Brooklyn man parachuted off Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge after NYC Marathon, cops say

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…

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