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Verrazano Narrows Bridge

  • Voice Choices

    May 2, 2012

    EASY RIDERS

    It's time to dust off that bike

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    The New York City Marathon Helps You Eat Italian

    Lauren BloombergA little something from Osteria Morini to propel you over the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.​ The New York City Marathon is coming up in just 10 short days. You know what that means? There's going to be a lot of pasta eating in this city. Nothing sets you up better for a big race th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    New Yorkers Reveal Their Favorite Places on I-Call-NY

    Concerned New Yorkers, an artist collective responsible for "Monty Burns for Mayor" and "Park 51", have launched a new project called I-Call-NY. They've put up flyers around Manhattan asking people to call in and leave a voicemail with a story about their favorite place in the city. Each message is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Watch the Verrazano Bridge Deer Rescue

    Here's your heartwarming adorable animal rescue story for the day. A deer dubbed "Rudolph" by cops was rescued from the water under the Verrazano Bridge yesterday. Apparently his back legs had been bound by twine, which led to his struggles. Fortunately, a good citizen called 911 and the deer was re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Ten Great Neighborhood-Specific Brooklyn Rap Anthems

    ​This Saturday, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival will conclude with shows by Brownsville's mighty M.O.P., who will perform their rambunctious brand of rap down under the Brooklyn Bridge, and, er, noted Queens representer Q-Tip. Rappers from Brooklyn have never been shy about proclaiming their her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Kitten Rescued After Throw From Car on Verrazano Bridge, Is Cute

    ​From the Verrazano Bridge comes a story of heartbreak, hope, and cuteness: a 5-week-old kitten was thrown from a moving car on that bridge Saturday, and has lived to tell, or rather, meow, the tale. An Animal Care & Control officer saw the kitten-throwing take place. He then went to work on t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Vestiges of Norway in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn: Kringler, Firklover, and Knackebrod

    ​Don't let all the trolls in the window scare you away from Nordic Delicacies. When the Norwegians - and later, other Scandinavians - arrived in Bay Ridge late in the 19th century, they loved its open countryside and expansive views of the ocean. The Narrows of the Lower Harbor, now spanned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Parks Department Finally Reveals Plans for Controversial Staten Island Beach Club

    ​Yesterday, the Parks Department finally released its plans for the development and the demolition of Cedar Grove Beach Club, the beach bungalow community on Staten Island that we wrote about for last week's cover story. The city is taking back the beach -- which is public land -- from 41 fam ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2010

    "Poor Man's Bermuda" in Staten Island? Not anymore

    For a century, 41 families have had a sweet deal on public land in Staten Island. But summer is finally over.

  • News

    July 27, 2010

    Class Action Listings

    For a century, 41 families have had a sweet deal on public land in Staten Island. But summer is finally over.

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Cargo Ship Ruptures in Gravesend Bay, Causing Evacuation

    ​A 443 foot cargo tanker, the Sichem Defiance, suffered an internal rupture yesterday morning in Gravesend Bay. The rupture occurred while the vessel was being loaded with 55,000 barrels of ethanol. Rescue boats from the NYPD, FDNY and the Coast Guard rushed to the scene, where they found the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2009

    Quick hits

    Police find 61 pounds of cocaine in a sauna in Brooklyn A judge ruled that the TLC can use license fees to encourage green cabs. State Court Justice Jane Solomon decided against taxi fleet owners who were suing to stop a new rule which allows fleet owners to charge drivers an additional $3 for dies ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    New York's Representatives in D.C. Stand United for Staten Island Toll Relief

    Never fear, Staten Island -- your votes are still important. New York's elected representatives in Washington are muscling through H.R. 3960, the Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2009, which finds that some citizens are "forced to endure significant or undue toll burdens," and thereby ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Verrazano Toll-Taker Skimmed $1,093, D.A. Charges

    Joseph Ryan Sforza, the Staten Island D.A. charges, wasn't happy with his earnings as a tool-booth attendant on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, so he started pocketing some of the money drivers handed him. His clever plan was allegedly to take the higher tolls charged for trucks, count them as cars an ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 4, 2009

    Gino Cammarata, Gelato King

    No more tanning salons for Bay Ridge's foremost dessert provider

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    The last Chico mural for New York. Thanks, EV Grieve. What a week. Everyone was pissed at us. Williamsburgers didn't appreciate being called dorks for trying to silence ice cream trucks. Horace Mann students got mad when we suggested they were faking swine flu to get out of school. Allison Benedi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Hey, Sailor, Few in Town? Fleet Week Scaled Back

