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Verrazano Bridge

Verrazano Bridge

Did Verrazzano Really Ever Sail into New York?

January 3, 2018December 29, 2017 Henry  Culture, History  Dutch, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Henry C. Murphy, Italian-Americans, Verrazano Bridge  2 Comments

Reviving an old controversy about whether our bridge’s namesake was actually a pirate and a fraud.

The annual Open House New York left out Bay Ridge. Here’s our wish list.

October 16, 2015 Brian  Culture, Outdoors and Rec  Battery Weed, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Fort Hamilton army base, Fort Wadsworth, Open House New York, Verrazano Bridge, Visitation Monastery  4 Comments

This year’s Open House program left out Bay Ridge. Here are three places we’d like to see included in the future.

New bus bike racks are coming to Bay Ridge. Here’s what you need to know.

September 2, 2015September 5, 2015 Brian  News, Subways and Streets  bus bicycle racks, MTA, S53, S93, Verrazano Bridge  4 Comments

Starting September 6, you can finally take your bicycle across the Verrazano Bridge. Here’s how.

The Bay Ridge Canon: Word of Honor by Nelson DeMille

July 24, 2015September 14, 2016 Henry  Arts, Culture  Bay Ridge Canon, Denyse Wharf, Fort Hamilton, Fort Hamilton army base, Fort Hamilton High School, Harbor Defense Museum, Nelson DeMille, Verrazano Bridge, Word of Honor

An ongoing study of books and movies set in the neighborhood. This time, bestselling popular fiction about a post-Vietnam court martial set at Fort Hamilton.

The View From Here: A Photo Essay By Jason Jamal Nakleh

June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 John  Arts, Culture  69th Street Pier, 9/11, Chadwick's, Dome of the Rock, Indecision, Jason Jamal Nakleh, Jerusalem, Justin Brannan, photo essay, photographer, Sean Quinn, Union Square, Verrazano Bridge  1 Comment

From a photographer living and working in his native Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

Dahlgren Place Park

Secret Little Bay Ridge Park Soon to Be Open to All

June 12, 2015June 22, 2015 Henry  Community News, News  Community Board 10, Dahlgren Place, Dahlgren Place Park, Eliot Sefrin, MTA, Verrazano Bridge  2 Comments

The MTA will remove its No Trespassing signs, thanks to inquiries from this blog.

Potentially dangerous pedestrian behavior on the Verrazano Bridge

Demand Bike and Pedestrian Access to the Verrazano!

May 13, 2015 Bob  News, Subways and Streets  bike lanes, climate change, pedestrians, Robert Moses, Verrazano Bridge

How a grassroots movement could reverse what Robert Moses wrought.

Swinburne Island in Lower New York Bay

The Secrets Of That Abandoned Island Off Bay Ridge

May 1, 2015June 16, 2015 Henry  Culture, History  bird sanctuary, harbor seals, haunted places, immigration, Lower New York Bay, New York Bay, parks, quarantine, Swinburne Island, the Narrows, Verrazano Bridge  1 Comment

Taking a boat out to Swinburne Island to uncover its history, first as a quarantine station for diseased immigrants, now as an abandoned bird sanctuary.

Plan For V-Z Toll Relief: Crickets Speak Louder Than Local Pols

May 1, 2015May 3, 2015 Brian  News, Subways and Streets  Marty Golden, Move NY, Nicole Malliotakis, tolls, Verrazano Bridge, Vincent Gentile

You would think that the politicians that have been clamoring the longest for lower Verrazano Bridge tolls would have something to say when a serious effort to do just that starts gains steam. You would be wrong.

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