixth Avenue, because that's how most of thep ublic refers to this road. The same rule should apply to Queensboro Bridge. Nobody I know refers to it as the Ed Koch, except radio and television announcers. I live in Queens and most of my neighbors still call it the Queensboro. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.8.210 ( talk) 15:07, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
I notice an edit today which suggests that the name change is not retroactive. This makes sense to me. I hope no one will revert that edit. - Denimadept ( talk) 23:07, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Strong consensus. See also WP:official names for an explanation of the policy. This reverses a previous undiscussed move 04:03, 24 March 2011 Sakib-1996 (talk | contribs | block) . . (39 bytes) (+39) . . (moved Queensboro Bridge to Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge: The Bridges name was officially changed to Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge from Queensboro Bridge.) which was in blatant violation of article naming policy. Andrewa ( talk) 06:13, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge → Queensboro Bridge – Although Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge is the official name, it is rarely used; Queensboro Bridge is the more commonly used name. – sumone10154( talk) 19:45, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
Miscellaneous note: A time back I added in the IN POPULAR CULTURE section that the bridge was used as a backdrop in the opening credits of the film DEATH WISH as Paul Kersey and his wife return home from their vacation in Hawaii. However, this was removed. Not exactly sure why, considering I listed everything in the exact correct wiki format. Can this be re-listed in the article? - TC
The sizes of each image should be reduced or brought to their default sizes. This will eliminate problems, especially for small screens and for phones. Epic Genius ( talk) 21:22, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Circa 1966, I was employed at an NYU Medical School research facility on what was then called "Welfare Island". I got there by walking from Manhattan over the 59th Street Bridge to a large old elevator within one of the bridge towers down to the island. This article mentions an elevator for cars as well as a passenger elevator from the defunct train station but doesn't make clear that there was a working elevator used by hundreds of people daily in the mid 1960's. My hope is that someone with knowledge of the bridge and its history will amplify the article with respect to this time-period. My recollections include there being ruins of a hospital facility apparently from the turn of the 20th century. The Q102 bus was the other means of access to the island from the Queens side. AllenRazdow ( talk) 04:13, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
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Beyond My Ken ( talk · contribs): In what way do you believe the current 2010 image to be superior? The composition is haphazardly cut-off at the bottom, it's tilted, etc. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:23, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
Why is it spelled -boro and not -borough? Is that slang? -- 2A00:C1A0:4888:3000:C00A:4D28:AA6C:8024 ( talk) 13:30, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
I was under the impression that Yorkville started at 79th St. (its page says as much), but the lead claims the bridge connects to it. Should this be replaced with a reference to the Upper East Side instead? ShabShoral ( talk) 15:41, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Today I converted the plain-text subheadings in the "In popular culture" section to actual wikitext subheadings, but Beyond My Ken reverted my edit with no explanation. Properly formatting the subheadings has clear advantages -- besides being consistent with general practice and style on Wikipedia, they enable the reader to navigate to the subsections from the TOC and to edit those individual subsections. It's also important for internal consistency -- all the other sections in the article have proper wikitext subheadings. BMK, what is the advantage of your way? Moreover, in the interests of civility and cooperation, I respectfully ask BMK that if you're going to revert my edits, you provide an explanation of why you think your preference is better. Thank you. -- Albany NY ( talk) 03:53, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
The towers used to have "spires" that fit into the "sockets" still visible today. They were removed some time in the '50s I think. I have found several pictures of them but I can't figure out how to upload them. TRIKER1 ( talk) 11:14, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
The article lists current bus service in detail, but not which subway lines travel over the bridge. Odd. 2603:7000:2444:A00:A004:914F:15F9:D719 ( talk) 04:55, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
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A state assemblyman proposed a bill in January 1900 to appoint commissioners for a bridge or tunnel between Manhattan and Queens.- I presume you could mention who that assemblyman was to be consistent with the rest of the article.
...when disgruntled workers tried to dynamite the Blackwell's Island span."Tried to dynamite" seems a bit awkward, most people associate dynamite with the explosive. Maybe change it to something like
...when disgruntled workers tried to destroy the Blackwell's Island span with dynamite.
The decks themselves were designed to carry as much as 16,000 pounds per foot (24,000 kg/m)WP:YOUDONTSAY, I believe the reader will have figured out that this article is about a bridge by now. They don't need to be told that the decks on a bridge hold bridge.of bridge.
The city refused to pay Pennsylvania Steel until 1912, when a judge forced the city to do so.. Consider using "them" with the second occurrence of "the city."
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"At the time of its construction, the Queensboro Bridge was the greatest cantilever bridge in the world." Greatest how? Tallest? Longest? -- Roy 02:15, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
Does anyone have the words "pedestrians and" covered by the 1st non-info box image? I'm running firefox @ 1360x1024. It goes away if I make my window smaller.
I have replaced the prior image in the infobox. I don't think that the previous image ( Image:Queensborobridge closeup.jpg) really said anything about the bridge at all; first and foremost, it was a picture of Midtown Manhattan—the bridge just happened to be there. It was not the prominent subject at all, and thus I don't feel that it was appropriate for this article. -- Larry V ( talk | contribs) 16:27, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
I replaced the image here with an aerial photo I took from 30 stories up. I wanted to show more of the structure and the approaches, as well as the scale of the bridge. Also, there was already a night-time photo in the article. This is the old one. -- -- K72ndst 04:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
The Schools Near Queens bridge Are Long Island City High School, etc.
