{"id":31843,"date":"2025-11-07T13:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/31843\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:36:09","slug":"verrazzano-narrows-bridge-delays-nypd-activity-causing-congestion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/31843\/","title":{"rendered":"Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge delays: NYPD activity causing congestion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/crime-safety\/\" title=\"Navigate to Crime &amp; Safety\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Safety<\/a>Updated: Nov. 07, 2025, 8:14 a.m.|Published: Nov. 07, 2025, 8:11 a.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Traffic jam on Staten Island Expressway, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SBVVJFXVC5CI5JKXV6ZII44AD4.png\"\/>A traffic jam on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is causing congestion on the Brooklyn-bound Staten Island Expressway during the morning rush hour on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025.(511NY)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"U2Y5DFG46NHWPISOSAF2QET4BY\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Delays are reported in both directions on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge during the Friday morning rush.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"67VCNXU5PRENPA4OMYO4KLX4OU\">Police activity on the upper level is causing congestion and lane closures in both directions, according to an alert from the MTA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"E37W6YBQWZHSFDEIIHAUW7YIXE\">Traffic on the Brooklyn-bound Staten Island Expressway is backed up to at least Manor Road.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Traffic jam on Staten Island Expressway, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/XO6KSWYFINFXFD2NXC7TVR4GUI.png\"\/>A traffic jam on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is causing congestion on the Brooklyn-bound Staten Island Expressway during the morning rush hour on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025.(511NY)<\/p>\n<p>I try to provide timely information that Staten Islanders want and need to know about in their neighborhoods. 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