Is there a way to get to Staunton Island in GTAIII without doing the missions?
I have never managed the subway trick Guy Smiley mentioned, but I have been able to jump the bombed-out bridge—once. This was on a PC, though, and anyone who knows my attitudes about video games knows that I hate playing GTA on consoles because of the inherent superiority of the mouse+keyboard combo where GTA/first-person style games are concerned. I have to assume this is possible on the PS2, but I’ll bet it’s a lot harder. If you’re up for trying it, though (and you can save your game right at the spot before you jump—can’t remember if this is possible on PS2), then basically you jump over the first set of barricades blocking access to the Portland/Staunton Island bridge by finding a tall vehicle and using it to vault over the no-clip barrier (it’s been a while since I’ve done this so I don’t remember exactly where you do this; try an Ambulance for the tall vehicle). Then run to the bombed-out portion of the bridge and look for a long piece of rebar sticking out from the far side of