The image Image:Woody allen manhattan.jpg is used in this article under a claim of fair use, but it does not have an adequate explanation for why it meets the requirements for such images when used here. In particular, for each page the image is used on, it must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Please check
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This New York Times blog post seems to suggest that it won't be officially renamed the Ed Koch Bridge until next month, so perhaps the re-naming and the move are premature? 174.116.184.220 ( talk) 15:40, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
I think the page should redirect to its old name, Queensboro Bridge. And here why: take a look at Joe DiMaggio Highway in Manhattan. The Wikipedia page for this road still redirects users to its old name, West Side Highway. Its unofficial, but it's still the popularly accepted name in this city.
Another example is Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, which is officially Avenue of the Americas but the main Wikipedia page for this road is filed under Sixth Avenue, because that's how most of thep ublic refers to this road. The same rule should apply to Queensboro Bridge. Nobody I know refers to it as the Ed Koch, except radio and television announcers. I live in Queens and most of my neighbors still call it the Queensboro. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.8.210 ( talk) 15:07, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
I notice an edit today which suggests that the name change is not retroactive. This makes sense to me. I hope no one will revert that edit. - Denimadept ( talk) 23:07, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. Strong consensus. See also WP:official names for an explanation of the policy. This reverses a previous undiscussed move 04:03, 24 March 2011 Sakib-1996 (talk | contribs | block) . . (39 bytes) (+39) . . (moved Queensboro Bridge to Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge: The Bridges name was officially changed to Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge from Queensboro Bridge.) which was in blatant violation of article naming policy. Andrewa ( talk) 06:13, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge → Queensboro Bridge – Although Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge is the official name, it is rarely used; Queensboro Bridge is the more commonly used name. – sumone10154( talk) 19:45, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
Miscellaneous note: A time back I added in the IN POPULAR CULTURE section that the bridge was used as a backdrop in the opening credits of the film DEATH WISH as Paul Kersey and his wife return home from their vacation in Hawaii. However, this was removed. Not exactly sure why, considering I listed everything in the exact correct wiki format. Can this be re-listed in the article? - TC
The sizes of each image should be reduced or brought to their default sizes. This will eliminate problems, especially for small screens and for phones. Epic Genius ( talk) 21:22, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Circa 1966, I was employed at an NYU Medical School research facility on what was then called "Welfare Island". I got there by walking from Manhattan over the 59th Street Bridge to a large old elevator within one of the bridge towers down to the island. This article mentions an elevator for cars as well as a passenger elevator from the defunct train station but doesn't make clear that there was a working elevator used by hundreds of people daily in the mid 1960's. My hope is that someone with knowledge of the bridge and its history will amplify the article with respect to this time-period. My recollections include there being ruins of a hospital facility apparently from the turn of the 20th century. The Q102 bus was the other means of access to the island from the Queens side. AllenRazdow ( talk) 04:13, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
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Beyond My Ken ( talk · contribs): In what way do you believe the current 2010 image to be superior? The composition is haphazardly cut-off at the bottom, it's tilted, etc. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:23, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
Why is it spelled -boro and not -borough? Is that slang? -- 2A00:C1A0:4888:3000:C00A:4D28:AA6C:8024 ( talk) 13:30, 13 January 2018 (UTC)
I was under the impression that Yorkville started at 79th St. (its page says as much), but the lead claims the bridge connects to it. Should this be replaced with a reference to the Upper East Side instead? ShabShoral ( talk) 15:41, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
Today I converted the plain-text subheadings in the "In popular culture" section to actual wikitext subheadings, but Beyond My Ken reverted my edit with no explanation. Properly formatting the subheadings has clear advantages -- besides being consistent with general practice and style on Wikipedia, they enable the reader to navigate to the subsections from the TOC and to edit those individual subsections. It's also important for internal consistency -- all the other sections in the article have proper wikitext subheadings. BMK, what is the advantage of your way? Moreover, in the interests of civility and cooperation, I respectfully ask BMK that if you're going to revert my edits, you provide an explanation of why you think your preference is better. Thank you. -- Albany NY ( talk) 03:53, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
The towers used to have "spires" that fit into the "sockets" still visible today. They were removed some time in the '50s I think. I have found several pictures of them but I can't figure out how to upload them. TRIKER1 ( talk) 11:14, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
The article lists current bus service in detail, but not which subway lines travel over the bridge. Odd. 2603:7000:2444:A00:A004:914F:15F9:D719 ( talk) 04:55, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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A state assemblyman proposed a bill in January 1900 to appoint commissioners for a bridge or tunnel between Manhattan and Queens.- I presume you could mention who that assemblyman was to be consistent with the rest of the article.
...when disgruntled workers tried to dynamite the Blackwell's Island span."Tried to dynamite" seems a bit awkward, most people associate dynamite with the explosive. Maybe change it to something like
...when disgruntled workers tried to destroy the Blackwell's Island span with dynamite.
The decks themselves were designed to carry as much as 16,000 pounds per foot (24,000 kg/m)WP:YOUDONTSAY, I believe the reader will have figured out that this article is about a bridge by now. They don't need to be told that the decks on a bridge hold bridge.of bridge.
The city refused to pay Pennsylvania Steel until 1912, when a judge forced the city to do so.. Consider using "them" with the second occurrence of "the city."
The result was: promoted by
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Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 647 past nominations.
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Overall: Primary hook approved. – Pee Jay 11:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)