"Port operators and shippers say the extra trip over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge will raise banana prices by a couple of cents a pound and squeeze a little more time from the bananas’ short ripe life. Bananas are not the only issue: the Red Hook Container Terminal also accepts 15 percent of all beer heading into the region, which means prices could rise about 75 cents on every 12-pack.

“Basically you’re just taking beer on a ride to Staten Island, and right back from where it came from,” said Greg Brayman, vice president of Phoenix Beverages, which receives 90 40-foot containers of beer like Heineken and Red Stripe each week at Red Hook. “It’s a huge deal."