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The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connects Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, to Staten Island. When it opened in 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world spurred significant residential construction on Staten Island. Department of Ports & Trade photographs, NYC Municipal Archives.

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