Portal:New York City/Did you know


 * A total of thirteen tunnels run under the East River.


 * The East River is spanned by ten bridges, which from north to south are: Throgs Neck Bridge, Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, Francis R. Buono Memorial Bridge (to Rikers Island), Hell Gate Bridge, Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, Roosevelt Island Bridge (east channel only), Queensboro Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and the Brooklyn Bridge.