Verrazano Bridge

Named in 1976 for the courageous Florentine navigator, Giovanni da Verrazano (c. 1485-1528.) In the ship La Dauphine under a commission from King Francis I of France, he explored the Atlantic coastline of North America in the spring of 1524, ...

Verrazano – Narrows Bridge

“We found a pleasant place below steep little hills. And from among those hills a mighty deep-mouthed river ran into the sea.” Giovanni da Verrazano, Italian explorer, 1524

Until the 1960s, the only way from Brooklyn to Staten Island was ...