Verrazano-Narrows Bridge toll hike ‘insane,’ Gentile says
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s plan to raise the toll on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to an eye-popping $15 is not only wrong, it’s “insanely prohibitive,” according to Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst), who said he has been hearing complaints from his constituents angered at the idea of paying such a high cost to drive from Brooklyn to Staten Island.
Gentile submitted written testimony to a public hearing the MTA held this week on its plan to raise bridge and tunnel tolls, as well as bus and subway fares.
The toll is currently $13 for a round trip. The toll is collected from drivers traveling westbound. Eastbound motorists drive across the bridge for free.