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I grew up Methodist,not Jewish. I lived in Oklahoma, not New York. Yet this series felt like family, with some delightful cultural differences. It could be warm without becoming cloying. The people were fully developed, not stereotypes or "characters." The episode in which the Jewish and Irish Catholic families went to a Chinese restaurant is one of the best racial and cultural commentaries I've ever seen in any medium. I wish it could have run forever.

I enjoyed this series from the first moment it started. With an outstanding cast and story lines, it is by far in my personal Top 5. My Mother grew up in Brooklyn and adored the Dodgers. Being 100% Irish, she can attest to the Irish family. She can remember the Knot Hole Gang and seeing the Bums at Ebbets Field all the time. The show hits on many of the traditions of various faiths and how they interacted with others. I just hope that sooner rather than later, this series can be found on DVD. It would be a shame if this did not happen. It truly is a wonderful show! Also, it is surprising that more of the younger actors and actresses didn't go on to other projects. The older cast members, have already had some great bodies of work. Marion Ross for one. Happy Days was a fantastic show and Mrs. Cunningham was one of TVs most popular mothers.

This was an amazing show that frankly was too good for television. Most of the time, TV hooks you because it's loud and brash and appeals to the lowest common denominators and that is the main reason why this wonderful show failed. That, and CBS kept moving it around so often that fans had a hard time finding it! Describing the genre isn't easy. It wasn't exactly a comedy, though there were some wonderfully funny moments (such as when Grandpa meets the ball player Gil Hodges after he'd been telling his grandson that they were teammates back in Russia). It wasn't exactly just a period show, though it bore some similarity to THE WONDER YEARS. It wasn't exactly a drama, but the Holocaust episodes which guest-starred Joel Grey brought me to tears. Instead, it felt like you were magically transported from your home to the home of a very decent and normal Jewish-American family who lived in 1950s Brooklyn. And, despite having Marion Ross as the grandma (she was WONDERFUL), it was not a phony HAPPY DAYS type of 1950s--it was like you were really there.

Amazing writing, superb direction and nice and believable characters you could care about and love--this was one of the sweetest and best family shows ever made. If it ever comes out on DVD, I guarantee you I'll be one of the first to get a copy.

'Brooklyn Bridge', although I was a little kid when it first aired on television, has always been one of my favorite TV shows. My family taped nearly every episode from the time the show began until its life was cut short by network executives who didn't think it was good enough to continue. Unfortunately, video tapes do not have the longest life and our tapes have begun to deteriorate from our constant use. Years have passed and I still watch these tapes. My family still has fun reciting the different characters lines. Dad is always Mr. Cavaretti-- making fun of Warren Butcher. They just don't make shows like this anymore. A show with such a wide variety of topics and issues would seemingly attract wide audiences but it did not. It's hard to describe the immense connection I felt I had to the characters as a little child. I thought they were real; I loved the thought of living in an apartment in Brooklyn, your grandmother always there to cook for you when you wanted anything. It was a life that I don't have; a life I think I would have liked. My dad recently took me to New York. On our last day there we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. It was a long but beautiful walk. Along the way I hummed the theme song in my head. A world of its own/ the streets where we played/ the friends on ever corner were the best be ever made..... Whenever I think of yesterday/ I close my eyes and see/ that place just over the Brooklyn Bridge/ that'll always be home to me./ It'll always be home to me. I have read many of the other comments that people have written about this show, and the feeling seems to be mutual. Everyone who watched the show loved it. A DVD would be great, if only there were a way.

Thank you 'Brooklyn Bridge', you'll always be home to me.

I was very sad when Brooklyn Bridge was discontinued. It was a funny and charming and gentle portrayal of a Jewish family living in Brooklyn about half a century ago. I was among the lucky ones who discovered this program while it was being aired, and therefore had the opportunity to see television at its greatest.