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{{Short description|Borough and county in New York, United States}} | ||
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{{About|the borough in New York City}} | ||
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'''Staten Island''' (]: {{IPA|ˌstæt.ənˈaɪlənd}}) is one of the five ] of ]. Situated on an island of the same name that is the most geographically separate of the city's boroughs, Staten Island is the least populated of the five boroughs. | |||
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| population_blank1 = Staten Islander<ref>Moynihan, Colin. , '']'', September 19, 1999. Retrieved December 17, 2019. "There are well-known names for inhabitants of four boroughs: Manhattanites, Brooklynites, Bronxites and Staten Islanders. But what are residents of Queens called?"</ref> | |||
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The Borough of Staten Island is ] with '''Richmond County''', the southernmost county in the state of ]. Until 1975 the borough was officially named the Borough of Richmond.<ref>, accessed ], ]</ref> | |||
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'''Staten Island ''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|æ|t|ən}} {{respell|STAT|ən}}) is the southernmost ] of ], coextensive with '''Richmond County''' and situated at the southernmost point of ]. The borough is separated from the adjacent state of ] by the ] and the ] and from the rest of New York by ]. With a population of 495,747 in the ],<ref name="2020CensusMap2">{{cite web|title=State and County QuickFacts – Richmond County (Staten Island Borough), New York|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/richmondcountystatenislandboroughnewyork/PST045217|publisher=]|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref> Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at {{convert|58.5|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}}; it is also the least densely populated and most ]an borough in the city. | |||
With a population of about 465,000, Staten Island is sometimes called "the forgotten borough," as it is less well-known than other boroughs, namely ], ], ] and ]. While Staten Island may not have the claim to fame of other boroughs, it should be noted that the ] is a large tourist attraction and thus provides out-of-towners with some frame of reference for Staten Island. It is the smallest of the five boroughs in population, and third largest in area, being 59 sq. mi. (approx. 153 km²). | |||
A home to the ] Native Americans, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was ]. It was formerly known as the '''Borough of Richmond''' until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nypl.org/branch/staten/history/timeline5.html | |||
Staten Island is considered the most suburban of the five boroughs of New York City. The North Shore of the island (especially neighborhoods of St. George, Tompkinsville, and Stapleton) is likely considered the most urban, with the South Shore accomodating more suburban style residential neighborhoods. Historically, the central to southern sections of the island were once dominated by dairy and poultry farms, the last of which disappeared over a half-century ago. The borough's steady rise in population since the opening of the ] has added to a sharp increase in traffic, which many residents find troubling, as the City of New York has thus far neglected to implement proper infastructure in terms of public transportation. To date, Staten Island only has one MTA train line (running North-South on the Eastern shore), and MTA bus service. | |||
|title= Timeline of Staten Island – 1900s – Present | |||
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|access-date=January 16, 2006 | |||
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060113221845/http://www.nypl.org/branch/staten/history/timeline5.html |archive-date = January 13, 2006}}</ref> Staten Island has sometimes been called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by the ] and the media.<ref>{{cite news | |||
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/30/magazine/escape-from-new-york.html?scp=6&sq=%22the+forgotten+borough%22+government | |||
|title=Escape From New York | |||
|last=Brown | |||
|first=Chip | |||
|work=] | |||
|date=January 30, 1994 | |||
|access-date=January 14, 2008 | |||
|quote=Given their status as residents of "the forgotten borough" – the sorry Cinderella sister in New York's dysfunctional family – maybe the giddiest aspect of all was the attention. | |||
}}</ref><ref name="NYT_Bohemia">{{cite news | |||
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/nyregion/thecity/07hips.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=%22the+forgotten+borough%22&oref=slogin | |||
|title=Bohemia by the Bay | |||
|last=Buckley | |||
|first=Cara | |||
|work=] | |||
|date=October 7, 2007 | |||
|access-date=January 14, 2008 | |||
|quote=Even as New York's hip young things invade and colonize neighborhoods near, far and out of state, Staten Island has stayed stubbornly uncool. It remains the forgotten borough. | |||
}}</ref> It has also been referred to as the "borough of parks" due to its 12,300 acres of protected parkland and over 170 parks.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Editorial |first=Staten Island Advance |date=April 28, 2013 |title=The Borough of Parks: Inventory of protected Staten Island parkland keeps growing |url=https://www.silive.com/opinion/2013/04/the_borough_of_parks_inventory.html |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=silive |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2023 |title=Parks You Must Visit on Staten Island |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/parks-you-must-visit-on-staten-island |url-status=live |website=NYC Parks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226114952/https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/parks-you-must-visit-on-staten-island |archive-date=December 26, 2022}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2021 |title=The Greenest Borough |url=https://freshkillspark.org/blog/the-greenest-borough |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=Freshkills Park |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Staten Island Parks - The Peopling of New York City |url=https://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/bellamy10/articles/s/t/a/Staten_Island_Parks_55d6.html |access-date=July 12, 2023 |website=macaulay.cuny.edu}}</ref> | |||
The ]—especially the neighborhoods of ], ], ], and ]—is the island's most urban area. It contains the designated St. George Historic District and the St. Paul's Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, which feature large Victorian houses. The ] is home to the {{convert|2+1/2|mi|km|0|abbr=off|sp=us|adj=on}} ], the world's fourth-longest ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.si-web.com/Recreation/SouthBeach.html |title=South Beach & FDR Boardwalk of Staten Island, NYC |publisher=Si-web.com |access-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904234534/http://www.si-web.com/Recreation/SouthBeach.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ], site of the 17th-century Dutch and ] settlement, developed rapidly beginning in the 1960s and 1970s and is now very suburban. The ] is the island's least populated and most industrial part. | |||
Staten Island has also historically been known for the ], the city of New York's former repository of trash. The landfill's closure was imminent at the turn of the millennium, however Fresh Kills later became the home of the debris from Ground Zero on ]. The people of Staten Island continued to provide a service to the city by filtering through all the debris from Ground Zero, collecting numerous personal items (watches, wedding rings) of victims, as well as body parts themselves. The landfill was officially closed in 2001,<ref></ref> and there is already a plan in place to revitalize the land for park use in the years ahead. | |||
Motor traffic can reach the borough from ] by the ] and from New Jersey by the ], ] and ]. Staten Island has ] ] and an MTA rapid transit line, the ], which runs from the ferry terminal at St. George to ]. Staten Island is the only borough not connected to the ] system. The free ] connects the borough to ] across ]. It provides views of the ], ], and ]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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The bedrock of the island is a diabase formed during the volcanic eruptions that created much of the bedrock of northern New Jersey, including the New Jersey Palisades, approximately 200 million years ago. As an island, Staten Island was formed in the wake of the last ]. In the late ] between 20,000 and 14,000 years ago, the ] that covered northeastern North America reached to as far south as present day New York City, to a depth of approximately the same height as the ]. At one point, during its maximum reach, the ice sheet precisely ended at the center of present day Staten Island, forming a ] on the existing diabase sill. The central moraine of the island is sometimes called the ] ridge because it contains large amounts of that particular mineral. | |||
===Indigenous Inhabitants / Native Americans=== | |||
As in much of North America, human habitation appeared on the island fairly rapidly after the ]. Archaeologists have recovered tool evidence of ] activity dating from about 14,000 years ago. This evidence was first discovered in 1917 in the Charleston section of the island. Various Clovis artifacts have been discovered since then, on property owned by ]. | |||
The island was probably abandoned later, possibly because of the ] of large mammals on the island. Evidence of the first permanent ] settlements and agriculture are thought to date from about 5,000 years ago,<ref name="Jackson, 1995">Jackson, 1995</ref> although ] habitation evidence has been found in multiple locations on the island.<ref>Ritchie, 1963</ref> | |||
] are distinct arrowheads that define a Native American cultural period from the ] to the Early ], dating from about 1500 to 100 BC. They are named for the ] section of Staten Island, where they were first found near the old Rossville Post Office building.<ref>''Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History'', Volumes 3–4 By American Museum of Natural History</ref> | |||
] in Staten Island, the largest pre-European burial ground in New York City]] | |||
At the time of European contact, the island was inhabited by the ] of the ] division of the ]. In ], one of the ], Staten Island was called {{lang|del|Aquehonga Manacknong}}, meaning "as far as the place of the bad woods", or {{lang|del|Eghquhous}}, meaning "the bad woods".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IswpAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1|title=History of Richmond County (Staten Island), New York|last1=Bayles|first1=Richard Mather|year=1887}}</ref> | |||
The name is spelled as {{lang|del|Eghquaons}} in the deed to Lubbertus van Dincklage for the purchase of Staten Island, 1657.<ref name="deed"/> The area was part of the Lenape homeland known as ]. The Lenape were later called the "Delaware" by the English colonists because they inhabited both shores of what the English named the ]. | |||
The island was laced with Native American foot trails, one of which followed the south side of the ridge near the course of present-day Richmond Road and ]. The Lenape did not live in fixed encampments but moved seasonally, using ] agriculture. ] was a staple of their diet, including the Eastern oyster ('']'') abundant in the waterways throughout the present-day New York City region. Evidence of their habitation can still be seen in shell ]s along the shore in the Tottenville section, where oyster shells larger than {{convert|12|in|mm}} are sometimes found. | |||
], a Lenape burial ground on a bluff overlooking ] in ], is the largest pre-European burial ground in New York City.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022|reason=Exceptional claims require exceptional sources.}} Bodies have been reported unearthed at Burial Ridge from 1858 onward. After conducting independent research, which included unearthing bodies interred at the site, ethnologist and archaeologist ] was contracted in 1895 to conduct paid archaeological research at Burial Ridge by the ]. The burial ground today is unmarked and lies within ]. | |||
]At the retreat of the ice sheet, Staten Island and ] were not yet separated by ], which had not yet formed. ]s reckoning of the course of the ] have placed it alternatively through the present course of the ], south of the island, as well through present-day ] and ]. | |||
===European settlement=== | |||
As in much of North America, human habitation appeared in the island fairly rapidly after the retreat of the ice sheet. ]s have recovered tool evidence of ] activity dating from approximately 14,000 years ago. The island was probably abandoned later, possibly because of the ] of large ]s on the island. Evidence of the first permanent ] settlements and agriculture date from about 5,000 years ago (Jackson, 1995). | |||
The first recorded European contact on the island was in 1524 by Italian explorer ] who sailed through ] on the ship '']'' and anchored for one night. | |||
The Dutch did not establish a permanent settlement on {{lang|nl|Staaten Eylandt}} for many decades. Its name derived from the ], the parliament of the ]. From 1639 to 1655, ] and ] made three separate attempts to establish one there, but each time the settlement was destroyed in conflicts between the Dutch and the local tribe.<ref name=island>], ''The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America.'' First Edition. New York City: Vintage Books (a Division of Random House, 2004), {{ISBN|1-4000-7867-9}}</ref> In 1661, the first permanent Dutch settlement was established at {{lang|nl|Oude Dorp}} (Dutch for "Old Village") by a small group of Dutch, ], and French ] families,<ref name="ellis-p55">{{cite book |title=The Epic of New York City |author=Ellis, Edward Robb |publisher=Old Town Books |year=1966 |page=55}}</ref> just south of the Narrows near South Beach. Many French Huguenots had gone to the Netherlands as refugees from the religious wars in France, suffering persecution for their Protestant faith, and some joined the emigration to New Netherland. At one point nearly a third of the residents of the Island spoke French.<ref>. Retrieved February 11, 2018.</ref> The last vestige of Oude Dorp is the name of the present-day neighborhood of ] adjacent to Old Town Road.<ref>Scheltema, Gajus and Westerhuijs, Heleen (eds.), ''Exploring Historic Dutch New York''. Museum of the City of New York/Dover Publications, New York (2011) {{ISBN|978-0-486-48637-6}}</ref> | |||
In the ], the island was part of a larger area known as ] that was inhabited by the ], an ] ] people also called the "Delaware". The band that occupied the southern part of the island was called the ]s. To the Lenape, the island was called "Aquehonga Manacknong" and "Eghquaons" (Jackson, 1995). The island was laced with foot trails, one of which followed the south side of the ridge near the course of present day Richmond Road and Amboy Road. The Lenape did not live in fixed encampments, but moved seasonally, using ] agriculture. The staples of their diet included ], including the ]s that are native to both ] and ]. | |||
