This week marks the 500th anniversary of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano’s arrival in New York Bay — and to commemorate it, drivers should get a toll break on his famed namesake bridge, a ...

The New York state Senate unanimously passed a bill that would correct the spelling of a bridge that has been wrong for over 50 years. New York City's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is spelled with one "Z." ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Six years have passed since the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge’s name was corrected to include a second ‘z,’ accurately reflecting its namesake explorer, Giovanni da Verrazzano. After ...

Thursday was the 60th anniversary of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island, which had a huge impact on the Bay Ridge community. At the time it opened, it was the world’s ...

NEW YORK — Thursday marks exactly 60 years since the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened to much fanfare, connecting the borough of Staten Island to southern Brooklyn and permanently changing the fabric ...

For many people around the globe, New York City is just a flight away. With three major airports, tunnels, bridges and cruise ship terminals, the Big Apple is easily accessible to millions of visitors ...

Pedestrians and bicyclists want the city to add a dedicated lane to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. It's one of the few crossings in the Metropolitan Area open only to motor vehicles. Oct 17, 2014 City ...

Two Grymes Hill residents driving on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge earlier this month heroically sprang into action to save a cat stranded on the span. Amanda Ruiz and her boyfriend, Derick McClinton, ...

The moment an unstrained board goes flying straight into the windshield of a car crossing the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge was captured on a shocking piece of dashcam footage on a windy afternoon last ...