STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — With the new year comes new tolls at crossings around New York City, including the bridges on Staten Island.
Beginning Jan. 4, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will increase tolls at its crossings by 7.5%. Tolls on bridges and tunnels managed by the MTA — like the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel and Robert F. Kennedy Bridge — will rise from $6.94 to $7.46.
The MTA has also said that resident discount programs, like the Staten Island Resident Program, would still apply to these new tolls.
Also starting Jan. 4, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will increase tolls at crossings like the Outerbridge, Goethals Bridge and Bayonne Bridge between 4% and 5%.
Off-peak tolls on Port Authority bridges will increase from $14.06 to $14.79. Peak hour tolls will see increase increase, from $16.06 to $16.79.
Borough residents enrolled in the Staten Island Bridges Plan — which offers a 50% discount on the peak E-ZPass toll —will pay $8.40 after making three trips in a single month.
This is up from the $8.03 that Staten Island residents enrolled in the plan paid through 2025.
Finally, Tolls by Mail users will see an increase in 2026 from $22.38 to $23.30.
The Port Authority toll increases were approved Dec. 18 as part of the agency’s 2026-2035 capital plan.
Under the same capital plan, Port Authority earmarked $336 million in funding for rehabilitation work on the Outerbridge Crossing.
An agency spokesperson said that the plan includes funding for preliminary work on the eventual replacement of the span.
Fare increase
The toll increase will also coincide with the MTA raising public transit fares in New York City on Jan. 4.
Starting in January, buses and subways will cost $3 as opposed to $2.90. On express buses, the current $7 base fare will become $7.25 per trip.
When the increases were first announced, the MTA said they were necessary to keep pace with inflation and revenue goals for the transit agency.
