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In 1970, Distrigas had announced plans to build nine 37,800,000-US-gallon (143,000,000 L; 31,500,000 imp gal) gas tanks in Rossville, of which two were built. [1] [2]: 26 Opposition to such tanks developed slowly, but by 1971, many Staten Island residents were opposed to the construction of gas tanks.
In 1938, plans were drawn up to build a facility for children who had an intellectual disability on 375 acres (152 ha) in the Willowbrook section of Staten Island. . Construction was completed in 1942, but instead of opening for its original purpose, it was converted into a United States Army hospital, and named Halloran General Hospital, after the late Colonel Paul Stacey
Staten Island wins the Little League World Series, defeating the team from Monterrey, Mexico. 1965 – Willowbrook Parkway opens. ... 1970 – Population: 295,443. 1971
June: Debut of the Staten Island Yankees, marking the return of baseball to the Island since the demise in 1887 of the New York Metropolitans. September 20: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit first debuts on NBC; October 31: EgyptAir Flight 990 departs Kennedy airport and crashes off the coast of Nantucket. [168] Blackplanet.com website launched.
Many of the owners of the newly built homes were Jewish families, and as a result, Willowbrook became the center of the island's Orthodox Jewish community, which from the turn of the 20th century until the late 1960s and early 1970s was primarily centered in Staten Island's North Shore neighborhood of Tompkinsville along with most of Staten ...
[18]: 174 On June 29, 1970, the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority was incorporated as a subsidiary of the state's MTA to acquire and operate the SIRT. [218]: 469, 475–476 On April 21, 1971, the ICC approved the city's purchase of the line.
Cornelius Hall, when he was the city's public works commissioner, opposed the project, but when he became the Borough President of Staten Island, he surprised residents by backing the plan, saying: "I am firmly convinced that a limited landfill project can be undertaken at Fresh Kills, a project that would prove of great value to the island ...
Notre Dame College (Staten Island) – Run by the Sisters of Notre Dame; operated from 1931 to 1971. St. Clare Hospital School of Nursing – Run by the Franciscan Sisters of Alleghany; operated from 1951 to 1976. St. Francis Xavier College – Run by the Society of Jesus; operated from 1847 to 1912.