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Brooklyn man parachuted off Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge after NYC Marathon, cops say
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Liam Quigley
Published Nov 3, 2025
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A Brooklyn daredevil parachuted off the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and into a nearby park Sunday evening, right as the span reopened to traffic after it was closed for the New York City Marathon, according to police.
Jonathan Warren, 40, was nabbed by officers who responded to 911 calls of an “unlicensed aircraft” around 4:56 p.m., said an NYPD spokesperson.
Cops from the department’s specialized Emergency Service Unit arrested Warren at Calvert Vaux Park in Bath Beach, about two miles from the bridge.
Police charged Warren, who lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, with reckless endangerment and issued him a desk appearance ticket.
The bridge is the longest in the city, and is typically off-limits to pedestrians and bicyclists.
The MTA has made big investments to prevent people from leaping off the Verrazzano in recent years following a spate of suicides from the span. The agency spent around $32 million to install safety fencing along its edges in 2021.
Ramsey Khalifeh contributed reporting to this story.
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