Editing Brooklyn Bridge (section)

===Collisions===
{{see also|Cuauhtémoc Brooklyn Bridge collision}}
Over the years, numerous vessels have [[Allision|allided]] with the bridge.<ref name="nyt-2025-05-18" /><ref name="Danner u188">{{cite web |last=Danner |first=Chas |date=May 18, 2025 |title=2 Dead After Mexican Navy Sailboat Hits Brooklyn Bridge: Updates |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ship-hits-brooklyn-bridge-cuauhtemoc-mexican-navy-live-updates.html |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Intelligencer}}</ref> In 1921, the steel mast of the schooner ''[[Edward J. Lawrence]]'' was bent while being towed under the bridge deck.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1921-02-04|title=Ship Bends Mast on Brooklyn Bridge|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1921/02/04/archives/ship-bends-mast-on-brooklyn-bridge.html|access-date=2025-05-18|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news|date=1921-02-04|title=Brooklyn Bridge Bends Ship's Wireless Mast|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-union-brooklyn-bridge-bends-ships/172650310/|access-date=2025-05-18|work=Times Union|pages=6|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> and in 1935, three of the four steel masts on the freighter ''Tirpitz'' hit the bridge deck.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1935-10-03|title=Masts of Freighter Hit Brooklyn Bridge; Captain of German Vessel Believes the Tide Was Abnormally High.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/10/03/archives/masts-of-freighter-hit-brooklyn-bridge-captain-of-german-vessel.html|access-date=2025-05-18|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news|date=1935-10-03|title=Ship's Masts Strike on Brooklyn Bridge|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-ships-masts-stri/172650434/|access-date=2025-05-18|work=Democrat and Chronicle|pages=7|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Additionally, the radar of the freighter ''Hai Soo'' was destroyed in 1986 when it struck a net below the Brooklyn Bridge's deck.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Anderson|first=Susan Heller|last2=Bird|first2=David|date=1986-04-11|title=New York Day by Day; Scraping By|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/11/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-scraping-by.html|access-date=2025-05-18|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The masts of the [[Mexican Navy]] training ship [[ARM Cuauhtémoc (BE01)|ARM ''Cuauhtémoc'']] [[Cuauhtémoc Brooklyn Bridge collision|smashed into the bridge deck on May 17, 2025]], with approximately 200 people on the ship.<ref name="Collision 2025-05-17">{{Cite web |last=Prussin |first=Mark |date=2025-05-17 |title=Brooklyn Bridge struck by Mexican navy training ship |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brooklyn-bridge-incident/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=CBS News |language=en-US |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/us/video/brooklyn-bridge-struck-mexican-navy-digvid |title=Brooklyn Bridge Struck by Mexican Navy Sailing Ship |publisher=CNN |date=May 18, 2025|access-date=2025-05-18}}</ref><ref name="AP-2025-05-17" /> The ship masts were at least {{Convert|20|ft}} higher than the Brooklyn Bridge's navigational clearance of {{convert|127|ft|m}}.<ref name="AP-2025-05-17">{{cite news |title=Mexican navy ship hits Brooklyn Bridge, injuring crew and damaging tall ship |url=https://apnews.com/article/mexican-navy-ship-cuauhtemoc-brooklyn-bridge-0d4821125f020fc0e0ad7ea11ea7a029 |agency=Associated Press |date=May 17, 2025 |access-date=May 17, 2025}}</ref><ref name="nyt-2025-05-18" /> Two persons were killed and 19 injured, but the structure of the bridge was undamaged.<ref name="nyt-2025-05-18" /><ref name="Collision 2025-05-17" />