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1950 – Population: 191,555. ... Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to New York City, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and other districts included in the enlarged city (20th ...
In 1938, plans were drawn up to build a facility for children who had an intellectual disability on 375 acres (152 ha) in the Willowbrook section of Staten Island. . Construction was completed in 1942, but instead of opening for its original purpose, it was converted into a United States Army hospital, and named Halloran General Hospital, after the late Colonel Paul Stacey
Phyllis A. Whitney (1903–2008) – prolific mystery writer; Staten Island resident during 1950s–1960s William Winter (1836–1917) – poet, critic, biographer, theater historian Paul Zindel (1936–2003) – novelist and Pulitzer-winning playwright, whose stories usually took place on Staten Island
Staten Island residents and their representatives opposed the plan. ... In 1950, the height was increased to 25–40 feet (8–12 m). By 1955, Fresh Kills was the ...
Notre Dame College (Staten Island) – Run by the Sisters of Notre Dame; operated from 1931 to 1971. St. Clare Hospital School of Nursing – Run by the Franciscan Sisters of Alleghany; operated from 1951 to 1976. St. Francis Xavier College – Run by the Society of Jesus; operated from 1847 to 1912.
June: Debut of the Staten Island Yankees, marking the return of baseball to the Island since the demise in 1887 of the New York Metropolitans. September 20: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit first debuts on NBC; October 31: EgyptAir Flight 990 departs Kennedy airport and crashes off the coast of Nantucket. [168] Blackplanet.com website launched.
The Staten Island Ferry is a fare-free passenger ferry route operated by the New York City Department of Transportation. ... From 1950 to 1951, ...
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. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay.