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Feb 23, 2015 · May 2, 1906 - Borough Hall dedicated; St. George becomes new civic center. Bars of Ivory soap are inspected at the Procter & Gamble plant on Staten Island in this 1976 photo. October 1907 ...
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). The borough has a land border with Elizabeth and Bayonne, New Jersey, on uninhabited Shooters Island. Deer found in Charleston, Staten Island.
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America knows Staten Island for two reasons: For being the Planet of the Guidos that spawned three Jersey Shorecast members, and for being the place where mobsters historically hung their hats. Stereotypes aside, Staten Island has proportionally more Italian-Americans than anywhere else in New York state, and there’s a reason for that: When white f...
When New York City opened the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island in 1947, the city government originally intended it to be a temporary measure. Instead, it grew into a literal mountain of trash over the ensuing decades and turned Staten Island into New York City’s dumping ground. City sanitation workers layered garbage on top of ash on top of tr...
Despite the distorted perspective New York City’s iconic subway map, featured above, presents, Staten Island is three times larger than Manhattan. The city’s forgotten backyard for centuries, Staten Island looks small on the map because no one pays any mind to it. Consider the graph below, which shows the number of times novelists have mentioned Ne...
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Feb 14, 2020 · The Baltimore & Ohio in June 1952 announced it would ask the state Public Service Commission for permission to discontinue service, saying it could “no longer compete with the city-operated and subsidized bus service on Staten Island.” It planned to stop services at 2:01 a.m. on July 7, 1952.
A Staten Island Railway local train of R44s at the Oakwood Heights station. A plan from 1883 showing the planned routes of the North Shore and East Shore lines in addition to the then-existing line. The Staten Island Railway (SIR) is the only rapid transit line in the New York City borough of Staten Island and is operated by the Staten Island ...
Aug 14, 2017 · They did, largely because they were promised municipalization of the ferry, which was owned by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. In January 1898, they became part of the big city.
Aug 30, 2023 · Staten Island decided to officially become part of New York City in 1894 despite it technically being closer to New Jersey. ==== Staten Island’s secession plan was ultimately halted in 1993 when ...
