Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Between 1905 and 1916, the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which owned the island and causeway, expanded the island with land fill, and the entire area was annexed by Jersey City. A 1 mi (1.6 km)-long pier on the island housed a depot and warehouses for the National Dock and Storage Company. Black Tom Island is now part of Liberty State Park.
1947 New York City smallpox outbreak: disease 2 [172] 1929 1929 Yankee Stadium stampede: mass unrest 2 [173] 1835 Great Fire of New York: fire 2 [174] 2020 2020 New York City Subway fire: rail 1 [175] 2019 2019 New York City helicopter crash aircraft 1 [176] 2007 2007 New York City steam explosion: explosion 1 [163] 1995 Williamsburg Bridge ...
Map of Barnum Island, Nassau County (then known as Hog Island), 1873. Hog Island was the name of two islands near Long Island, New York until the 1890s. One is the present day Barnum Island, which includes the villages of Island Park and Harbor Isle in Nassau County.
The Casatelli family originally bought the island for $25,000 in 1960. The Casatelli family originally bought the island for $25,000 in 1960 ... new; News. Science & Tech. Shopping. Sports.
The Casatelli family originally bought the island for $25,000 in 1960 A private New York island could be yours for $700,000 — but there’s a catch Skip to main content
Superfund sites in New York are designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA, a federal law passed in 1980, authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The architect accused in a string of Long Island killings has been years late in paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes, repeatedly filed lawsuits accusing drivers of injuring him in car ...
In 1817, the State Legislature of New York annexed the island to Jefferson County, and granted 500 acres (2.0 km 2) of its land to the local New York postmaster, Charles Smyth. The island had been a haven for smugglers, and later that year a Canadian tax collector seized some tobacco from the island. This dispute escalated, and Governor DeWitt ...