Freighter Under Tow Hits Brooklyn Bridge

NEW YORK — An 800-foot freighter struck the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday night, but the 104-year-old span was not damaged in the collision, officials said.

The freighter Sharlotta was being towed south in the East River by tugboats when a mast apparently struck one of the bridge’s two supports, said Sgt. Raymond O’Donnell, a police spokesman. “There’s nothing wrong with the bridge at all,” O’Donnell said.

The Sharlotta was towed to the Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn’s Red Hook section for examination, O’Donnell said. There were no injuries in the collision.