Local pol looks to rollback tolls for Verrazano anniversary
One local politician is calling the upcoming half-century birthday party for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge – connecting South Brooklyn with Staten Island since 1964 – “terribly one-sided.”
“We may not like your tolls, but we love that bridge,” wrote Councilmember Vincent Gentile in a letter to Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Bridges and Tunnel President James Ferrara in which he urged the president to consider Bay Ridge in the celebration.
As it stands, celebrations are scheduled for Staten Island’s Fort Wadsworth, the Staten Island Historical Society and the New York City Transit Museum in Brooklyn Heights.