Pulaski Bridge: Difference between revisions

The '''Pulaski Bridge''' in [[New York City]] connects [[Long Island City, New York|Long Island City]] in [[Queens]] to [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn|Greenpoint]] in [[Brooklyn]] over [[Newtown Creek]]. It was named after [[Poland|Polish]] military commander and [[American Revolutionary War]] fighter [[KazimierzCasimir PułaskiPulaski]] (Casimir Pulaski) because of the large Polish-American population in Greenpoint.<ref name="NYT-2003-12-07">{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=George |title=F.Y.I. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 7, 2003 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/nyregion/fyi-443417.html |accessdate=August 15, 2009}}</ref> It connects 11th Street in Queens to [[McGuinness Boulevard]] (formerly Oakland Street) in Brooklyn.