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 ...

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.

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Sixty years later, the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge remains an iconic gateway connecting Brooklyn and Staten Island. Here’s a collection of intriguing facts about the ...

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 ...

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 ...

In April 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European to enter New York Harbor. Today, across the Narrows entrance to this harbor, stands a monumental bridge named in honor of the Italian ...

The New York state Senate unanimously passed a bill that would correct the spelling of a bridge that has been wrong for over 50 years. New York City's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is spelled with one "Z." ...

Patrick T. Conley is president of the Heritage Harbor Foundation. This year marks the 500th anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano’s historic voyage to the New World and the first documented visit by a ...