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Bay Ridge resident Marcel Van Tuyn estimated that he drives across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge about 300 times a year. His daughter attends Staten Island Tech and between driving her to school, taking her to after-school activities, and attending PTA meetings, he makes a lot of trips from Brooklyn to Staten Island.
The bridge’s toll for non-Staten Islanders, $15.00 for non E-ZPass holders and $10.60 for those with the E-ZPass, is exorbitant, Van Tuyn said. “It adds a whole other monthly bill to your expenses,” he said.
Still, he shells out the money. It’s especially important to drive his daughter back and forth to her after-school activities, he said. “You don’t want them to take the bus at night,” he said.