Staten Island was not spared the bloodshed that culminated in ]. In the summer of 1641 and in 1642, Native American tribes laid waste to Old Town.<ref>Morris pgs.188-189</ref> | |||
===Staten Island=== | |||
The first recorded ] contact with the island was in 1524 by ], who sailed through ]. In 1609, ] established ] trade in the area and named the island ''Staaten Eylandt'' after the ], the Dutch parliament. | |||
On July 10, 1657, the Native Americans signed a deed to Lubbertus van Dincklage, attorney of Henrick van der Capelle tho Ryssel, for the purchase of all indigenous lands on Staten Island.<ref name="deed">{{cite web |url=https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/education/consider-source/browse-primary-source-documents/indigenous-history/indian-deed-staten-island-july-10-1657 |date=February 24, 2021 |title=Deed for the purchase of indigenous lands on Staten Island, July 10 1657 |website=New York State Archives Partnership Trust |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224210126/https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/education/consider-source/browse-primary-source-documents/indigenous-history/indian-deed-staten-island-july-10-1657 |archive-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref> However, this deed was annulled when the Dutch purchasers failed to deliver the promised goods for the land a few months later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buying and Selling Staten Island |author=Andrew Lipman |date=August 7, 2020 |website=Common Place |url=https://commonplace.online/article/buying-and-selling-staten-island/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605070025/https://commonplace.online/article/buying-and-selling-staten-island/ |archive-date=June 5, 2023}}</ref> | |||
Although the first Dutch settlement of the ]s colony was made on ] in 1620, ''Staaten Eylandt'' remained uncolonized by the Dutch for many decades. From 1639 to 1655, the Dutch made three separate attempts to establish a permanent settlement on the island, but each time the settlement was destroyed in the conflicts between the Dutch and the local tribes. | |||
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In 1661, the first permanent Dutch settlement was established at ''Oude Dorp'' (] for "Old Town"),<ref name="ellis-p55">{{cite book |title=The Epic of New York City |author=Ellis, Edward Robb |publisher=Old Town Books |year=1966 |pages=p. 55}}</ref> just south of ] near ''South Beach'', by a small group of Dutch ] and ] families. | |||
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===Richmond County=== | ===Richmond County=== | ||
At the end of the ] in 1667, the Dutch ceded New Netherland to England in the ], and the Dutch {{lang|nl|Staaten Eylandt}}, ] as "Staten Island", became part of the new English ]. | |||
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At the end of the ] in 1667, the ] colony was ceded to ] in the ], and what was now ] as ''Staten Island'' became part of the new English ]. | |||
In 1670, the Native Americans ceded all claims to Staten Island to the English in a deed to |
In 1670, the Native Americans ceded all claims to Staten Island to the English in a deed to Governor ]. In 1671, in order to encourage an expansion of the Dutch settlements, the English resurveyed {{lang|nl|Oude Dorp}} (which became known as 'Old Town') and expanded the lots along the shore to the south. These lots were settled primarily by Dutch families and became known as {{lang|nl|Nieuwe Dorp}} (meaning 'New Village'), which later became anglicized as ]. | ||
Captain ], after years of distinguished service in the Royal Navy, came to America in 1674 along with the newly appointed royal governor of New York and the Jerseys Sir Edmund Andros, in charge of a company of infantry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://conferencehouse.org/about/history/ |title=The Conference House Museum's role in shaping of American History|date=March 27, 2018 }}</ref> The following year, he settled on Staten Island, where he was granted a patent for {{convert|932|acre|km2|1}} of land. According to one version of an oft-repeated but apocryphal tale,<ref name=":0" /> Captain Billopp's seamanship secured Staten Island to New York, rather than to New Jersey: the island would belong to New York if the captain could circumnavigate it in one day, which he did. This story is most likely untrue, due to conflicting information on the time Christopher Billopp took to complete the race and whether he received a personal prize or not. Mayor ] perpetuated the myth by referring to it at a news conference in Brooklyn on February 20, 2007.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Chan |first=Sewell |title=That Old Tale About S.I.? Hold On Now |newspaper=] |date=February 21, 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/nyregion/21mayor.html }}</ref> Reliable historical documentation of the event is extremely sparse, however, and most historians conclude that it is entirely apocryphal. In 2007, '']'' addressed the issue in a news article, which concluded that this event was heavily embellished over the years and almost certainly originated in local folklore.<ref name=":0" /> ] ] addressed the story of the Staten Island race and its historical discrepancies in a 2019 video,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Race to Win Staten Island|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex74x_gqTU0| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Ex74x_gqTU0| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|last=CGP Grey|date=September 12, 2019|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> in which he concluded that Gabriel Disosway, a local chronicler in Staten Island, was responsible for originating the legend in the mid-1800s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stein |first1=Mark |title=A boat race determined Staten Island's fate, legend says. But is it true? CGP Grey seeks answers. |url=https://www.silive.com/news/2019/09/a-boat-race-determined-staten-islands-fate-legend-says-but-is-it-true-cgp-grey-seeks-answers.html |access-date=September 14, 2019 |work=silive.com |publisher=] |date=September 13, 2019}}</ref> | |||
Captain Christopher Billopp, after years of distinguished service in the Royal Navy, came to America in 1674, in charge of a company of infantry. The following year, he settled on Staten Island where he was granted a patent for 932 acres of land. | |||
In 1683, the colony of New York was divided into ten counties. As part of this process, Staten Island, as well as several minor neighboring islands, was designated as ''Richmond County''. The name derives from the title of ], an illegitimate son of King ]. | |||
According to one version of an often-repeated, but inaccurate myth, Capt. Billopp's seamanship secured Staten Island to New York, rather than to New Jersey: the Island would belong to New York if the captain could circumnavigate it in one day. Which he did according to the myth. According to a story on ] (February 21, 2007), Mayor ] perpetuated the myth by referring to it at a news conference in Brooklyn on February 20, 2007. The article quotes historians as pointing out that Staten Island has always been a part of New York since the Dutch ceeded it to the British. | |||
In 1687 and 1688, the English divided the island into four administrative divisions based on natural features: the {{convert|5100|acre|km2|adj=on}} manorial estate of colonial governor ] in the northeastern hills known as the "Lordship or Manor of Cassiltown", along with the North, South, and West divisions. These divisions later evolved into the four towns of ], ], ], and ]. In 1698, the population was 727.<ref name="Rosenwaike">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/populationhistor00irar/page/12|author1=Evarts Boutell Greene|author2=Virginia Draper Harrington|chapter=American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790|location=Syracuse, New York|year=1932|publisher=Syracuse University Press|page=12|isbn=0-8156-2155-8|title=Population History of New York City|editor-last=Rosenwaike|editor-first=Ira}}</ref> | |||
In 1683, the colony of New York was divided into ten counties. As part of this process, Staten Island, as well as several minor neighboring islands, were designated as ''Richmond County''. The name derives from the title of an illegitimate son of King ]. | |||
The government granted land patents in rectangular blocks of {{convert|80|acre|m2}}, with the most desirable lands along the coastline and inland waterways. By 1708, the entire island had been divided up in this fashion, creating 166 small farms and two large manorial estates, the Dongan estate and a {{convert|1600|acre|km2|abbr=on}} parcel on the southwestern tip of the island belonging to Christopher Billopp.<ref name="Jackson, 1995"/> | |||
In 1687-1688, the English divided the island into four administrative divisions based on natural features, called the North, South, and West divisions, as well as the 5100 acre (21 km²) manorial estate of colonial governor ] in the central hills known as the "Lordship or Manner of Cassiltown." These divisions would later evolve into the four townships ''Northfield'', ''Southfield'', ''Westfield'' and ''Castleton''. | |||
The first county seat was established in New Dorp in what was called Stony Brook at the time.<ref>Morris, Ira. Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island, New York, Volume 1. 1898, page 40</ref> In 1729, the county seat was moved to the village of Richmond Town, located at the headwaters of the ] near the center of the island. By 1771, the island's population had grown to 2,847.<ref name="Rosenwaike"/> | |||
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Land patents in rectangular blocks of eighty acres (320,000 m²) were granted, with the most desirable lands being along the coastline and inland waterways. By 1708, the entire island had been divided up through this fashion into 166 small farms and two large manorial estates, the Dongan estate as well as a 1600 acre (6.5 km²) parcel on the southwestern tip of the island belonging to ] (Jackson, 1995). | |||
===18th century and the American Revolution=== | |||
In 1729, a county seat was established at the village of ], located at the headwaters of the ] near the center of the island. | |||
] established his headquarters at the Rose and Crown Tavern at New Dorp Lane and Richmond Road prior to the invasions of Long Island and Manhattan.]] | |||
Staten Islanders were solidly supportive of the Crown, and the island played a significant role in the ]. General ] once called Islanders "our most inveterate enemies".<ref>Lundigran, Margaret. Staten Island:Isle of the Bay, 2004 page 136.</ref> | |||
The island played a significant role in the ]. In the summer of 1776, the British forces under ] evacuated ] and prepared to attack ]. Howe used the strategic location of Staten Island as a staging ground for the attack. Howe established his headquarters in New Dorp at the ''Rose and Crown'' tavern near the junction of present ''New Dorp Lane'' and ''Amboy Road''. It is here that the representatives of the British government reportedly received their first notification of the ]. | |||
As support of independence spread throughout the colonies, residents of the island were so uninterested that no representatives were sent to the ], the only county in New York to not send anyone. This had economic repercussions in the months up through 1776, where New Jersey towns such as Elizabethport, ], and ] instituted boycotts on doing business with islanders.<ref>Papas, pgs 28-30</ref> | |||
The following month, in August 1776, the British forces crossed ] to ] and routed the American forces under ] at the ], resulting in the British capture of New York. Three weeks later, on ], ], the British received a delegation of Americans consisting of ], ], and ] at the ] on the southwestern tip of the island (known today as ]) on the former estate of ]. The Americans refused the peace offer from the British in exchange for the withdrawal of the ], however, and the conference ended without an agreement. | |||
On March 17, 1776, the British forces under ] evacuated ] and sailed for ]. From Halifax, Howe prepared to attack New York City, which then consisted entirely of the southern end of ]. General ] led the entire ] to New York City in anticipation of the British attack. Howe used the strategic location of Staten Island as a staging ground for the invasion. | |||
On August 22, 1777, the ] occured here between several companies of the ] recruited and fighting on the American side, other American companies, and the British. While the battle was inconclusive, both sides surrendering over hundred each as prisoners, the Americans withdrew. | |||
Over 140 British ships arrived over the summer of 1776 and anchored off the shores of Staten Island at the entrance to New York Harbor. The British soldiers and ] numbered about 30,000. Howe established his headquarters in New Dorp at the ], near the junction of present New Dorp Lane and Richmond Road. There the representatives of the British government reportedly received their first notification of the ]. | |||
British forces remained on Staten Island throughout the war. Although local sentiment was predominantly ], the islanders found the demands of supporting the troops to be onerous. Many buildings and churches were destroyed, and the military demand for resources resulted in an extensive ] of the island by the end of the war. The British again used the island as a staging ground for their final evacuation of ] on ], ]. After the war, the largest Loyalist landowners fled to ] and their estates were subdivided and sold. | |||
In August 1776, the British forces crossed the Narrows to Brooklyn and ] the American forces at the ], resulting in the British control of the harbor and the capture of New York City shortly afterwards. Three weeks later, on September 11, 1776, Sir William's brother, ], received a delegation of Americans consisting of ], ], and ] at the ] on the southwestern tip of the island on the former estate of Christopher Billopp. The Americans refused a peace offer from Howe in exchange for withdrawing the Declaration of Independence, and the conference ended without an agreement. | |||
On ], ], the end of slavery in New York state was celebrated at Swan Hotel, West Brighton. Rooms at the hotel were reserved months in advance as local abolitionists and prominent free blacks prepared for the festivities. Speeches, pageants, picnics, and fireworks marked the celebration, which lasted for two days. | |||
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On August 22, 1777, the ] occurred between the British forces and several companies of the ] fighting alongside other American companies. The battle was inconclusive, though both sides surrendered over a hundred troops as prisoners. The Americans finally withdrew. | |||
In 1860, parts of Castleton and Southfield were made into a new town, ''Middletown''. The ''Village of New Brighton'' in the town of Castleton was incorporated in 1866, and in 1872 the Village of New Brighton annexed all the remainder of the Town of Castleton and became coterminous with the town. New Brighton became the summer home of President Lincoln. | |||
In early 1780, while the ] was frozen over, ] led an unsuccessful Patriot raid from New Jersey on the western shore of Staten Island. It was repulsed in part by troops led by British Commander ]. | |||
