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About Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City. Situated on an eponymous island,
Staten Island is the most geographically separate and least populated of the
five boroughs.
The Borough of Staten Island is coterminous with Richmond County, the
southernmost county in the state of New York. Until 1975 the borough was
officially named the Borough of Richmond.
With a population of about 477,377, Staten Island is sometimes called "the
forgotten borough," as it is less well-known than other boroughs, namely
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. While Staten Island may not have the
claim to fame of other boroughs, the Staten Island Ferry is a large tourist
attraction and thus provides out-of-towners with some frame of reference for
Staten Island. It is the third largest borough in area at 59 sq mi (153 kmē).
Staten Island is considered the most suburban of the five boroughs of New York
City. The North Shore of the island (especially neighborhoods of St. George,
Tompkinsville, and Stapleton) is the most urban, with the South Shore
accommodating more suburban-style residential neighborhoods. Historically, the
central and southern sections of the island were once dominated by dairy and
poultry farms, the last of which disappeared in the 20th century. The borough's
steady rise in population since the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has
added to a sharp increase in traffic. To date, Staten Island only has one MTA
rapid transit line, the Staten Island Railway (running North-South along the
Eastern side), and MTA bus service. Staten Island is divided into many separate
towns. A train runs through many of these towns making a stop at each one.
Staten Island has also historically been known for the Fresh Kills Landfill, the
city of New York's former repository of trash. The landfill's closure was
imminent at the turn of the millennium, but Fresh Kills became the home of the
debris from Ground Zero following 9/11. The landfill was officially closed in
2001, and there is already a plan in place to revitalize the land for park use
in the years ahead.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough-county has a total
area of 265.5 kmē (102.5 sq mi). Land comprises 151.5 kmē (58.5 sq mi) and water
114.0 kmē (44.0 sq mi) of it (42.95%).
Staten Island is separated from Long Island by the Narrows and from mainland New
Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull. It is connected to New Jersey
via the Bayonne Bridge, the Outerbridge Crossing, the Goethals Bridge, and to
Brooklyn by the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. The Staten Island Ferry connects the
island to lower Manhattan. The Staten Island Railway traverses the island from
its northeastern tip to its southwestern tip. Staten Island is the only borough
in New York City that does not share a land border with another borough (Marble
Hill in Manhattan is contiguous with the Bronx).
In addition to the main island, the borough and county also include several
small uninhabited islands:
* The Isle of Meadow (at the mouth of Fresh Kills)
* Pralls Island (in the Arthur Kill)
* Shooters Island (in Newark Bay; part of it belongs to New Jersey)
* Swinburne Island (in Lower New York Bay)
* Hoffman Island (in Lower New York Bay)
The highest point on the island, the summit of Todt Hill, elevation 410 ft (125
m), is also the highest point in the five boroughs, as well as the highest point
on the Atlantic Coastal Plain south of Great Blue Hill in Massachusetts and the
highest point on the coast proper south of Maine's Mount Desert Island.
In the late 1960s the island was the site of important battles of open-space
preservation, resulting in the largest area of parkland in New York City and an
extensive Greenbelt that laces the island with woodland trails.
Adjacent Counties
* Hudson County, New Jersey - north
* Union County, New Jersey - west
* Middlesex County, New Jersey - west
* Kings County, New York - northeast
* Monmouth County, New Jersey - south
* Queens County, New York - northeast
This is list of neighborhoods in Staten Island, one of five boroughs of New York
City.
* Arrochar
* Annadale
* Arden Heights
* Bay Terrace
* Bloomfield
* Brighton Heights
* Bulls Head
* Castleton Corners
* Charleston
* Chelsea
* Clifton
* Concord
* Dongan Hills
* Egbertville
* Elm Park
* Eltingville
* Emerson Hill
* Fort Wadsworth
* Graniteville
* Grant City
* Grasmere
* Great Kills
* Greenridge
* Grymes Hill
* Heartland Village
* Huguenot
* Lighthouse Hill
* Livingston
* Manor Heights
* Mariners Harbor
* Meiers Corners
* Midland Beach
* New Brighton
* New Dorp
* New Springville
* Oakwood
* Ocean Breeze
* Pleasant Plains
* Port Ivory
* Port Richmond
* Prince's Bay
* Randall Manor
* Richmond Valley
* Richmondtown
* Rosebank
* Rossville
* Rudolph Lake
* Shore Acres
* Silver Lake
* South Beach
* St. George
* Stapleton
* Stapleton Heights
* Sunnyside
* Todt Hill
* Tompkinsville
* Tottenville
* Tottenville Beach
* Travis
* Ward Hill
* Westerleigh
* West New Brighton
* Willowbrook
* Woodrow