    You know things are bad when Fleet Week in New York is described as "subdued," but that's what amNY calls it, because the Navy is sending "the smallest contingent of major combat ships to New York Harbor in the event's 22-year history." The Navy says it's trying to cut costs. More fallout from the t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Staten Islanders to Tie Up Verrazano Bridge with Pennies on Monday

    Hey, you can have your Tea Parties -- Staten Island's having a Penny Protest! As few outside the forgotten borough noticed, the recent Albany MTA bill added a dollar to the Verrazano Bridge's $9 toll. So local "self taught artist" Scott LoBaido proposes that at noon on Monday, drivers protest the hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Cheek, In Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    Yeah, we finally made it to Citi Field Wednesday. What do we think? We think Johan Santana is awesome. Swine Flu fucked up Cinco de Mayo, continued to be funny until we got it. Wait, actually it's still pretty funny, especially since we really didn't get swine flu. But even if! Anyway Raccoon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Verrazano Bridge Toll Going Up?

    We're still waiting for the vote that is expected to pass the MTA budget compromise, which charges drivers and employers taxes and surcharges to keep the buses and trains running with just a slight increase in fares. And we hope the Dalai Lama's invocation in Albany this morning put them all in a mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Today's Urban Wildlife Issues

    The Times tells us today about feral parrots. Wait -- feral? You mean like the old ladies who owned them said Polly want a cracker? and the parrots said NO Polly don't want a goddamn cracker, bit their faces and flew out the window? No, on closer inspection they mean the Quaker parrots we mentione ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Live: Alan Braxe at Studio B

    Alan Braxe Studio B Saturday, March 7 During my college years my fellow scholars invented something called the "Time-Change Riot." On the night of the spring-forward daylight-saving shift, and thus apparently robbed of a whole hour of bar time, the spurned drinkers, ejected into the streets, el ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 22, 2008

    READY, SET . . . GO!

    Best spots to watch the ING NYC Marathon

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Daily Flog 8/5/08: Death of a smart Alek, crime by kids, mad scientists, veep intrigue, close shaves, kosher giraffes

    Best spots to watch the ING NYC Marathon

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Getting the MTA's Goat at the Verrazano Bridge

    Best spots to watch the ING NYC Marathon

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2008

    This Summer's Watering Holes

    The Voice turns its sunglass-clad eyes on local waters and watering holes

  • Dining

    March 4, 2008

    Spring Food Preview: Sailing and Scarfing

    Where to eat as you take to NYC's bounding main

  • News

    November 6, 2007

    Bus Kill

    In the crosswalk, New Yorkers find themselves in the cross hairs

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2007

    Figuring Out Kanye West's Graduation

    In the crosswalk, New Yorkers find themselves in the cross hairs

  • NYC Life

    May 8, 2007

    Stuck in the City—and Lovin' It

    Four cool adventures for three hot months

  • News

    September 5, 2006

    Reprint: City of Ghosts

    100 minutes of tragedy that will haunt us all

  • Music

    August 15, 2006

    Spaghetti Eastern

    The Lordz, Brooklyn rap-rock's preeminent wiseguys, crank the bass and wax Soprano

  • News

    March 15, 2005

    Your Guide to a Weekend of Resistance

    On the second anniversary of Shock and Awe, the anti-war movement wants you

  • News

    June 1, 2004

    All in the Name

    In Pataki land, the name Velella came before the taxpayers. Everyone wanted to help.

  • NYC Life

    May 20, 2003

    Close-Up on Bath Beach, Brooklyn

    In Pataki land, the name Velella came before the taxpayers. Everyone wanted to help.

  • NYC Life

    April 1, 2003

    Close-Up on Fort Hamilton

    In Pataki land, the name Velella came before the taxpayers. Everyone wanted to help.

  • NYC Life

    January 28, 2003

    Close-up on Bay Ridge

    In Pataki land, the name Velella came before the taxpayers. Everyone wanted to help.

  • NYC Life

    October 22, 2002

    Early 1980s Four-Floor Townhouse

    In Pataki land, the name Velella came before the taxpayers. Everyone wanted to help.

  • News

    January 22, 2002

    Outer-Borough Battler

    A Labor Leader Challenges His Own

  • News

    September 18, 2001

    City of Ghosts

    100 Minutes of Tragedy That Will Haunt Us All

  • NYC Life

    May 29, 2001

    Open City

    Parades, Beaches, Festivals: What's Out There

  • News

    June 27, 2000

    Beating the Bushes

    Minor-League Ball Flourishes in the Shadow of the Mets and Yanks

  • News

    October 27, 1998

    The Deportees

    Mexican Workers Flock to Staten Island Despite Hardships

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