In June 1780, ], commander of Britain's ], led many raids and a full assault into New Jersey from Staten Island with the aim of defeating ] and the ]. Although the raids were successful in the Newark and Elizabeth areas, the advance was halted at Connecticut Farms (Union) and the ].<ref>{{cite book |last=Fleming |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Fleming (historian) |title=The Forgotten Victory: The Battle for New Jersey – 1780 |location=New York |publisher=Reader's Digest Press |year=1973 |isbn=0-88349-003-X |url=https://archive.org/details/forgottenvictory00flem }}</ref> | |||
British forces remained on Staten Island for the remainder of the war. Most ] fled after the British occupation, and the sentiment of those who remained was predominantly ]. Even so, the islanders found the demands of supporting the troops to be heavy. The British army kept headquarters in neighborhoods such as ]. Many buildings and churches were destroyed for their materials, and the military's demand for resources resulted in an extensive ] by the end of the war. The British army again used the island as a staging ground for its final evacuation of New York City on December 5, 1783. After their departure, many Loyalist landowners, such as ], the family of Canadian historian ], John Dunn, who founded ], and ], fled to Canada, and their estates were subdivided and sold. | |||
Staten Island was occupied by the British longer than any single part of the Thirteen Colonies.<ref> Retrieved December 1, 2018</ref> | |||
===19th century=== | |||
] museum complex is located in the ].]] | |||
On July 4, 1827, the end of slavery in New York state was celebrated at Swan Hotel, in the West Brighton neighborhood. Rooms at the hotel were reserved months in advance as local abolitionists, including prominent free blacks, prepared for the festivities. Speeches, pageants, picnics, and fireworks marked the celebration, which lasted for two days. | |||
In the early 19th century, New Jersey and New York disputed the location of their maritime boundary. The original charters were of no help because they were worded ambiguously. New York argued that the eastern edge of New Jersey was located at the ]'s shoreline during high tide, which would give New York control of all the docks and wharves on the Hudson River. New Jersey argued that the maritime boundary should be down the middle of the Hudson River and then continue out to the Atlantic Ocean, which would give New Jersey control of the docks and wharves as well as Staten Island. ] ] negotiated a compromise that established the maritime boundary in the middle of the Hudson River and gave Staten Island to New York. ] and ], both uninhabited at the time, also became controlled by New Jersey.<ref>Fruhlinger, Josh (April 6, 2018). "". ''The Village Voice''.</ref> | |||
From 1800 to 1858, Staten Island was the location of the largest quarantine facility in the United States. Angry residents burned down the hospital compound in 1858 in a series of attacks known as the ].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stephenson|first=Kathryn|date=January 1, 2004|title=The Quarantine War: the Burning of the New York Marine Hospital in 1858|journal=Public Health Reports|volume=119|issue=1|pages=79–92|doi=10.1177/003335490411900114|pmid=15147652|pmc=1502261}}</ref> | |||
In 1860, parts of Castleton and Southfield were made into a new town, ]. The Village of New Brighton in the town of Castleton was incorporated in 1866, and in 1872 the Village of New Brighton annexed all the remainder of the Town of Castleton and became coterminous with the town. | |||
An 1887 movement to incorporate Staten Island as a city ended up resulting in nothing.<ref>{{Cite news|date= February 3, 1887 |title= Staten Island to Be a City |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1887/02/03/archives/staten-island-to-be-a-city.html |access-date= September 28, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | |||
===Consolidation with New York City=== | ===Consolidation with New York City=== | ||
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] connected the island to ] and accelerated a new era of development]] | |||
] in 2007]] | |||
The towns of Staten Island were dissolved in 1898 with the consolidation of the ], as Richmond County became one of the ] of the expanded city. Although consolidated into the City of Greater New York in 1898, the county sheriff of Staten Island maintained control of the jail system, unlike the other boroughs, which had gradually transferred control of the jails to the Department of Correction. The jail system was not transferred until January 1, 1942. Staten Island is the only borough without a New York City Department of Correction major detention center. | |||
The construction of the ], along with the other three major Staten Island bridges, created a new way for commuters and tourists to travel from New Jersey to Brooklyn, Manhattan, and areas farther east on ]. The network of highways running between the bridges has effectively carved up many of Staten Island's old neighborhoods. The bridge opened many areas of the borough to residential and commercial development from the 1960s onward, especially in the central and southern parts of the borough, which had been largely undeveloped. Staten Island's population doubled from 221,991 in 1960 to 443,728 in 2000.<ref>{{cite web | title=New York City Population by Borough, 1950 - 2040 | website=NYC Open Data | date=February 7, 2020 | url=https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/New-York-City-Population-by-Borough-1950-2040/xywu-7bv9 | access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> Nevertheless, Staten Island remained less developed than the rest of the city. A ''New York Times'' article in 1972 stated that despite the borough having 333,000 residents, parts of the island still maintained a bucolic atmosphere with woods and marshes.<ref>{{cite web | title=Staten Island: The City's Offshore Bucolic Niche | website=The New York Times | date=July 18, 1972 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/18/archives/staten-island-the-citys-offshore-bucolic-niche-staten-island-offers.html | access-date=September 21, 2019}}</ref> | |||
Throughout the 1980s, a movement to ] steadily grew in popularity, notably championed by longtime New York state senator and former ] mayoral nominee ]. The campaign reached its peak during the mayoral term of ] (1990–1993), after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the ], which had given equal representation to the five boroughs. Dinkins and the city government opposed a non-binding secession referendum, contending that the vote should not be permitted by the state unless the city issued a ] message supporting it, which the city would not. ] ] disagreed, and the vote went forward in 1993. Ultimately, 65% of Staten island residents voted to secede through the approval of a new ] making Staten Island an independent ], but implementation was blocked in the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/05/nyregion/home-rule-factor-may-block-si-secession.html|title='Home Rule' Factor May Block S.I. Secession|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|date=March 5, 1994|work=]|access-date=October 20, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/news/2019/11/forgotten-borough-no-more-borelli-moves-forward-with-plan-to-revive-island-secession-from-new-york-city.html|title=Forgotten borough no more: Borelli moves forward with plan to revive Island secession from New York City|last=Kashiwagi|first=Sydney|date=November 8, 2019|website=silive|language=en|access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref> | |||
In the 1980s, the ] had a base on Staten Island called ]. It had two sections: a ] in ] and a larger section near ], where the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge enters the island. The base was closed in 1994 through the ] process because of its small size and the expense of basing personnel there. | |||
All these towns and the villages within them were abolished in 1898 when the ] was consolidated, with Richmond as one of its five boroughs. | |||
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] and its tributaries are part of the largest tidal wetland ecosystem in the region. Its creeks and wetlands have been designated a Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitat by the ]. Opened along Fresh Kills as a "temporary landfill" in 1947, the ] was a repository of trash for the city of New York. The landfill, once the world's largest man-made structure,<ref> | |||
{{cite book | |||
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| title = QI: The Book of General Ignorance | |||
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| date = October 5, 2006 | |||
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}}</ref> was closed in 2001,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/fkl/ada/about/1_2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603045619/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/fkl/ada/about/1_2.html|title=Fresh Kills:Landfill to Landscape|archive-date=June 3, 2007|via=archive.org}}</ref> but it was briefly reopened for the debris from ] following the ] in 2001. It is being ] almost three times the size of ] and the largest park to be developed in New York City in over 100 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Freshkills Park |url=https://freshkillspark.org/ |access-date=July 11, 2023 |website=Freshkills Park |language=en-US}}</ref> Plans for the park include a bird-nesting island, public roads, boardwalks, soccer and baseball fields, bridle paths, and a 5,000-seat stadium.<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url = http://nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/fkl/fkl3.shtml | |||
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}}</ref> Today, freshwater and tidal wetlands, fields, birch thickets, and a coastal oak maritime forest, as well as areas dominated by non-native plant species, are all within the boundaries of Fresh Kills. | |||
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{{wide image|Verbridge1.jpg|980px|alt=] connecting the eastern portion of the island to Brooklyn|] connecting the eastern portion of the island to ]}} | |||
Except for the areas along the harbor, however, the borough remained relatively underdeveloped until the building of the ] in 1964, which is considered the watershed event in the history of the borough, since it opened up the island to explosive suburban development by giving it direct road access to Brooklyn. The Verrazano, along with the other three major Staten Island bridges, created a new way for commuters and travelers to reach ], ], and areas further east on ], by car from ], and the network of highways running between the bridges has effectively carved up many of the borough's old neighborhoods. This road expansion was planned initially by ]. | |||
==Geology== | |||
Some of the island's open space and historic areas were incorporated in 1972 into ], part of the ]. The Staten Island Unit of Gateway NRA is joined by the ] Unit in Brooklyn and Queens and the ] Unit in New Jersey. The Staten Island Unit is comprised of Great Kills Park, ], ], as well as ] and ]. | |||
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] shown in rock cut along ] in Staten Island by ] marked on USGS geological map]] | |||
During the ], the ] containing the continent of ] and the plate containing the continent of ]land were converging, the ] that separated the two continents gradually closed, and the resulting collision between the plates formed the ]. During the early stages of this mountain building known as the ], a piece of ocean crust from the Iapetus Ocean broke off and became incorporated into the collision zone and now forms the oldest bedrock strata of Staten Island, the ]. | |||
Throughout the 1980s, a movement which had as its goal the ] of Staten Island from the city steadily grew in popularity, reaching its peak during the mayoral term of ]. The movement largely evaporated with ]'s election as mayor in 1993, although some pro-secession sentiment remains. | |||
This strata of the Lower Paleozoic (approximately 430 million years old) consists predominantly of the serpentine minerals, ], ], and ]; it also contains ] and ]. At the end of the Paleozoic era (248 million years ago) all major continental masses were joined into the supercontinent of ]. | |||
In the 1980s, the ] had a base on Staten Island, Naval Station New York. It was composed of two sections, a home port in Stapleton, and a larger section around ], where the Verrazano Narrows Bridge enters the island. Originally, this base was to be the homeport for the ] ]; however, an explosion in one of the ship's turrets led to the vessel's decommissioning. A number of other vessels, including the ]s USS ] FF 1085 and ] and at least one ], the ] (CG-60) were based there. It was closed in 1994 through the ] process. The small size of the base and the expense of basing personnel there led to closure. The base was to be used as a movie studio headed by actor and New York native ], but money problems ended that plan. It was recently announced that the property will be converted into a mixed use waterfront neighborhood with an announced completion date of 2009. | |||
The ] has been designated a ], being "the best example of a thick ] ] in the United States". It underlies a portion of northwest Staten Island, with a visible outcropping in ], off Travis Road in the ]. This is the same formation that appears in New Jersey and upstate New York along the ] in ]. The sill extends southward beyond the cliffs in ] beneath the Upper New York Harbor and resurfaces on Staten Island. The Palisades sill date from the ] period, 192 to 186 million years ago. | |||
For the last half of the 20th Century, Staten Island was arguably best known as the site of the ], the primary destination for garbage from the five boroughs of New York City and the largest single source of ] pollution in the world. The landfill was closed in early 2001 but was temporarily reopened later that year to receive the ruins of the ] after the ]. | |||
Staten Island has been at the southern terminus of various periods of ]. The most recent, the ], ended approximately 12,000 years ago. The accumulated rock and sediment deposited at the terminus of the glacier is known as the terminal moraine present along the central portion of the island. The evidence of these glacial periods is visible in the remaining wooded areas of Staten Island in the form of ]s and ].<ref>Isachsen, Yngvar W. "Continental Collisions and Ancient Volcanoes: The Geology of Southeastern New York", Educational Leaflet No. 24, The New York State Educational Department.</ref> | |||
Staten Island suffered a large proportion of the fatalities in the ], as nearly 300 of the fatalities were Staten Island residents, many of whom were firefighters or office workers in the ]. The ] was chosen to hold the debris from the towers and served as a crime lab for police investigators searching for human remains. | |||
At the retreat of the ice sheet, Staten Island was connected by land to Long Island, as the Narrows had not yet formed. Geologists' reckonings of the course of the Hudson River have placed it alternatively through the present course of the ], south of the island, or through present-day ] and ]. | |||
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{{See also|List of Staten Island neighborhoods}} | |||
