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Dhul-Suwayqatayn (Arabic: ذو السويقتين, lit. 'the man with two thin legs', [ 1 ] Amharic : ዱል-ሱወይቃታይን ) is a figure mentioned in the hadith of the Islamic prophet Muhammad , [ 1 ] according to which a group of Abyssinian ( Ethiopian ) men are destined to permanently destroy the Ka‘aba at the end of times and ...
Richmond Avenue is served by the following bus routes: [7] The primary buses are the S59 and S89, serving the entire corridor except for two portions: between Platinum Avenue and either Staten Island Mall’s north entrance/exit (S59), or Richmond Hill Road (S89), and between Yukon Avenue and Forest Hill Road (S59 only).
Bay Ridge - 4th Avenue & 86th Street: Via: Brooklyn: 92nd Street, 4th Avenue, 86th Street, Fort Hamilton Parkway Staten Island: Clove Road, Broadway (S53), Castleton Avenue (S53), Victory Boulevard (S93) End: Port Richmond - Richmond Terrace & Port Richmond Avenue (S53) Willowbrook - College of Staten Island (S93) Length: 9.4 miles (15.1 km) (S53)
Fr. Murphy celebrated the first Mass on July 2, 1848 for 58 Catholics in a house on Rossville Avenue. In 1851 a small chapel dedicated to St. Joseph was completed on Poplar Avenue. The mission was upgraded to parish status in 1855 and thereby the chapel upgraded to church status with Rev. Francis DeCaro, O.F.M., being appointed as first pastor.
As an integral artery of Staten Island, Hylan Boulevard is a commercial corridor and a heavily trafficked roadway. At the northernmost end is Buono Beach, a small park with views of New York Harbor, as well as the Alice Austen House (address: 2 Hylan Blvd.), the historical home of native Island photographer Alice Austen and one of the few remaining Dutch Colonial structures on the Island.
Victory Boulevard is the only street on Staten Island that meets three different expressways by way of interchanges. It is exit 7 for the West Shore Expressway, exit 10 for the Staten Island Expressway westbound (exit 8 eastbound), and exit 11 for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway. Victory Boulevard exit on the Staten Island Expressway
St. Joseph's Church, the oldest Roman Catholic church still standing on Staten Island, is located on Poplar Avenue in Rossville. St. Joseph's was founded on July 2, 1848, by Father Mark Murphy, pastor of St. Peter's Church, when he celebrated Mass for 58 Catholics in a house on Rossville Avenue as a mission of St. Peter's parish.
Father Capodanno Boulevard, formerly Seaside Boulevard, is the primary north-south artery that runs through the Arrochar, South Beach, Ocean Breeze, Midland Beach, and New Dorp Beach neighborhoods of the New York City borough of Staten Island. The boulevard runs parallel to the South Beach Boardwalk and its public park.