EE Broadway Local Posted May 25, 2010 Share #1 Posted May 25, 2010 All Boroughs This Day In History May 25th In NYC History On this date in: 1950...The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens. Nearly two miles long, it's the United States' longest underwater motor vehicle crossing. From "Hart's Guide To New York City", copyright 1964; Page 1263: Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (212) TR5-0386 In Manhattan, the Battery In Brooklyn, Hamilton Avenue Extending for nearly two miles beneath the waters of Upper New York Bay and the East River, this tunnel has two double-lane tubes which provide a link between the expressways circling Manhattan and those rimming Brooklyn. It takes about four minutes to drive through the tunnel. Passenger cars pay a toll of 35 cents. Commuters driving in to the city from Long Island and Brooklyn can leave their cars at the city-owned Battery Parking Garage, near the tunnel's Manhattan end. The garage has seven floors, holds more than a thousand cars, and charges $1.25 per day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted May 25, 2010 Share #2 Posted May 25, 2010 If Moses had his way then the tunnel wouldn't be a tunnel...but rather a bridge, and a majority of Battery Park would be destroyed. Thank goodness this didn't become the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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