According to the ], Richmond County has a total area of {{convert|102.5|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|58.5|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|44.0|sqmi}} (43%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 7, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519062322/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|archive-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> It is the third-smallest county in New York by land area and fourth-smallest by total area. | |||
According to the ], the borough / county has a total area of 265.5 ] (102.5 ]). 151.5 km² (58.5 mi²) of it is land and 114.0 km² (44.0 mi²) of it (42.95%) is water. | |||
Although Staten Island is a borough of New York City, the island is geographically part of New Jersey.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Snyder|first1=John P.|title=The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries 1606 – 1968|date=June 1968|publisher=New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography|location=Trenton, New Jersey|page=14|edition=1st|url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf|access-date=April 11, 2016}}</ref> Staten Island is separated from Long Island by the Narrows and from mainland New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull. Staten Island is positioned at the center of ], a sharp bend in the shoreline between New Jersey and Long Island. The region is considered vulnerable to sea-level rise.<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Geological Survey Studies in the New York Bight|url=https://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/newyork/|publisher=Woods Hole Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey|access-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref> On October 29, 2012, the island experienced severe damage and loss of life along with the destruction of many homes during ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Hurricane Sandy Hit Staten Island So Hard|url=http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/sandy/why_hurricane_sandy_hit_staten/1260369|publisher=AccuWeather, Inc.|access-date=November 8, 2012|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110233135/http://www.accuweather.com/en/features/sandy/why_hurricane_sandy_hit_staten/1260369|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Paulsen|first=Ken|title=Staten Island Hurricane Sandy overview: Thursday evening|url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/staten_island_hurricane_sandy_1.html|newspaper=Staten Island Advance|access-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref> | |||
Staten Island is separated from ] by ] and from mainland ] by the ] and the ]. It is connected to New Jersey via the ], the ], the ], and to Brooklyn by the ]. The ] connects the island to lower ]. The ] traverses the island from its northeastern tip to its southwestern tip. | |||
In addition to the main island, the borough and county also include several small uninhabited islands: | In addition to the main island, the borough and county also include several small uninhabited islands: | ||
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The highest point on the island, the summit of ], elevation {{convert|401|ft|m|abbr=on}}, is also the highest point in the five boroughs, as well as the highest point on the ] south of ] in ] and the highest point on ] south of ]'s Camden Hills. ] in the neighborhood of Tottenville is the southernmost point in the state of New York. | |||
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Staten Island is the only borough in New York City that does not share a land border with another borough (] in Manhattan is contiguous with the Bronx). The borough has a land border with ] and ], on uninhabited Shooters Island. | |||
The highest point on the island, the summit of ], elevation 410 ft (125 m), is also the highest point in the five boroughs, as well as the highest point on the ] south of ] in ] and the highest point on ] south of ]'s ]. | |||
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In the late 1960s the island was the site of important battles of open-space preservation, resulting in the largest area of parkland in New York City and an extensive ] that laces the island with woodland trails. | |||
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Staten Island is home to a large and diverse population of wildlife. Wildlife found on Staten Island include ] (which have increased from a population of 24 in 2008 to 2,000 in 2017 due to a hunting ban and a lack of predators),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/nyregion/deer-vasectomies-staten-island.html|title=Solving Staten Island's Deer Problem With a Snip and a Stitch|last=Wolfe|first=Jonathan|date=September 22, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 23, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> as well as hundreds of species of birds including ]s, ], ]s, ]s and ]. Staten Island is home to ]s, ]s, ]s, ]s, ]s, ] turtles, ]s, ] frogs, ]s, ], ]s, ], ]. In 2014 a new species of frog, the Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog ('']''), was described from Staten Island.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Feinberg |first1=Jeremy A. |last2=Newman |first2=Catherine E. |last3=Watkins-Colwell |first3=Gregory J. |last4=Schlesinger |first4=Matthew D. |last5=Zarate |first5=Brian |last6=Curry |first6=Brian R. |last7=Shaffer |first7=H. Bradley |last8=Burger |first8=Joanna |date=October 29, 2014 |title=Cryptic Diversity in Metropolis: Confirmation of a New Leopard Frog Species (Anura: Ranidae) from New York City and Surrounding Atlantic Coast Regions |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=9 |issue=10 |pages=e108213 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0108213 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=4212910 |pmid=25354068 |bibcode=2014PLoSO...9j8213F |doi-access=free }}</ref> | |||
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===Parkland=== | |||
{{seealso|List of Staten Island neighborhoods}} | |||
Staten Island includes thousands of acres of federal, state, and local park land, including the "greenbelt" and "blue belt" park systems and the ], in addition to hundreds of acres of private wooded areas. The National Park Service maintains full-time wildland firefighters to patrol Staten Island sites in wildfire brush trucks. | |||
The parks on Staten Island are managed by various state, federal and local agencies. | |||
==Government== | |||
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Since New York City's consolidation in 1898, Staten Island has been governed by the New York City Charter that provides for a "strong" ]. The centralized New York City government is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, and welfare services on Staten Island. | |||
Five sites are part of the {{convert|26,000|acre|km2|adj=on}} ], managed by the U.S. ] and patrolled by the ]: | |||
The office of ] was created in the consolidation of 1898 to balance centralization with local authority. Each borough president had a powerful administrative role derived from having a vote on the ], which was responsible for creating and approving the city's budget and proposals for land use. In 1989 the ] declared the Board of Estimate unconstitutional on the grounds that Brooklyn, the most populous borough, had no greater effective representation on the Board than Staten Island, the least populous borough, a violation of the ] ] pursuant to the high court's 1964 "one man, one vote" decision.<ref>, accessed ], ]</ref> | |||
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Two New York State parks are managed by the ]: | |||
Since 1990 the Borough President has acted as an advocate for the borough at the mayoral agencies, the City Council, the New York state government, and corporations. Staten Island's Borough President is ], a member of the ] elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005, with the endorsement of the ]. Molinaro is the only Republican-supported borough president in New York City. | |||
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] officers patrol these parks and the surrounding streets. | |||
{{convert|359|acres}} of State Forests, state wildlife management areas and Wetlands are managed by the ]: | |||
A mainly Caucasian (largely ]), Roman Catholic borough that is suburban in character, Staten Island's politics differ considerably from New York City's other boroughs. Although in 2005 44.7% of the borough's registered voters were registered Democrats and 30.6% were registered Republicans, the Republican Party holds a small majority of local public offices. Staten Island is the base of New York City's Republican Party in citywide elections. In the 2001 mayoral election borough voters chose Republican ], with 75.87% of the vote, over ] Mark Green, with 21.15% of the vote. Since Green narrowly lost the election citywide, Staten Island provided the margin of Bloomberg's victory. The main political divide in the borough is demarcated by the Staten Island Expressway; areas north of the Expressway tend to be more liberal while the south tends to be more conservative. Local party platforms center on affordable housing, education and ]. | |||
*Saint Francis Woodland | |||
*Butler Manor Woods | |||
*Arden Heights Woods | |||
*Todt Hill Woods | |||
*North Mount Loretto State Forest | |||
*Lemon Creek Tidal Wetland Wildlife Management Area | |||
*Blosers Wetland Wildlife Management Area | |||
*Goethal Pond Wetland | |||
*Bridge Creek Tidal Wetland | |||
*Old Place Creek Tidal Wetland | |||
*Oakwood Beach Wetland | |||
*Sharrots Shoreline Natural Resource Area | |||
*Sawmill Creek Wetland | |||
The {{convert|359|acres}} of NYS Department of Environmental Conservation land throughout the island are patrolled by ] officers and one NYS DEC Forest Ranger, who has the dual task of law enforcement and fire suppression. | |||
The ] manages 156 parks, including: | |||
In national elections Staten Island is not the Republican stronghold it is in local elections; neither is it a Democratic stronghold, however, like the rest of New York City. The borough is a Republican-leaning swing county, though like the New York suburbs in Long Island and Westchester County it has become increasingly Democratic since the 1990s. | |||
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The ] was the world's largest ] before closing in 2001,<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.freshkillspark.wordpress.com/tag/fresh-kills-landfill/ |title=Fresh Kills Landfill |publisher= Freshkills Park Blog |access-date=January 11, 2012}}</ref> although it was temporarily reopened that year to receive debris from the ].<ref>, US Army Corps of Engineers {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914084336/http://www.usace.army.mil/History/911/Pages/Staten_Island.aspx |date=September 14, 2011 }}</ref> The landfill is being redeveloped as ], an area devoted to restoring habitat. The park will become New York City's second largest public park when completed.<ref name="Fresh Kills">{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/fresh_kills_park/html/fresh_kills_park.html |title= Fresh Kills Park |access-date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> | |||
Each of the city's five counties (coterminous with each borough) has its own criminal court system and ], the chief public prosecutor who is directly elected by popular vote. Daniel Donovan, a Republican, has been the District Attorney of Richmond County since 2004. Staten Island has three City Council members, two Republicans and one Democrat, the smallest number among the five boroughs. It also has three administrative districts, each served by a local Community Board. Community Boards are representative bodies that field complaints and serve as advocates for local residents. | |||
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Staten Island has voted for a Democratic presidential nominee only three times since 1952 - in 1964, 1996 and 2000. In the ] Republican ] received 57% of the vote in Staten Island and Democrat ] received 42%. By contrast, Kerry outpolled Bush in New York City's other four boroughs by a cumulative margin of 77% to 22%. | |||
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The flag is on a white background in the center of which is the design of a seal in the shape of an oval. Within the seal appears the color blue to symbolize the skyline of the borough, in which two seagulls appear colored in black and white. The green outline represents the countryside of the borough with white outline denoting the residential areas of Staten Island. | |||
Below is inscribed the words "Staten Island" in gold. Below this are five wavy lines of blue to symbolize the water that surrounds the island borough on all sides. Gold fringe outlines the flag.<ref>http://www.sichamber.com/reginfo.html</ref> | |||
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{{US Census population | |||
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|1790= 3835 | |||
!colspan="3"|Staten Island Compared | |||
|1800= 4564 | |||
|1810= 5347 | |||
|1820= 6135 | |||
|1830= 7082 | |||
|1840= 10965 | |||
|1850= 15061 | |||
|1860= 25492 | |||
|1870= 33029 | |||
|1880= 38991 | |||
|1890= 51713 | |||
|1900= 67021 | |||
|1910= 85969 | |||
|1920= 116531 | |||
|1930= 158346 | |||
|1940= 174441 | |||
|1950= 191555 | |||
|1960= 221991 | |||
|1970= 295443 | |||
|1980= 352029 | |||
|1990= 378977 | |||
|2000= 443728 | |||
|2010= 468730 | |||
|2020= 495747 | |||
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 7, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ny190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 7, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefsrefname=StatenIslandQui/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 24, 2021}}</ref> 2010<ref name="2020CensusMap2"/> 2020<ref name="2020CensusMap"/> | |||
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!2010<ref name="auto"/> | |||
!1990<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html|title=Population Division Working Paper - Historical Census Statistics On Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990 - U.S. Census Bureau|website=www.census.gov|access-date=October 16, 2019}}</ref> | |||
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|59.6% | |||
|72.9% | |||
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|—Non-Hispanic | |||
|Total population||443,728||8,008,278||18,976,457 | |||
|56.1% | |||
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|64.0% | |||
|Population density||7,587.9/mi²||26,403/mi²||402/mi² | |||
|80% | |||
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|Median household income (1999)||$55,039||$38,293||$43,393 | |||
|10.5% | |||
|10.6% | |||
|8.1% | |||
|5.3% | |||
|2.8% | |||
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|] (of any race) | |||
|Per capita income||$23,905||$22,402||$23,389 | |||
|19.6% | |||
|17.3% | |||
|8% | |||
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|Bachelor's degree or higher||27%||27%||24% | |||
|12.0% | |||
|7.5% | |||
|4.5% | |||
|0.4% | |||
|0.1% | |||
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|Foreign born||16%||36%||20% | |||
|7.8% | |||
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|2.6% | |||
|White||78%||45%||68% | |||
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|Black||10%||27%||16% | |||
