This year marks the 500th anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano’s historic voyage to the New World and the first documented visit by a European to Rhode Island. This fact should not go unnoticed.

This week marks the 500th anniversary of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano’s arrival in New York Bay — and to commemorate it, drivers should get a toll break on his famed namesake bridge, a ...

For many people around the globe, New York City is just a flight away. With three major airports, tunnels, bridges and cruise ship terminals, the Big Apple is easily accessible to millions of visitors ...

I sometimes get to wondering what happened between the time Columbus arrived in America in 1492 and the Pilgrims putting roots down in Plymouth 128 years later. So I took a break from scrolling ...

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge reached its 60th anniversary on November 21, and the monumental feat of engineering remains an integral piece of New York City’s infrastructure. Once the longest ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City will recognize April 17 as Giovanni da Verrazzano day to honor the explorer after a piece of legislation passed Thursday. Councilman David Carr (R-Mid-Island/South ...

NEW YORK (AP) - A mistake that caused the name of New York City's Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge to be misspelled for more than 50 years has finally been corrected. On Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Sticklers for spelling rejoice. The MTA has installed the first new sign for the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge featuring the revised spelling of the bridge’s name, including the ...

Transit authorities hung new signs on Wednesday that corrected the spelling of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge for the first time in 54 years, delighting elected officials who fought for the spelling ...

Often overshadowed by the Newport Bridge, the Jamestown Bridge offers just as, if not more stunning, views than the Pell Bridge. Officially known as the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge, the bridge is ...

For more than 50 years, the name of the New York City bridge had been spelled Verrazano when it should have had an additional "z." The bridge is... New Measure Corrects Spelling Of Verrazzano-Narrows ...