Brooklyn Bridge sustains no structural damage after fatal Mexican navy ship crash

What to know about the risk of bridges collapsing from ship strikes

The Brooklyn Bridge was named in a March NTSB report naming 68 bridges with an unknown risk of collapse from a ship strike.

Lawrence: Mexican Navy tragedy at the Brooklyn Bridge shows us how real New Yorkers respond

In 1904, 1,021 people, mostly immigrants, died after a steamboat caught fire in the East River. Their bodies were laid out on a dock called Misery Lane. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell describes what he saw at the new Misery Lane – the dock where the Mexican Navy ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge and led to two deaths is now tied up.

Fatal Mexican collision not the first to hit Brooklyn Bridge, it has been going on for nearly 150 years

A Mexican navy tall ship collided with the Brooklyn Bridge, killing two cadets. This is the first fatal collision with the bridge, which has seen various accidents since its opening in 1883.

Ships have been hitting the Brooklyn Bridge for nearly 150 years

A Mexican navy tall ship’s fatal collision with the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday highlighted a hazard that has worried seafarers for nearly 150 years.

Mexican Navy ship that crashed into Brooklyn Bridge made several memorable Baltimore visits

The Mexican Navy's tall ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, May 17, previously visited Baltimore and was set to return to the Inner Harbor in 2026.

"At this stage we cannot speculate on whether the port navigator correctly used all the means at his disposal," said the chief of the Mexican Navy General Staff, Raimundo Morales.