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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jake Offenhartz

Souvenir sellers have flooded the Brooklyn Bridge. Now the city is banning them

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Visitors to New York City hoping to take home a souvenir from the Brooklyn Bridge will now have to settle for a photograph, as vendors are about to be banned from the iconic span.

The new rule, which goes into effect Wednesday, aims to ease overcrowding on the bridge’s heavily trafficked pedestrian walkway, where dozens of trinket sellers currently compete for space with tourists and city commuters.

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