“You’re entering God’s country.” So said former New York Mets great John Franco, when talking about driving across the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge his adopted hometown of Staten Island. Or was he talking about taking the bridge from that island to his real hometown, Brooklyn, USA? It doesn’t matter. Both boroughs represent God’s country.

And what connects them both is that same bridge. The construction of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge was completed in 1964. It was an historic event, connecting the formerly sleepy Staten Island to the New York metropolis.