DUMBO is about six blocks of nineteenth and early twentieth century industrial buildings between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. The streets are Belgian block rather than asphalt. Most of them have survived intact. Rail tracks are still set into the stone on .
is the one most people recognize. The Manhattan Bridge is directly across the end of it, between two runs of brick warehouse. The Empire State Building is visible in the gap. The block is short and it gets crowded with people photographing it.
The cardboard box was invented in the Robert Gair building on , and for years the area was known as Gairsville. Most of the Gair buildings are still standing. Most are now apartments and offices.
is a row of 1870s coffee warehouses on Water Street, built in schist and brick, with the iron shutters still on many of the window openings. has storefronts at ground level under converted factory floors.
is three blocks east, past the Navy Yard gate. The houses there are Greek Revival. There are almost no shopfronts and the streets are usually empty.
The DUMBO Archway under the Manhattan Bridge approach is closed to traffic and is used often for shoots.
