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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 ...
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 city is working on transforming the site into a lush park, with hopes of completion by 2035. The certified closure of Staten Island’s Fresh Kills landfill will become 21 acres of green space ...
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.
An NYPD sergeant who helped lead 9/11 recovery efforts "from day one" at the Staten Island landfill has ... The 2,200-acre landfill in Fresh Kills was closed in March 2001 — the last vestige of ...
Examples include Pelham Bay Park and Flushing Meadows Park. At the height of its use, Staten Island's Fresh Kills landfill was the largest dump in the world, sprawling across 2,200 acres. Fresh Kills first opened in 1948 [29] as a temporary landfill and closed in 2001. [26] Starting in the late 20th century, NYC is making an effort to turn old ...
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 ...