Verrazano Bridge

Destruction from Sandy at Cedar Grove Avenue on Staten Island (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Online Petition Asks To Waive Tolls On Verrazano Bridge As S.I. Rebuilds After Sandy

The petition launched last week on the site SignOn.org requests a three-month moratorium on Verrazano Bridge tolls for Staten Island residents, relief workers and volunteers.

2012/12/05

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (credit: Tom Kaminski / WCBS 880)

Staten Islanders Furious As MTA Considers A $15 Toll To Cross Verrazano Bridge

The MTA wants to hike the Verrazano Bridge toll to $15 dollars. And Staten Islanders are banding together to say “enough is enough” with all these tolls.

2012/09/22

Police try to talk down a man standing on the outer edge of the Verrazano Bridge while threatening to jump on Monday, July 23, 2012 (credit: NYPD)

NYPD Cop Helps Talk Down Suicidal Man From Verrazano Bridge

Around 12:30 p.m. Monday, police got a call that a man had parked his car on the bridge, got out and stepped over the railing.

2012/07/24

The Space Shuttle Enterprise seen from Chopper 880 being moved at JFK International Airport ahead of her barge trip to the Intrepid - Queens, NY - Jun 1, 2012 (credit: Tom Kaminski / WCBS 880)

Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives In New Jersey En Route To Intrepid

On Tuesday morning, the Enterprise will depart from Elizabeth, passing the Statue of Liberty at 9:50 a.m. and the World Trade Center at 10:40 a.m. before completing its journey to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum at 11:30 a.m., where it will be hoisted onto the flight deck.

2012/06/03

A Staten Island Ferry makes its ways north from Staten Island to Manhattan with the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in the background (file / credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Police Rescue Deer From Under Verrazano Bridge

Police rescued two deer Wednesday after they got stuck on the seawall under the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano Bridge.

2011/10/06

'Verrazano' The Kitten (credit: Animal Care & Control of NYC)

Whoopi Goldberg Adopts Kitten Allegedly Tossed From Verrazano Bridge

The kitten, named “Verrazano” by employees of the New York City Animal Care & Control, was rescued and taken to the organization’s Staten Island care center after the incident.

2011/08/24

Animal Care & Control Rescues Kitten Allegedly Thrown Onto Verrazano Bridge

The non-profit pet organization said an animal control officer stopped his vehicle and helped rescue the kitten with the help of some truck drivers, who blocked traffic.

2011/07/06

Verrazano Narrows Bridge (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Coast Guard Bans Boats From Area Near Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

The Coast Guard has banned boats from the area near the base of the Verrazano Bridge where 1,500 live anti-aircraft shells are sitting at the bottom of Gravesend Bay.

2011/07/03

Disoriented Boater Found Unharmed In Waters Off NJ

A boater who became disoriented while traveling alone between New York and New Jersey has been found unharmed.

2011/04/30

A photo released by the Pentagon last year shows an Air Force One flyover that sparked a panic in Lower Manhattan in April 2009.

Don’t Panic: Flyovers Planned Over Hudson River

A 1958 DC-7 sightseeing aircraft was to travel south over the Hudson River to the Verrazano Bridge, then east toward Long Island, before returning to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.

2010/08/12

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