Best known for its supporting role in Saturday Night Fever, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been linking Brooklyn to Staten Island since November 1964. Below, a sketch of the bridge drawn before construction began:
Okay, so it doesn’t have the cache of the George Washington or Brooklyn Bridges. But the Verrazano can hold its own.
Until 1981 it was the world’s longest suspension bridge. One end is at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, the other at Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island; these two forts are the historic guards of New York Harbor. And after the bridge was built, Staten Island’s population doubled.
Tags: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Fort Hamilton, Fort Wadsworth, Saturday Night Fever bridge scene, Staten Island, Suspension Bridges, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Ephemeral New York 
March 10, 2009 at 4:42 pm |
No reason to celebrate. Moses destroyed Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton and much of SI with this monster. Now it’s an unattractive truck route to LI. Too bad we can’t take it down.
November 27, 2011 at 5:37 am |
Agreed!
March 11, 2009 at 6:41 pm |
I don’t understand the previous comment, why are you hating so much on the bridge, if it weren’t for the Verrazano you staten islanders would have to take the ferry in the city, or go through jersey! Please you are ridiculous for hating on it!
May 19, 2011 at 6:43 pm |
“…Okay, so it doesn’t have the cache of the George Washington or Brooklyn Bridges. “… I think you mean “cachet”
November 18, 2019 at 12:54 pm |
In October 2018, Governor Cuomo officially changed the name to the original spelling with two “z’s,” Verrazzano.