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"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
The North Shore is Staten Island's oldest and most densely populated area. Archaeological evidence suggests that the earliest Leni Lenape communities in the region date to as early as 2100 BC. The first contact with Staten Island by European colonizers was recorded in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano.
The Grasmere station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Grasmere, Staten Island, New York. It is located at Clove Road on the Main Line ...
The neighborhood is home to the campus of Staten Island's largest circulation daily, the Staten Island Advance, a newspaper that likes to refer to Old Town as either Grasmere or Dongan Hills, even though its residents refer to it as Old Town. The Academy of St. Dorothy, a private Roman Catholic elementary school sits on Hylan Boulevard in Old Town.
Between Hylan Boulevard and the Staten Island Railway overpass, Tompkins Avenue becomes one of Rosebank's two commercial districts (the other being along Bay Street). ). Landmarks include the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, a historic site honoring the lives of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi and Italian American inventor Antonio Meucci, [2] as well as the Roman Catholic Parish of St. Joseph ...
Grasmere is a neighborhood located on the East Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, New York, United States. Grasmere although crossed by major roads has retained its quiet suburban character. The area and adjoining Concord was dotted with lakes and ponds similar to the English Lake District village of Grasmere.
St. George: March 7, 1886 Staten Island Ferry: Tompkinsville: July 31, 1884 Stapleton: July 31, 1884 1936 Clifton: April 23, 1860 Vanderbilt's Landing Only three cars can platform at the St. George-bound platform. This station was the original northern terminal of the line. Grasmere: c. 1886 S53 bus to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn: Old Town: 1937–1938 ...
West Shore refers to the section of the New York City borough of Staten Island that borders the Arthur Kill, between the Staten Island Expressway and the Fresh Kills.The Arthur Kill shoreline north of the expressway—most commonly called Port Ivory—is considered part of the North Shore, while the land along the Arthur Kill south of Fresh Kills is generally included within the South Shore.