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|Hispanic (any race)||12%||27%||14% | |||
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|Asian||6%||10%||6% | |||
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As of the 2018 Estimate, 22.2% of residents are foreign born. 11.9% of residents live below the poverty line, the lowest of the five boroughs. Average per capita income was $33,922, while median household income was $76,244. There are 181,199 housing units, with a 69.5% owner occupancy rate, the highest of the five boroughs, as well as a median value of $460,200. There are 166,150 households, with 2.82 persons per household. | |||
As of 2006, there were 464,573 people, 256,341 households, and 214,128 families residing in the borough/county. The ] was 2,929.6/km² (7,587.9/mi²). There were 163,993 housing units at an average density of 1,082.7/km² (2,804.3/mi²). The racial makeup is 77.60% ], 9.67% ], 0.25% ], 5.65% ], 0.04% ], 4.14% from ], and 2.65% from two or more races. ] or ] of any race were 12.07% of the population. | |||
At the 2010 Census, there were 468,730 people living in Staten Island, which is an increase of 5.6% since the 2000 Census. | |||
Staten Island is the only New York City borough with a ] majority. According to the 2010 Census, 64.0% of the population was non-Hispanic ], down from 79% in 1990,<ref>{{cite web|title=New York – Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html|access-date=May 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html|archive-date=August 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> 10.6% ] or African American, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 7.5% Asian, 0.2% from some other race (non-Hispanic) and 2.6% of two or more races. 17.3% of Staten Island's population was of ] or Latino origin (of any race). | |||
In 2009, approximately 20.0% of the population was foreign born, and 1.8% of the populace was born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parents. Approximately 28.6% of the population over five years of age spoke a language other than English at home, and 27.3% of the population over twenty-five years of age had a bachelor's degree or higher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US36085&-context=adp&-ds_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_&-tree_id=309&-_lang=en&-_caller=geoselect&-format=|title=American FactFinder - Search|first=U.S. Census|last=Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=October 18, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210221401/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US36085&-context=adp&-ds_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_&-tree_id=309&-_lang=en&-_caller=geoselect&-format=|archive-date=February 10, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
According to the 2009 ], the borough's population was 75.7% White (65.8% non-Hispanic White alone), 10.2% Black or African American (9.6% non-Hispanic Black or African American alone), 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 7.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 4.6% from Some other race, and 1.9% from Two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 15.9% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US36085&-qr_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_DP5&-context=adp&-ds_name=&-tree_id=309&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format=|title=American FactFinder - Results|first=U.S. Census|last=Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=October 18, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210221201/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US36085&-qr_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_DP5&-context=adp&-ds_name=&-tree_id=309&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format=|archive-date=February 10, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the survey, the top ten European ancestries were the following: | |||
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The borough has the highest proportion of Italian Americans of any county in the United States. There is a significant ] community mainly in the ] area. Since the 2000 census, a large ] community has been growing on Staten Island, particularly in the Rossville, South Beach, and Great Kills area. There is also a significant ] community mainly in the South Beach and Midland Beach area and there is also a large ] community on Staten Island, concentrated mainly on Victory Boulevard on the northeastern tip of Staten Island towards St. George. The '''Little Sri Lanka''' in the ] neighborhood is one of the largest Sri Lankan communities outside of the country of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycgo.com/slideshows/must-see-little-sri-lanka|title=NYC The Official Guide – Must-See Little Sri Lanka: 7 Great Things to See and Do|first=Harrison|last=Peck|publisher=NYC & Company|access-date=November 27, 2011|archive-date=February 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223164440/http://www.nycgo.com/slideshows/must-see-little-sri-lanka|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frommers.com/community/blogs/between-bites.cfm?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3A130beee0-89b1-4de1-90ee-74de88a6b321Post%3A39c5c777-4c31-4a26-9501-b8f4d3b4e5bb|title=Frommer's – New York City: Exploring Staten Island's Little Sri Lanka|first=Amy|last=Zavatto|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|date=August 5, 2010|access-date=November 27, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111182525/http://www.frommers.com/community/blogs/between-bites.cfm?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3A130beee0-89b1-4de1-90ee-74de88a6b321Post%3A39c5c777-4c31-4a26-9501-b8f4d3b4e5bb|archive-date=January 11, 2012}}</ref> The island houses more Liberians than anywhere outside ],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/nyregion/along-with-population-and-diversity-stress-rises-on-staten-i.html |title=Along With Population and Diversity, Stress Rises on Staten I. |first1=Joseph |last1=Berger |first2=Ian |last2=Urbina |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 25, 2003 |access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref> and has included three Liberian heads of state: ], ], and ]. The borough is also home to a ]-speaking ] community.<ref>{{Cite news | |||
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Most of the borough's ] and ] residents live north of the ]. In terms of religion, the borough's population is largely ], peaking near 60% in the 2000 census.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.silive.com/news/2015/09/staten_island_catholics_by_the.html |title=With Pope Francis visiting, 9 things to know about Staten Island Catholics |first=Diane C. |last=Lore |newspaper=Staten Island Advance |date=September 22, 2015 |access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref> The ] community is slightly less numerous compared to other parts of the ]. | |||
Per the 2009 American Community Survey, the median income for a household was $55,039, and the median income for a family was $64,333. Males had a median income of $50,081 versus $35,914 for females. The ] for the borough was $23,905. About 7.9% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the ], including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over. | |||
If each borough were ranked as a separate city, Staten Island would be the ]. | |||
===Languages=== | |||
{{As of|2010}}, 70.39% (306,310) of Staten Island residents age 5 and older spoke only English at home, while 10.02% (43,587) spoke Spanish, 3.14% (13,665) Russian, 3.11% (13,542) Italian, 2.39% (10,412) Chinese, 1.81% (7,867) ], 1.38% (5,990) Arabic, 1.01% (4,390) Polish, 0.88% (3,812) Korean, 0.80% (3,500) ], 0.76% (3,308) other Asian languages, 0.62% (2,717) ], 0.57% (2,479) ], and African languages were spoken as a ] by 0.56% (2,458) of the population over the age of five. In total, 29.61% (128,827) of Staten Island's population age 5 and older spoke a first language other than English.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results|title=Richmond County, New York|publisher=]|access-date=August 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619224705/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results|archive-date=June 19, 2006}}</ref> | |||
==Government and politics== | |||
===History=== | |||
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{{See also|Government of New York City}} | |||
Since New York City's consolidation in 1898, Staten Island has been governed by the New York City Charter that provides for a "strong" ]. The centralized New York City government is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, and welfare services on Staten Island. | |||
The office of ] was created in the consolidation of 1898 to balance centralization with local authority. Each borough president had a powerful administrative role derived from having a vote on the ], which was responsible for creating and approving the city's budget and proposals for land use. | |||
The Office of Borough President became one focal point for opinions over the ] when former intelligence agent and peace activist ] ran for office in 1973, sponsored by the Staten Island Democratic Association. Murphy's combat veteran status deflected traditional right-wing attacks on liberals, and the campaign facilitated the emergence of more liberal politics on Staten Island. In '']'' (1989), the ] declared the Board of Estimate unconstitutional on the grounds that Brooklyn, the most populous borough, had no greater effective representation on the board than Staten Island, the least populous borough, a violation of the ] ] pursuant to the high court's 1964 "one man, one vote" decision.<ref>{{cite court | |||
|litigants=Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris | |||
|vol=489 U.S. 688 | |||
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|court=Supreme Court of the United States | |||
|date=March 22, 1989 | |||
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] in St. George, Staten Island.]] | |||
Since 1990 the Borough president has acted as an advocate for the borough at the mayoral agencies, the City Council, the New York state government, and corporations. Staten Island's Borough President is ], a ] who was elected in November 2021. Fossella is the only Republican borough president in New York City. | |||
===Staten Island flag=== | |||
The Staten Island flag uses its old borough seal as a flag. | |||
===Politics=== | |||
Staten Island's politics differ considerably from the rest of New York City. While the other four boroughs tend to be strongly Democratic, Staten Island is considered the most conservative, and the only one where Republicans usually do well.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/25/staten-island-max-rose-republican-democrat-midterms|title='It's not like the rest of the city': can a Democrat flip Trump-voting Staten Island?|first=Erin|last=Durkin|newspaper=The Guardian |date=October 25, 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> Although in 2005 44.7% of the borough's registered voters were registered Democrats and 30.6% were registered Republicans, the Republican Party holds a majority of local public offices. Staten Island is the base of New York City's Republican Party in citywide elections. | |||
The main political divide in the borough is demarcated by the Staten Island Expressway; areas north of the Expressway tend to be more liberal while the south tends to be more conservative. Local party platforms center on affordable housing, education and ]. Two out of Staten Island's three ] members are Republicans, including conservative commentator ]. | |||
In national elections, Staten Island is a Republican-leaning county. Staten Island has voted for a Democratic presidential nominee only four times since 1940: in 1964, 1996, 2000, and 2012. In the ], Republican ] won 52% of the vote in the borough to Democrat ]'s 48%. In ], the borough flipped and was won by incumbent Democrat Barack Obama, who took 51% of the vote to Republican ]'s 48%. This made the borough one of the few parts of the country where Barack Obama gained as compared to 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vote.nyc.ny.us/downloads/pdf/results/2012/GeneralElection/0000010000Citywide%20President%20Vice%20President%20Citywide%20Recap.pdf |title=Statement and Return Report |publisher=NYC Board of Elections |date=December 27, 2012|access-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref> The Democratic Party's gains on the island in the 2010s proved ephemeral. In ], Republican ] carried Staten Island by 15.1%, the largest margin of any presidential candidate since ]. With 56.1% of the island-wide vote, Trump became the first-ever presidential candidate to receive over 100,000 votes out of Staten Island. The borough stayed Republican on election day ], delivering 56.9% and a record of more than 123,000 votes to President Donald Trump.<ref name="NYCBOEPOTUS">{{cite web|url=https://web.enrboenyc.us/CD23464AD5.html|title=BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK 2020 ELECTION NIGHT RESULTS President/Vice President, Borough of Richmond|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113073136/https://web.enrboenyc.us/CD23464AD5.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NYSBOE">{{cite web|url=https://nyenr.elections.ny.gov/|title=New York State Board of Elections, 2020 General Election Night Results|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120174014/https://nyenr.elections.ny.gov/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In both elections, Staten Island was the only borough where Trump managed even 30 percent of the vote. | |||
===Federal Representation=== | |||
Some main European ancestries of Staten Island, 2000:<ref>, ]. Accessed ], ].</ref> | |||
As of 2023, Staten Island lies entirely within ], which also includes part of southwestern Brooklyn. It is currently represented by a Republican, ], who was elected in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=New York Senators, Representatives, and Congressional District Maps |website=GovTrack.us |date=May 21, 2018 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/NY#representatives |access-date=December 29, 2018}}</ref> The 11th district had been represented by Democrat ], until Malliotakis defeated him 53.1% to 46.8%.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 3, 2020 |title=New York Election Results: 11th Congressional District |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-new-york-house-district-11.html |access-date=July 11, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | |||
*]: 37.7% | |||
*]: 16.0% | |||
*]: 6.3% | |||
*]: 2.2% | |||
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Since the 2000 census, a rather large Russian community has been growing on Staten Island, particularly in the Rossville, South Beach, and Great Kills area. | |||
|+ Party affiliation of Staten Island registered voters | |||
The vast majority of the island's African American and Hispanic residents live north of the ], or ]. In terms of religion, the population is largely ]. The ] community is large enough that it would be significant in most other parts of the country, but it is relatively small compared to other parts of the ]. | |||
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!colspan="7"|Staten Island population | |||
!2005 | |||
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|colspan="7"|By town, by census''' | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff"|44.70 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff"|44.76 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff"|45.19 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff"|45.39 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff"|45.63 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff"|45.47 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff"|45.51 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff"|45.60 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff"|46.38 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff"|46.15 | |||
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!Census!!Castleton!!Middletown!!Northfield!!Southfield!!Westfield!!Total | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="fff3f3"|30.64 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="fff3f3"|30.47 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="fff3f3"|30.77 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="fff3f3"|30.55 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="fff3f3"|30.68 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="fff3f3"|30.76 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="fff3f3"|31.17 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="fff3f3"|31.60 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="fff3f3"|30.80 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="fff3f3"|31.28 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|No affiliation (%) | |||
|1790|| 805|| N/A|| 1,021|| 855|| 1,154|| 3,835 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|19.00 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|19.10 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|18.46 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|18.54 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|18.67 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|18.84 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|18.67 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|18.25 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|18.43 | |||
|align="center" bgcolor="white"|18.48 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|align="center"|Other (%) | |||
|1800|| 1,056|| N/A|| 1,377|| 932|| 1,198|| 4,563 | |||
|align="center"|5.66 | |||
|align="center"|5.67 | |||
|align="center"|5.58 | |||
|align="center"|5.52 | |||
|align="center"|5.02 | |||
|align="center"|4.93 | |||
|align="center"|4.65 | |||
|align="center"|4.55 | |||
|align="center"|4.39 | |||
|align="center"|4.09 | |||
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|1810|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A | |||
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|1820|| 1,527|| N/A|| 1,980|| 1,012|| 1,616|| 6,135 | |||
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|1830|| 2,204|| N/A|| 2,171|| 975|| 1,734|| 7,084 | |||
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|1840|| 4,275|| N/A|| 2,745|| 1,619|| 2,326|| 10,965 | |||
|- | |||
|1850|| 5,389|| N/A|| 4,020|| 2,709|| 2,943|| 26,026 | |||
|- | |||
|1860|| 6,778|| 6,243|| 4,841|| 3,645|| 3,985|| 25,492 | |||
|- | |||
|1870|| 9,504|| 7,589|| 5,949|| 5,082|| 4,905|| 31,029 | |||
|- | |||
|1880||12,679|| 9,029|| 7,014|| 4,980|| 5,289|| 38,991 | |||
|- | |||
|1890||16,423||10,577|| 9,811|| 6,644|| 8,258|| 51,713 | |||
|- | |||
|1900|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| 67,021 | |||
|- | |||
|1910|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| 85,969 | |||
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|1920|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A||116,531 | |||
|- | |||
|1930|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A||158,346 | |||
|- | |||
|1940|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A||174,441 | |||
|- | |||
|1950|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A||191,555 | |||
|- | |||
|1960|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A||221,991 | |||
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|1970|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A||295,443 | |||
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|1980|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A||352,029 | |||
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|1990|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A||378,977 | |||
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|2000|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A||443,728 | |||
|- | |||
|2006|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A|| N/A||464,573 | |||
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*N/A = not available | |||
*1810 Census was not broken out by towns. | |||
*Source: 1790–1890 — The Encyclopedia of New York City. | |||
*Source: 1900–2005 | |||
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===Local politics=== | |||
There were 156,341 households out of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% are ] living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.31. | |||
Staten Island representation in the ] has one ] and three ]. The 62nd,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Reilly - Assembly District 62 {{!}}Assembly Member Directory {{!}} New York State Assembly |url=https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Michael-Reilly |access-date=July 11, 2023 |website=nyassembly.gov}}</ref> 63rd,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Pirozzolo - Assembly District 63 {{!}}Assembly Member Directory {{!}} New York State Assembly |url=https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Sam-Pirozzolo |access-date=July 11, 2023 |website=nyassembly.gov}}</ref> and 64th<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Michael-Tannousis|publisher=state.ny.us|title=Michael Tannousis - Assembly District 64 |Assembly Member Directory | New York State Assembly}}</ref> districts are represented by Republicans ], ], and ]. The 61st<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=61&sh=map|title=New York State Assembly – Matthew Titone|publisher=state.ny.us}}</ref> district has an elected Democrat, ]. Staten Island is split between two ]. Most of the island used to be represented by Republican ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyssenate24.com/district_map.asp|title=Realtors in New York City|publisher=nyssenate24.com}}</ref> the longest-serving legislator in state history; but is now represented by Republican ]; while the North Shore belongs to the district of Democrat ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jessica Scarcella-Spanton {{!}} NYSenate.gov |url=https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/jessica-scarcella-spanton |access-date=July 11, 2023 |website=www.nysenate.gov}}</ref> In 2018, ], a ] who at the time was a member of the ] for the 61st District, was elected Surrogate Judge for Richmond County, which covers all of Staten Island. He was succeeded by ], also a Democrat, and the first African American elected to the Assembly from Staten Island. | |||
Until 2009, Staten Island was included with Brooklyn as part of New York State's 2nd Judicial District. In that year, Staten Island secured Judicial Independence when a new law was signed, creating New York's 13th Judicial District. Since 2009, Staten Island voters have had the opportunity to elect 5 Justices to the New York State Supreme Court. | |||
Each of the city's five counties (coterminous with each borough) has its own criminal court system and ], the chief public prosecutor who is directly elected by popular vote. ], a ], is the current District Attorney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2015/11/democrat-michael-mcmahon-wins-staten-island-district-attorney-race/|title=Democrat Michael McMahon Wins Staten Island District Attorney Race|work=] |first=Jillian|last=Jorgensen|date=November 3, 2015|access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref> | |||
Staten Island has three City Council members, the smallest number among the five boroughs. As of 2023, the island's city council delegation comprises two Republicans and one Democrat. The borough also has three administrative districts, each served by a local ]. Community Boards are representative bodies that field complaints and serve as advocates for local residents. In the 2009 election for city offices, Staten Island elected its first black official, ], who defeated the incumbent Democrat in the North Shore city council seat in a primary and then went on to win the general election. | |||
In New York City mayoral elections, Staten Island has traditionally been reliably Republican, having last voted Democratic for incumbent mayor ] in ]. Staten Island's high Republican turnout is considered one of the major factors that helped ] win in ] against incumbent Democratic mayor ], and also ] in ] against ]. | |||
=== Secession from New York City === | |||
Secession from New York City has been a long-time ] on Staten Island. The "Greater City" exists as a result of actions of the ], and, as such, could be reduced in size by the same mechanism. A non-binding ] was held in 1993 to consider whether it should be allowed to secede from the city. The New York City government and Mayor ] opposed the vote, contending that the referendum should not be permitted by the state unless the city issued a ] message supporting it, which the city would not. ] ] disagreed, and the vote went forward. Ultimately, 65% of Staten Island residents voted to secede through the approval of a new city ] making Staten Island an independent ], but implementation was blocked in the ].<ref name=McGibney>{{cite web|url=https://council.nyc.gov/joseph-borelli/2022/06/28/another-staten-island-secession-task-force-bill-really/#:~:text=The%20closest%20Staten%20Island%20came,and%20the%20movement%20died%20off.|title=Another Staten Island secession task force bill, really?|author=Megan McGibney|publisher=council.nyc.gov|date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> | |||
The Staten Island secession movement was defused by the election of Rudy Giuliani as New York City mayor on the same ballot. He had campaigned on the promise that Staten Island's grievances would be addressed. Giuliani's plurality in his narrow victory over Dinkins was aided by overwhelming support from Staten Island. Two of the borough's biggest demands were closing the ] and making the ] free, both of which were done. However, after the election of ] as Mayor in 2013 and the success of the ] vote in the United Kingdom in 2016, interest in secession was revived. In 2019 and 2022, New York City councilman Joe Borelli announced his plan to introduce another set of bills to study the feasibility of secession.<ref name=McGibney /> | |||
== Tourism == | |||
In 2009, Borough president ] started a program to increase tourism on Staten Island. This program included a new website, a "Staten Island Attractions" video that is aired in both the Staten Island and the Manhattan Whitehall ferry terminals, as well as informational kiosks at the terminals, which supply printed information on Staten Island attractions, entertainment and restaurants.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} | |||
] New York City, is a {{convert|350,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} retail complex constructed in the ] neighborhood of Staten Island. Empire Outlets features 100 designer outlets. It is the first ] in New York City. The mall is located next to the ], a major ferry, train, and bus hub.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} | |||
Staten Island's Arts District is located in the North Shore region with many locations to see music and experience art. The Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanic Gardens (1000 Richmond Terrace) is home to The Staten Island Museum, The Staten Island Children's Museum, Heritage Farm, The Newhouse Gallery, The Chinese Scholar's Garden and the Great Hall. The St. George Theater is a historic landmark seated theater within walking distance from the ferry and, it hosts many touring music artists. ArtSpace, located at Navy Pier Court is run by the local arts council with revolving exhibits by local artists. Staten Island's only community radio station, Maker Park Radio, is located in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island. The Alice Austen House is a historic landmark and photography gallery with a view of Manhattan. Although Staten Island lacks venues, one can see many live music artists at local restaurants and spaces on most weekends. There are also numerous theaters on the Island. | |||
The population is spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males. | |||
Staten Island is known as the borough of parks because of its numerous parks. Some well known parks are Clove Lakes, Silver Lake, Greenbelt and High Rock. Paulo's Peak (formerly Moses Mountain), a hill known for its view of the borough, is the location where ] wanted to build the ] before protests defeated this arrangement. It is now a key point of Staten Island for tourists.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} | |||
The median income for a household is $55,039, and the median income for a family was $64,333. Males had a median income of $50,081 versus $35,914 for females. The ] for the borough was $23,905. About 7.9% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the ], including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over. | |||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
{{See also|Culture of New York City}} | |||
===Museums=== | |||
Staten Island is home to a variety of cultural centers and historical sites: the ] House Museum, the ], the ]-] Museum, ], ], the Noble Maritime Collection, ] Historical Museum, ], the ], and the ]. It has also been selected to become the future site of the ]. Additionally, the island is home to the ] which recently opened a newly refurbished reptile exhibit. | |||
===Local support for the arts=== | |||
{{seealso|Culture of New York City}} | |||
]", at St. George Esplanade]] | |||
Artists and musicians have been moving to Staten Island's North Shore so they can be in close proximity to Manhattan while having an affordable space to live and work.<ref name="NYT_Bohemia"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=104bda05ad2b8da609a03bcacd3bda17be057b43|title=Hipsters on Staten Island|format=Video|work=]|access-date=December 19, 2007|archive-date=November 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111105723/http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=104bda05ad2b8da609a03bcacd3bda17be057b43|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | |||
|url = http://ny1.com/1-all-boroughs-news-content/top_stories/?SecID=1000&ArID=69203 | |||
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|archive-date = January 30, 2013 | |||
|title = Artists Hope To Revitalize St. George, Stapleton Areas | |||
|date = April 28, 2007 | |||
|access-date = October 20, 2009 | |||
}}</ref> Filmmakers, most of whom work independently, also play an important part in Staten Island's art scene, which has been recognized by the local government. Staten Island Arts (formerly The Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island) is Staten Island's local arts council and helps support local artists and cultural organizations with regrants, workshops, folklife and arts-in-education programs, and advocacy.<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url=http://statenislandarts.org | |||
|title=Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island | |||
|publisher=COAHSI | |||
|date=August 19, 2011 | |||
|access-date=August 19, 2011 | |||
}}</ref> Conceived by the ] to introduce independent and international films to a broad and diverse audience, the Staten Island Film Festival (SIFF) held its first four-day festival in 2006. | |||
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===Attractions=== | ||
] is New York City's living history village and museum complex. Visitors can explore the diversity of the American experience, especially that of Staten Island and its neighboring communities, from the colonial period to the present. The village area occupies {{convert|25|acre|m2}} of a {{convert|100|acre|km2|adj=on}} site with about 15 restored buildings, including homes, commercial and civic buildings, and a museum. | |||
{{Missing information|non-media related culture}} | |||
Movies filmed partially or wholly on Staten Island include '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; ''Two Family House''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; '']''; and '']''. Also independent films '']'' (1999), '']'' (2002) and '']'' (2005) were filmed on Staten Island and directed by ] as well as '']'' (1986) and ''No Way Home'' (1996) by Staten Island director ]. | |||
The island is home to the ]. Zoo construction commenced in 1933 as part of the Federal Government's works program on an eight-acre (three-hectare) estate willed to New York City. It was opened on June 10, 1936, the first zoo in the U.S. specifically devoted to an educational mandate. In the late 1960s, the zoo maintained the most complete ] collection in the world with 39 varieties. | |||
The movie '']'' starring ] was filmed all over Staten Island, including ], St. George Theater, Cargo Cafe, etc. | |||
====Museums==== | |||
The movie '']'' was filmed in the area of New Dorp in Staten Island. It was filmed in several places including Miller Field and ]. | |||
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], the ] Museum, the ], the ], ], ], the Noble Maritime Collection, Sandy Ground Historical Museum,<ref>{{cite news | |||
'']'', the 1973 ] thriller starring ] and ], takes place on Staten Island and was largely filmed there. | |||
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|title=Sandy Ground – For Descendants of Black Settlers on Staten Island, a Dream Realized | |||
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}}</ref> ], the ], and the ], home of the ], can all be found on the island. | |||
The ] undertook a major fundraising project and opened an educational center at St. George in 2015.<ref name="Majtan 2015 m873">{{cite web | last=Majtan | first=Leisha | title=National Lighthouse Museum Opens | website=Spectrum News NY1 | date=August 8, 2015 | url=https://ny1.com/nyc/staten-island/news/2015/08/7/national-lighthouse-museum-opens | access-date=December 8, 2023}}</ref> The ] (art, science, and history) opened a new branch in Snug Harbor in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pogrebin|first=Robin|date=September 18, 2015|title=Staten Island Museum Is Reopening in Snug Harbor Complex|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/arts/design/staten-island-museum-is-reopening-in-snug-harbor-complex.html|access-date=December 8, 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | |||
In the movie, '']'', the character Ben takes ]'s character to visit his family on Staten Island. | |||
The ], also known as The Seguine-Burke Mansion, is located on ] near the southern shore of Staten Island. The 19th-century ] house is listed on the ] and is a member of the ]; it harbors peacocks and an equestrian center.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://seguinemansion.org/ |title=The Seguine Mansion |access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref> | |||
The music video for the song "]" by ] was shot at various Staten Island locations, including the stairs leading up to the ] train platform and the white picketted fenced house on ] is on Edgar Terrace. Also, the "]" video by the ] was partially filmed at the Staten Island Mall. | |||
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Television series shot partially or wholly on Staten Island include '']'' and '']''. | |||
===Newspapers=== | |||
] and ] sitcom '']'' is about a family living in Staten Island. | |||
Staten Island's local paper is '']''. The paper also has an affiliated website called {{URL|silive.com}}. | |||
===In culture=== | |||
The characters of the ] sitcom '']'', have traveled to Staten Island in two episodes: | |||
*In the second-season episode ''Terms Of Employment'', Karen and Jack attempt to film an employee training video in a studio in Staten Island. Karen makes a reference to the ] (closed since 2001), and the population of largely working-class families. | |||
*In the eighth-season episode ''The Old Man And The Sea'', Grace brings Karen and Malcolm with her on a blind date in Staten Island. Major thoroughfares such as ] and ] are mentioned. | |||
====Film==== | |||
Banishment to Staten Island was once a common threat in the New York City uniformed services, and is reflected in both film and television. In '']'' an officer is threatened with walking a beat on Staten Island. On ''],'' Detective ] (played by ]) is sent to Staten Island for punching a councilman. The title character in '']'' dreaded the thought of being transferred to Staten Island. On '']'' Ralph resists being reassigned to a Staten Island bus route. And ]'s character, Tommy Gavin, on '']'' also does time working in a firehouse on Staten Island. This theme was also used on other TV shows such as ], ], ], ], ], ] and even the ]. | |||
Movies filmed partially or wholly on Staten Island include: | |||
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]'s '']'' album was a live recording of his "One to One" concert at ] on August 30, 1972. The concert was a fundraiser for the mentally-challenged children, inspired by the horrid conditions at ]. The album also features Staten Island guitar player ]. The Willowbrook issue was initially exposed by the ] and brought to Lennon's attention by his friend and broadcast journalist ] who covered the story for ], New York. | |||
====Literature==== | |||
==Notable Natives and Residents== | |||
] published her poem "]" in her volume, ''Scenes in my Native Land'', 1845. This is accompanied by her observations following a visit there in 1843.<ref>{{cite web| last =Sigourney|first=Lydia|title=Scenes in My Native Land| url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=DzhkAAAAcAAJ&pg=GBS.PA244| year=1845 |publisher=Thurston, Torry & Co.}}</ref> | |||
*] - Pop singer. Born on Staten Island, although she was raised in ] | |||
*] - producer/director/writer for MTV Cribs | |||
World War One poet ], who fought with the French Foreign Legion and was killed in the Battle of the Somme and author of "" grew up at St. Marks Place above the ferry stop on Staten Island in the last decade of the 19th century. His poem "" described property that would become Low Terrace, St. George.<ref>Dickon, Chris (2019). . KDP. p. 305. {{ISBN|9781689382588}} Ch. 1</ref> | |||
*] - Actor, currently resides in Staten Island. | |||
*] - Boxing trainer | |||
] was born on the island. Longfellow is the author of '']'' and other books. Her Sam Russo ] ] novels are based in and around ]. | |||
*] - All Star Shortstop, ] grew up on Staten Island. | |||
*] - Photographer, lived all of her life on Staten Island. A ] is named for her | |||
], the author of ''The Gossamer'', ''The Giver'', and many other books, attended school on Staten Island. | |||
*] - folk singer | |||
*] - ] 2006 First Round Draft Pick, Born on Staten Island | |||
Writer ] lived in Staten Island during his youth and based most of his teenage novels in the island. | |||
*] - guitarist for ] lives on Staten Island | |||
*] - Artist, children's book author. Currently resides in Staten Island. | |||
] based ] on the view of Staten Island from his childhood home in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/world-news-with-diane-sawyer/listing/2014-04/18-wn-418-games-of-thrones-author-george-rr-martin|title=Interview of George RR Martin on the April 18, 2014 episode of ''ABC World News Tonight''|work=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140427183405/http://abc.go.com/shows/world-news-with-diane-sawyer/listing/2014-04/18-wn-418-games-of-thrones-author-george-rr-martin|archive-date=April 27, 2014}}</ref> | |||
*] - Famed Prosecutor, was involved in the famous ] trial, graduated from ] | |||
*] - singer, his family had a summer home as a child in ]. | |||
====Music==== | |||
*] - Cartoonist and creator of '']'' is a long time resident of Staten Island | |||
{{Main|Music of New York City}} | |||
*] - actor and ] resident. Jimmy Whispers in '']'', also was in '']'', '']''. | |||
Staten Island also has a local music scene. These venues in the North Shore are part of the art movement mentioned above. Local bands include many punk, ska, hardcore punk, indie, metal, and pop punk bands. Staten Island is known internationally for its hip hop culture from the critically acclaimed ]. | |||
*]- Gambino Crime Boss, lived in the ] section | |||
*] - Disc Jockey, raised in Brooklyn, currently lives on Staten Island | |||
Musicians who were born or reside on Staten Island and groups that formed on Staten Island are found at ]. | |||
*] - Actor who plays "Martin Fitzgerald" on the ] drama '']'' | |||
====Television==== | |||
*], a Colonel in the ] during the War of 1812 and the nominal inspiration for the fictional protagonist in Washington Irving's '']'', who is buried in Staten Island, New York | |||
The ] cable news channel ] airs a weekly show called ''This Week on Staten Island'', hosted by Anthony Pascale. The magazine-style show takes content from NY1's hourly newscasts called "Your Staten Island News Now". | |||
*] - Television and movie actor born on Staten Island. A notable and one of Hollywoods best character actors, Dehner played ]'s boss Sy Bennett on the ]. He appeared in three classic ] episodes and other movies and television shows. Western fans came to know Dehner as "Paladin" on radio's "]" in his radio days. | |||
*] - Better known as ], lead singer of the 1980s heavy metal band ] Lawless, who is a friend of fellow Staten Islander David Johansen, replaced ] in the ] when he was 18. | |||
A documentary series, ''A Walk Around Staten Island with ] and Barry Lewis'', premiered on ] station ] on December 3, 2007. The hosts profile Staten Island culture and history, including major attractions such as the ], ], the ], ] and its Chinese Scholars Garden, and many more sites.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thirteen.org/statenisland/ |title=A Walk Around Staten Island |first1=David |last1=Hartman |author-link1=David Hartman (TV personality) |first2=Barry |last2=Lewis|year=2007 |publisher=] station ] |access-date=October 20, 2009}}</ref> | |||
*] rapper, born and raised on Staten Island | |||
*] - actress '']'', '']'' attended ] | |||
The ] and ] sitcom '']'' (2001–2005) was centered on a family of Irish heritage living on Staten Island.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grounded for Life|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255734/|website=IMDB|date=January 10, 2001|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref> | |||
*] born and raised on Staten Island had a top ten song Tender Love in 1986, produced by longtime ] producers ] | |||
*] - Former ] pitcher | |||
All four cast members of ] hidden camera ] show '']'' (2011–) hail from Staten Island. ], ], ], and ] are four friends who originally met while attending ], where they formed the improv comedy troupe ]. ''Impractical Jokers'' features many references to Staten Island and filming often takes place in the borough. On February 6, 2023, the borough declared the first Monday of every February "Impractical Jokers Day" in honor of the show.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2023 |title=truTV's "Impractical Jokers" Receive Dedicated Day From Hometown of Staten Island on February 6 AT 6:30PM ET/PT |url=https://wbd.com/trutvs-impractical-jokers-receive-dedicated-day-from-hometown-of-staten-island-on-february-6-at-630pm-et-pt/ |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=Warner Bros. Discovery |language=en |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207033503/https://wbd.com/trutvs-impractical-jokers-receive-dedicated-day-from-hometown-of-staten-island-on-february-6-at-630pm-et-pt/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Impractical Jokers Day' becomes official on Staten Island |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/arts-entertainment/2023/02/07/-impractical-jokers-day--becomes-official-on-staten-island |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=www.ny1.com |language=en}}</ref> | |||
*] - 19th century Italian revolutionary and statesman, lived for a time on Staten Island, and worked as a candle-maker | |||
*] - rapper born on Staten Island. | |||
The ] ] series ] (2019–) is centered on a group of vampires who live on Staten Island.<ref>{{cite web|title=What We Do in the Shadows|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7908628/|website=IMDB|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=August 1, 2019}}</ref> The fact that they live on Staten Island and not more centrally in New York City is a common joke within the series, and their attempts to take over the entire borough have resulted in control of only five houses, according to the group. | |||
*] - Actor/Director/Writer who directed the cult films '']'' and '']'' | |||
*] - Actor who plays Detective ] on the ] drama '']''. He is a cousin of director ]. | |||
====Theater==== | |||
*] - mob turncoat lived on Staten Island | |||
The ] serves as a cultural arts center, hosting educational programs, architectural tours, television and film shoots, concerts, comedy, ] touring companies, and small and large children's shows. Artists who have performed there include ], ], ], and ]. In 2012, the NBC musical drama '']'' series filmed several scenes there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silive.com/entertainment/tvfilm/index.ssf/2012/01/officials_at_staten_islands_st.html|title=Officials at Staten Island's St. George Theatre applaud exposure as NBC's 'Smash' films|work=SILive.com|date=January 17, 2012}}</ref> | |||
*] - Television writer/producer, professional gamer | |||
*] - actor born in West Brighton, St. Peters High School | |||
The Ritz Theater in ], a ] and ] venue now a home-improvement showroom, once hosted the biggest names in ] and ]. The theater was built by Isle Theatrical and opened in 1924.<ref name="lundrigan">{{cite book |last1=Lundrigan |first1=Margaret |title=Staten Island: Isle of the Bay |date=2004 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=0-7385-2443-3 |pages=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-p4lHNbJfE8C&pg=PA118 |access-date=January 27, 2019}}</ref> From 1970 to 1972, the theater had an arrangement with a ] club that enabled them to bring top names, many of whom are now in the ], to the location.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ritz Theater in Staten Island |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1930 |website=Cinema Treasures |publisher=Cinema Treasures, LLC |access-date=January 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RITZ THEATER, Port Richmond |url=https://forgotten-ny.com/2014/03/ritz-theater-port-richmond/ |website=Forgotten New York |access-date=January 26, 2019 |date=March 24, 2014}}</ref> | |||
