"I Hope He Spins in His Grave When We Get this Bike Path"

Although originally designed for a pedestrian walkway, the Verrazano Bridge is open to foot and two-wheeled traffic only two days a year: during the New York City Marathon and the Five-Borough Bike Tour.

Interviewed by a Brooklyn Paper reporter at a 50th anniversary party for the Verrazano at Bay Ridge's Yellow Hook Grille on November 20, Linda Sladek, of cycling advocacy organization Harbor