Verrazano Bridge bike path not a new idea, advocates say
A new online petition aimed at getting the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to install a bicycle path on the currently car-only Verrazano Narrows Bridge appears to have been generated by a transportation advocacy group outside of Bay Ridge, the Brooklyn community closest to the span, according to activists there.
But Bay Ridgeites who have worked for years to get a bike path on the bridge said they are pleased to see the new effort and are not concerned about the possibility of someone else stealing their thunder.
“I commend and congratulate anyone interested in getting involved with and resurrecting this cause and I welcome them to the fight,” said Justin Brannan, communications director for Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst).