Verrazano

British

/ verraˈtsaːno /

noun

Giovanni da (dʒoˈvanni da). ?1485–?1528, Florentine navigator; the first European to sight what was to become New York (1524)

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If constructed, the memorial would have stood at what is now Fort Wadsworth National Park near the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.

From Fox News ● Mar. 6, 2019

His Brooklyn accent is undiminished by five decades of living 200-plus miles south of the Verrazano Bridge.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2017

Thanks to ex-US Senator Alfonse M. D'Amato the Brooklyn-bound tolls on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge were permanently removed.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2016

As everyone knows, the five-borough marathon course begins at the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and then heads north through Brooklyn and Queens.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 2, 2016

I’ll go up the ramp and get right to the middle, where I was before, and then I’ll walk out over the roadway and take one last look at the Verrazano Bridge.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

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