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Great Kills Park is a public park in Great Kills, Staten Island, New York City. Originally named Marine Park , [ 1 ] it is a part of the Staten Island unit of Gateway National Recreation Area . Administered by the National Park Service , it covers an area of approximately 580 acres (2.3 km 2 ) of salt marsh , beach and woodlands, stretching ...
The Fresh Kills Landfill was a landfill covering 2,200 acres (890 ha) in the borough of Staten Island in New York City, United States. The name comes from the landfill's location along the banks of the Fresh Kills estuary in western Staten Island.
The 2,200-acre (890-hectare) Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island was once the largest landfill site in the world. For five decades after its opening in 1948, it was the principal landfill for ...
Fresh Kills Landfill (1948-2001) was a dumping site part of NYC's waste management system located on the west shore of Staten Island. In the 18th and 19th centuries, New York residents were encouraged to throw their trash into the East River to shore up low-lying sections of Lower Manhattan. [26]
Fresh Kills (from the Middle Dutch word kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel") is a stream and freshwater estuary in the western portion of the borough of Staten Island in New York City, United States. It is the site of the Fresh Kills Landfill, formerly New York City's principal landfill.
Freshkills Park is a public park being built atop a former landfill on Staten Island. At about 2,200 acres (8.9 km 2), it will be the largest park developed in New York City since the 19th century. Its construction began in October 2008 and is slated to continue in phases for approximately 30 years.
The Staten Island boat graveyard is a marine scrapyard located in the Arthur Kill in Rossville, near the Fresh Kills Landfill, on the West Shore of Staten Island, New York City. It is known by many other names including the Witte Marine Scrap Yard , the Arthur Kill Boat Yard , and the Tugboat Graveyard .
Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Great Kills was 40,720, a change of -960 (-2.4%) from the 41,680 counted in 2000.Covering an area of 2,076.96 acres (3.25 sq mi; 840.52 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 19.6 inhabitants per acre (12,500/sq mi; 4,800/km 2). [12]