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Postcard of a house in Stapleton Heights. Stapleton Heights (or Stapleton Hill) is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island, New York City.It stands on the second of a series of hills that form a "backbone" running diagonally across the island from northeast to southwest, between Ward Hill (the first of the hills as they rise from Tompkinsville) and Grymes Hill; to the east is Stapleton ...
Grymes Hill is a 374 feet (114 m) tall hill formed of serpentine rock on Staten Island, New York. [1] It is the second highest natural point on the island and in the five boroughs of New York City . The neighborhood of the same name encompasses an area of 0.894 square miles (2.32 km 2 ) and has a population of 8,263 people.
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]
"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
Staten Island Community Board 3 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the Staten Island neighborhoods of Annadale, Arden Heights, Bay Terrace, Charleston, Eltingville, Great Kills, Greenridge, Huguenot, Pleasant Plains, Prince's Bay, Richmond Valley, Rossville, Tottenville and Woodrow.
Stapleton is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City, United States.It is located along the waterfront of Upper New York Bay, roughly bounded on the north by Tompkinsville at Grant Street, on the south by Clifton at Vanderbilt Avenue, and on the west by St. Paul's Avenue and Van Duzer Street, which form the border with the community of Grymes Hill.
The Stapleton Houses are a housing project in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City. The project consists of six 8-story buildings with 693 apartment units. It covers 16.87 acres (6.83 ha) and is bordered by Tompkins Avenue, and Broad, Hill, Warren and Gordon Streets.
It also overlaps with the 23rd and 24th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 61st, 63rd, and 64th districts of the New York State Assembly. [5] The district is both the most Democratic and the most diverse City Council district on Staten Island, and it is the only one to currently be represented by a Democrat.