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 signed a bill ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A plan to make an iconic bridge letter perfect has proven to be cost-prohibitive. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which opened in 1964 to connect Brooklyn with Staten Island, is ...

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 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 ...

The historic mistake — a misspelling of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano’s name — has been in place since 1964. “The Verrazzano Bridge is a vital transportation artery for millions of Staten ...

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 ...

On November 21, 1964, the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge was opened to the public for the first time. The suspension bridge that connects Brooklyn and Staten Island was named after Giovanni da Verrazzano, ...

Thursday was the 60th anniversary of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island, which had a huge impact on the Bay Ridge community. At the time it opened, it was the world’s ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo changed the name of another bridge Monday, but this time he was just doing a little bit of copy editing. Monday, the governor signed legislation adding a second "Z" to the Verrazzano ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is an icon for Staten Islanders, linking us to Brooklyn, where many of us have our family roots. But have you heard about the OTHER Verrazzano ...

Lower Hudson Valley residents and at least one state legislator are questioning fixes to highway signs that omitted the middle initial for the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. "It's just salt in the wounds ...