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Staten Island

Staten Island. Staten Island.

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Staten Island

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  1. Staten Island

  2. Staten Island • Staten Island pron.: /ˌstætən ˈaɪlənd/ is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With a population of 468,730, Staten Island is the least populated of the boroughs but is the third-largest in area at 59 sq mi (153 km2). Until 1975, the borough was officially named the Borough of Richmond.[1] Staten Island has been sometimes called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by the city government.[2][3]

  3. Staten Island • The North Shore — especially the neighborhoods of St. George, Tompkinsville, Clifton, and Stapleton — is the most urban part of the island; it contains the officially designated St. George Historic District and the St. Paul’s Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, which feature large Victorian houses. The East Shore is home to the 2.5-mile F.D.R. Boardwalk, the fourth-longest in the world.[4]

  4. Staten Island • Staten Island used to claim the largest landfill in the world.[5] It was closed in 2001, then shortly afterward temporarily reopened to receive the debris from the September 11th attacks.[6] The landfill is being made into what will be New York City's second largest public park.[7]

  5. Staten Island • Motor traffic can reach the borough from Brooklyn via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and from New Jersey via the Outerbridge Crossing, Goethals Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge. Staten Island has Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus service and an MTA rapid transit line, the Staten Island Railway, which runs from the ferry terminal at St. George to Tottenville. Staten Island is the only borough that is not connected to the New York City subway system. The free Staten Island Ferry connects the borough to Manhattan and is a popular tourist attraction, providing views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Lower Manhattan.

  6. Historic Richmond Town museum complex is located in the heart of Staten Island.

  7. "Postcards 9/11 Memorial", St. George Esplanade, Staten Island.

  8. Borough Hall in St. George, Staten Island.

  9. The St. George Theater

  10. Sailors' Snug Harbor

  11. The Richmond County Bank Ballpark

  12. Staten Island Tech

  13. The Staten Island Ferry provides travel between lower Manhattan and the St. George Ferry Terminal.

  14. The Staten Island Railway operates along the Richmond/Amboy Roads corridor.

  15. Jersey City, The Statue of Liberty, Lower Manhattan, and Downtown Brooklyn as seen from Northeast Staten Island.

  16. US Navy ships tied up at the home port pier during Fleet Week in 2007.

  17. Voorlezer's house built c. 1696

  18. Billou-Stillwell-Perine House

  19. The Conference House.

  20. Panoramic view of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which connects the eastern portion of the island to Brooklyn

  21. Serpentinite shown in rock cut along I-278 in Staten Island by Todt Hill marked on USGS geological map.

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