The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge is now the nation’s most expensive bridge to cross after an MTA toll hike ratcheting up the rate to $19 went into effect Sunday.

The one-way non-E-ZPass toll now tops the $18 it takes to cross Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel — which is 23 miles long. The full Verrazzano runs 2½ miles.

“My God — $19 without E-ZPass! I mean, you’re going to Staten Island! It doesn’t seem worth it,” fumed Gloria Padron, who lives on the Brooklyn side of the bridge in Bay Ridge.

It previously cost $17 to take the Verrazzano from Brooklyn to Staten Island.

Under the new toll, drivers with E-ZPass will be charged $12.24 — up from $11.52.

But Staten Island residents were spared the hike and will still pay only $5.50 under a rebate program.

That cost was slated to jump to nearly $6, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature decided at the last minute to pony up $6 million a year to keep the tolls low for folks living on Staten Island.

That imbalance was already taking a toll on some Brooklynites.

“My boyfriend lives on Staten Island and pays like $5 with E-ZPass. When I go to Staten Island now, it’s over $12,” said Bay Ridge resident Caitlyn Kelly, 21, who has an E-ZPass.

“It is too much and unfair to Brooklyn residents. My boyfriend will have to come to Brooklyn if he wants to see me.”

The crossing’s toll also had lawmakers feeling a little cross, too.

“Last time I checked, a bridge has two sides. It is RIDICULOUS that the discounts offered to Staten Island residents have NEVER been offered to Brooklyn residents,” Councilman Justin Brannan, a Democrat from Bay Ridge, tweeted on Sunday.

But Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican representing both sides of the bridge, defended the Forgotten Borough’s special treatment.

“That bridge is our only way to connect. Staten Island is absolutely deserving of the credit. It’s part of what government should be doing,” she said.

“I’m also advocating for Brooklyn residents, because no one should be paying $19 to drive over a bridge to go to work.”

Other major city crossings seeing a tall increase were the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (formerly the Triborough), Throgs Neck Bridge and Queens Midtown Tunnel — all now at $9.50, or $6.12 with E-ZPass.

“It’s getting crazy. The tolls just keep going up and up. The service doesn’t get any better,” Karen Sklar griped as she waited to enter the Queens Midtown Tunnel in Manhattan on Sunday. “The entrances are constantly closed or overcrowded.”