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Staten Island (/ ˈ s t æ t ən / STAT-ən) is the southernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York.
Since 1914, each of New York City's five boroughs has been coextensive with a county of New York State – unlike most U.S. cities, which lie within a single county or extend partially into another county, constitute a county in themselves, or are completely separate and independent of any county. Each borough is represented by a borough ...
Conference House (also known as Billop House [3]) is a stone house in the Tottenville neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City.Built by Captain Christopher Billopp some time before 1680, it is located in Conference House Park near Ward's Point, the southernmost tip of New York state, which became known as "Billop's Point" in the 18th century.
The Arthur Kill (sometimes referred to as the Staten Island Sound [1]) is a tidal strait in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary between Staten Island (also known as Richmond County), New York, and Union and Middlesex counties, New Jersey. It is a major navigational channel of the Port of New York and New Jersey.
"NYC Neighborhoods Map", NYC Department of City Planning, 2014. "Staten Island neighborhoods: What you need to know about all 63 communities" , Staten Island Advance , 2015. v
Despite New York City traditionally voting Democratic, Staten Island remains a reliably red borough. In Tuesday's election, where the Republican party won a second term in the White House, 65% of ...
In New York, a ground-dweller by the name of Staten Island Chuck has made his call: spring is coming. New York's weather-predicting groundhog issued a proclamation Sunday morning, declaring that ...
In addition to the three principal islands of New York City—Manhattan Island, Staten Island and part of Long Island—each borough contains several smaller islands. New York City contains about 36 to 42 islands in total. [1]