Built in 1938 to provide access to the World's Fair that was held in Flushing Meadows the following year, the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge was the first direct link between Long Island and the mainland without going through another island. This suspension bridge connects Ferry Point Park in the Bronx with Whitestone in Queens and carries Interstate 678.
... newspaper group. It also transmitted political and military information to Britain and helped to hide escaped Allied POWs. Vichy agent infiltrated the group and most ...