America’s 250th birthday celebrated at Fort Hamilton
July 6, 2026
Fort Hamilton celebrated America’s 250th birthday with tall ships, military flyovers and community festivities along New York Harbor.
Fort Hamilton celebrated America’s 250th birthday with tall ships, military flyovers and community festivities along New York Harbor.
A giant American flag was installed on the bridge in June 1976 for the United States Bicentennial, but it was destroyed due to strong winds.
The work includes relocating the bridge’s eastbound upper and lower-level Belt Parkway exit ramps from left to right.
POLICE ON SUNDAY charged Jonathan Warren after Warren allegedly parachuted off of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge.
On Friday, May 23, MTA Bridges and Tunnels said they found three peregrine falcon chicks hatched atop the Brooklyn tower.
College student Alesio Bejler launched an initiative to raise a large American flag on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
COUNCILMEMBERS JUSTIN BRANNAN and Kamilah Hanks are renewing a push for a ferry route between Bay Ridge and Staten Island.
Community Board 10 approved the city Parks Department’s $21M renovation plan for the Shore Road Park Promenade at the board’s on Nov. 24.
Thursday was the 60th anniversary of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island, which had a huge impact on Bay Ridge.
Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in a nest built at the top of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City, officials said. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridges and Tunnels said Friday
BAY RIDGE — New York’s governor on Thursday ordered the state’s transit agency to drop efforts to impose a $750,000 fee on the New York City Marathon for using the
A storm barreled into the Northeastern U.S. on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, forcing flight cancellations and school closures, and killing at
Council Members Brad Lander and Stephen Levin, representatives from the Harbor Ring and Bike South Brooklyn, activists from all five boroughs, and over 60 riders joined the Transportation Alternatives #Bridges4People
Starting Sunday, the MTA is set to raise tolls on several bridges and tunnels, including the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. The MTA’s proposed 7 percent increase for bridges and tunnels was voted
In an attempt to increase safety, protect the bridge from the elements and prevent potential “jumpers,” the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the largest suspension bridge in North America, will receive safety fencing
In a move that Brooklyn residents and officials have advocated for years, the MTA on Monday announced that two-way tolls on the Verrazzano Bridge will take effect at 2 a.m.
A major phase of a project to improve traffic flow from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to the eastbound, or northbound, Gowanus Expressway is on track to finish this month, two months ahead of
Jeremy Trapp, a Brooklyn resident who is already being held in custody on charges of sabotaging an NYPD vehicle’s brake lines, was charged on Thursday by the U.S Attorney’s Office
MTA Bridges and Tunnels and MTA Construction & Development on Tuesday announced the restoration of two Staten Island-bound lanes from the Gowanus Expressway approach to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge upper level. The early completion
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, who represents a district that includes parts of both Manhattan and Brooklyn, has prevailed in the state’s Democratic primary, a recent analysis of absentee
My father, Irving Kaufman (1910 – 1982), was a professional photographer who started in Brooklyn in the mid 1930s working for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He captured thousands of images
After long days spent indoors to help stop the spread of the killer coronavirus, Bay Ridge residents head to a waterside pathway beside the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge for fresh air and
Eye on Real Estate: Did you know Bath Beach was named for England’s famous spa town, Bath? I hadn’t strolled around this charming Brooklyn neighborhood in the longest time. When
BOROUGHWIDE — The drive toward congestion pricing should get out of the fast lane, according to Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, who has reached out to the Trump administration to try and
The drive toward congestion pricing should get out of the fast lane, according to Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, who has reached out to the Trump Administration to try and apply the
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connecting Brooklyn and Staten Island was named in honor of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano. However, its name was spelled incorrectly for more than half a century.
MTA to take steps before adjusting pay system BOROUGHWIDE — Drivers who cheered when Congress approved a measure last month to reinstate two-way tolls on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge might want
“When I hear the helicopters early in the morning or in the middle of the night, my heart breaks because I know what it means.”
From the waterfront, to cemeteries, to a little bit of TV history.
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN — The tolls on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge have become a hot-button issue in one of the hottest House races in the nation. In the wake of a House
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN — Two-ways tolls are on the verge of coming back to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, courtesy of the House of Representatives. A two-way toll system, also called split tolling,
One-way tolls have been the focus of lawmakers’ ire for several years.
BATH BEACH — It was supposed to be a town hall on transit issues in Southwest Brooklyn, but U.S. Rep. Max Rose spent a great deal of time Friday night
BAY RIDGE — A group of cyclists, runners and transit advocates came together at Bay Ridge’s Cannonball Park on Sunday to renew their call for a bike and pedestrian lane
A group of cyclists, runners and transit advocates came together at Bay Ridge’s Cannonball Park on Sunday to renew their call for a bike and pedestrian lane on the Verrazzano-Narrows
A man in his 20s was found floating next to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge off Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge on Saturday afternoon, according to police from the 68th Precinct. Police