*] - Famous model and wife to ]' ] | |||
*] of the ] briefly lived in Staten Island near ] while being treated for cancer there. | |||
The Stadium Theatre was a 1,037-seat movie theater in ] from 1927 to 1957. In January 1969 it re-opened as the New Stadium Theatre and was a rock-music venue, but by the 1970s it had become the site of a ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Stadium Theatre in Staten Island |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3383 |publisher=Cinema Treasures |access-date=January 26, 2019}}</ref> | |||
*] - famed Hollywood character actor, voice of cartoon '']'''s Officer Dibble was born on Staten Island. | |||
*] (aka Buster Poindexter) of the ] | |||
The Lane Theater in ] opened on February 10, 1938, and was operated by Charles, Lewis and Elias Moses.<ref name=lundrigan/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gray |first1=Christopher |title=STREETSCAPES: The Lane Theater; In a 1930's Movie Palace, the Stars Still Come Out |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/25/realestate/streetscapes-the-lane-theater-in-a-1930-s-movie-palace-the-stars-still-come-out.html |access-date=January 27, 2019 |newspaper=New York Times |date=September 25, 1988}}</ref> The theater's interior has been ] since November 1988. Starting in 1998, several concerts were hosted;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Kevin |title=GRANT CITY/NEW DORP, Staten Island |url=https://forgotten-ny.com/2010/05/grant-citynew-dorp-staten-island/ |website=Forgotten New York |access-date=January 27, 2019 |date=May 31, 2010}}</ref> and the theater briefly hosted "The EleMent" nightclub in 2001. After renovations were completed in summer 2009, Uncle Vinnie's Comedy Club opened there, operating until 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reifer |first1=Jodi Lee |title=Uncle Vinnie's Comedy Club set to open its doors |url=https://www.silive.com/entertainment/music/2009/11/uncle_vinnies_comedy_club_set.html |access-date=January 27, 2019 |agency=SILive.com |newspaper=Staten Island Advance |date=November 12, 2009}}</ref> In 2012 the building became the home of the Crossroads Church.<ref>{{cite web |title=Want a piece of the old Lane Theater? It's yours for $995 |url=https://www.silive.com/news/2014/10/want_a_piece_of_the_lane_its_y.html |website=SILive.com |publisher=Staten Island Advance |access-date=January 27, 2019 |date=October 14, 2014}}</ref> | |||
*] - Actor, featured in '']'', '']'', etc. | |||
*], freestyle singer | |||
*] - Actor ('']'', '']'', '']'', etc.) | |||
*] - ] wrestler hails from Staten Island | |||
*], novelist, born on Staten Island. | |||
*] - lived in the ] area briefly. Her video "]" was filmed there. Madonna chose the location herself. She said the neighborhood was perfect premise for the video story. | |||
*] - Heavyweight Boxing Champion | |||
*]- ] - Rapper/] member (aka Method Man) was raised in Staten Island | |||
*] - disputed inventor of the telephone, immigrated to Staten Island, settling in the Clifton area in 1850, where he would live for the remainder of his life. | |||
*] - Actress. Although born in ], she was raised on Staten Island. | |||
*]- 5-Time Pro World Champion racquetball player. | |||
*] - lived on Staten Island in ] | |||
*]- ] Defensive End, formerly played for Indiana University and ] | |||
*] - Filmmaker, was born and raised on Staten Island | |||
*] - Actor who played "The Chief" on the 1960s TV show '']'' | |||
*] - drummer for ] | |||
*] - ] agent aka Donnie Brasco lived in Staten Island for a brief period. | |||
*] - former ] and ] and ] drummer | |||
*]- radio personality from the Howard Stern show lives on Staten Island | |||
*] - actor '']'', '']'' | |||
*] former manager of ] lived on Staten Island | |||
*] - Actor was born and raised on Staten Island. Gianni played Carlo Rizzi in '']'' | |||
*] - Former Professional wrestler known as "Macho Man" now resides in Staten Island | |||
*] - child actor from '']'' born and raised in Staten Island | |||
*] - photographer | |||
*] - Bobby Bacala from '']'' | |||
*] - Actor who played "Ricky Stratton" on the 1980s ] sitcom '']'' and "Detective Danny Sorenson" on the ] drama '']'', and has recently played "Mike Doyle" on "]". Currently appearing as "Dr. Dylan West" on the ] drama '']'' | |||
*] - Actor, lived on Staten Island | |||
*] - Actor, '']'' movies, '']'' | |||
*] - lived on Staten Island in ] | |||
*] - famous guitarist | |||
*] - Lead singer and bassist for the ] band ] | |||
*] - Science fiction author | |||
*] - musician | |||
*] spent his longest time away from ] on Staten Island in the 1840s. He penned several letters to ] while on the island, and Emerson himself spent a significant amount of time on the island as well | |||
*], was the sixth ], an entrepreneur, jurist, Congressman, ], and established ] in Staten Island and the ]. | |||
*] - 19th century shipping and railroad magnate and patriarch of the ], was born, and lived most of his life on, Staten Island. He is buried in the family vault in the ] at ] on Staten Island. | |||
*] - actor from '']'', '']'', '']'' | |||
*] - forward for ] side ] | |||
*] - Hip-hop group; 4 of the 9 are from Staten Island. Credited with giving Staten Island the nickname 'Shaolin' | |||
*] - Novelist and playwright | |||
==Sports== | ==Sports== | ||
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*], ] baseball, Class A Minor League affiliate to the ] | |||
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*] who made it to the big leagues: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] | |||
*The ] of the ] played baseball on Staten Island from April 1886 through 1887. ], the developer of St. George, brought the team to Staten Island where they played in a stadium near the site of the current-day Staten Island Yankees stadium and the Staten Island Ferry terminal. | |||
=== Baseball === | |||
*] participates in ] athletics. | |||
The ] played in the ] from 1999 to 2020; the team was a Class-A Minor League affiliate of the ] before being eliminated during the restructuring of Minor League Baseball. The Yankees have stated they hope to assist in creating a new team for Staten Island in the independent ]. Staten Island is now home to the ] of the Atlantic League and playing their home games at Staten Island University Hospital ballpark.<ref>{{cite web |title=New York Yankees announce new Minor League affiliation structure |url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-yankees-announce-new-minor-league-affiliation-structure |website=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=January 19, 2019 |date=November 30, 2018}}</ref> | |||
*Former ] Basketball coach ] coached the Wagner College Basketball team the "Seahawks". | |||
*] baseball player, member of the 1970 World Champs ] | |||
The ] of the ] played baseball on Staten Island from April 1886 through 1887. ], the developer of St. George, brought the team to Staten Island at a stadium called the ], near the site of the present-day Staten Island FerryHawks' ] and the Staten Island Ferry terminal. | |||
*] - former baseball coach for ] and ] lives in ] | |||
* Staten Island formerly had a professional football team which was a member of the ] called the ]. They were based in ]. Their stadium was called Thompson's Stadium which was located on the site of present ] and the ]. They faced many other teams that still exist today. Football Hall of Famer ] played for the Stapes. | |||
Staten Island's Mid-Island Little League won the ] in ]. Three Mid-Island Little League teams and six overall from Staten Island have reached the tournament since it started in 1947.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Natale |first1=Christopher |title=Little League World Series: This Staten Island team plays big |url=https://elitesportsny.com/2018/08/14/little-league-world-series-staten-island-team-plays-big/ |access-date=January 19, 2019 |work=Elite Sports NY |publisher=Robby Sabo |date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> Staten Island Little League was the island's first Little League. Its "founding fathers"; Buddy Cusack, Jiggs Seaman, John Marino, Joe Darcy Sr., Joe "Babe" Darcy Jr., Ed Elliott, and Jim Darcy, built Hy Turkin Field (and additional fields) in ] and have been inducted as a group into the ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=De Biase |first1=Charlie |title=Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame announces 8 new inductees |url=https://expo.silive.com/sports/erry-2018/11/b8f439bdfb4877/staten-island-sports-hall-of-f.html |website=SILive.com |publisher=Staten Island Advance |access-date=January 19, 2019 |date=November 30, 2018}}</ref> | |||
* ] Semi Pro football team calls Staten Island it's home since it's inception in 1998 owned by ] plays most homes games in Alumni Stadium on the grounds of Monsignor Farrell H.S. | |||
*], a baseball player and manager. He spent most of his playing career pitching in the ]. He spent only three seasons in the ] with the ] (1951-1952), and with the 1959 ]. He had a record of 458–478 as manager of the ] (1978-1980, 1985-1986) and the ] (1982-1983). Bamberger as a pitching coach for the ] would teach his famed pitch "The Staten Island Sinker". | |||
=== Basketball === | |||
*] - Pro golfer was born and raised on Staten Island. Graduate of ]. | |||
In 2015, the '']'' listed Staten Island's all-time basketball team as: ], ], Bill Murtha, ], Kenny Page.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Botemps |first1=Tim |title=Kareem, Cousy and the all-time NYC basketball team |url=https://nypost.com/2015/02/11/kareem-cousy-and-the-all-time-nyc-basketball-team/ |access-date=January 18, 2019 |work=New York Post |date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> As of 2014, McAlarney was Staten Island's all-time high-school boys' scoring leader with 2,566 points.<ref>{{cite web |title=HS boys' basketball: Staten Island Career Schoring Leaders |url=http://highschoolsports.silive.com/news/article/6945101647978068782/hs-boys-basketball-staten-island-career-scoring-leaders/ |website=SILive.com |date=January 30, 2014 |publisher=Staten Island Advance |access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref> | |||
*] - former pro boxer | |||
*], Italian figure skater in the ] and ] ], was born in Staten Island on ], ]. | |||
=== Bowling === | |||
*] - Pro Boxer | |||
Staten Island has been home to a number of national champions and world-class bowlers, including ], ], Mary Ontek,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.silive.com/memories_column/2010/11/staten_islands_famous_daughters.html|title=Staten Island's famous daughters|date=November 7, 2010|access-date=January 21, 2019|agency=Staten Island Advance}}</ref> Ben McNevich, Dom LaBargo, and Joseph Berardi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pba.com/bowlers/HallOfFame/263|title=Joe Berardi, PBA Hall of Fame|publisher=Professional Bowlers Association|access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.silive.com/memories_column/2014/10/staten_island_has_illustrious_bowling_history.html|title=Staten Island has illustrious bowling history|website=SILive.com|date=October 2014|publisher=Staten Island Advance}}</ref> Roth, Petraglia and Berardi are in the ] (PBA) Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pba.com/bowlers/hofbowlers|title=Hall of Fame Bowlers|publisher=Professional Bowlers Association|access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref> | |||
*] - former ] and ] head coach, and ] player lives in West Brighton, Staten Island. | |||
*] - ] infielder. Born and raised in Staten Island | |||
=== Boxing === | |||
*] - ] and ] relief specialist. | |||
The ] started in 1927. It is believed that Eppie Alonzo, who lived and trained at the Mount Loretto Home for Boys, is the first Staten Islander to win a Daily News Golden Gloves championship. Alonzo won his division in 1949 and again in 1950. Other Staten Islanders who have won a Daily News Golden Gloves championship include: Gabe Perillo Jr. (1974), ] (1975), Al Tobe (1975), Johnny Verderosa (1975, 1976), Gary Stark Jr. (2000, 2001, 2002), Amanda Walsh (2008), Nafisa Umarova (2012), Chad Trabuscio (2012), Anthony Caramanno (2008, 2010, 2012).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Matteo |first1=Thomas |title=Staten Island has a long, proud history of boxing champions in the Golden Gloves |url=https://www.silive.com/memories_column/2012/04/staten_island_has_a_long_proud_history_of_boxing_champions_in_the_golden_gloves.html |access-date=November 28, 2020 |publisher=Staten Island Advance |date=April 22, 2012}}</ref> | |||
* There was a controversial plan by the ] to build a speedway on the island that would host ] races by 2010. ISC abandoned the plan in 2006, citing financial concerns. | |||
*], starting pitcher for the ], went to ] in Staten Island. | |||
=== College athletics === | |||
*] was the first player ever from Staten Island to play hockey for the hometown ]. | |||
The Wagner College ] participate in ] athletics and are a member of the ] (NEC). ] (NBA) coach ] coached the ] team from 1976 to 1982. ] led ] as a junior in 1985–86. ], a former NFL player and coach, played tight end on Wagner's football team in the 1960s. | |||
*Pro Bowlers ] and ] both resided in Staten Island. | |||
* In 1964 Staten Island's Mid Island Little League won the ] in ] | |||
The ] Dolphins participate in ] athletics. The ] was the home of the ] until 2001. | |||
*] - ] outfielder lived on Staten Island | |||
* ] - ] Offensive Lineman. Has 3 ] rings with the ]. | |||
=== Cricket === | |||
*] - standout wide receiver for ] and number 1 draft choice for the ] was born and raised on Staten Island. | |||
The ], founded in 1872, is the oldest continuously operating ] club in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://statenislandcc.org |title=Staten Island Cricket Club |access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref> | |||
*The Mid-Island Little League from Staten Island advanced to the 2006 ] ]. | |||
*] - Defensive Tackle for the ] in the 80's. | |||
=== Football === | |||
*] - Graduated from Susan Wagner H.S. played 9 seasons in the NFL mostly with the ] in the 80's. Now serves as the Specials teams aOffensive line coach at the University of Hawaii | |||
Staten Island had a ] (NFL) team, the ], also known as the Stapes. The team was based in ] at ], located on the current site of ] and the ]. They played in the league from 1929 to 1932, defeating the ] twice and the ] once. During the ], the Stapletons, last in the NFL, played the eventual season champion ] to a scoreless tie. ] ] played for the Stapletons. | |||
*] - Halfback at ] and member of ] | |||
*] - #93 for the Chicago Bears, went to Tottenville High School | |||
The following NFL players were born on Staten Island: ] (1998–2006), ] (2001–2003), ] (1991–2000), ] (1988–1996), ] (1960), ] (2000–2007), ] (1972–1980), ] (1944–1948, then MLB umpire 1954–1973).<ref>{{cite web |title=NY Born NFLers |url=http://www.section4football.com/ |website=Section 4 Football |access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Players Born in New York, USA |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/friv/birthplaces.cgi?country=USA&state=NY |website=Pro Football Reference |publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref> NFL coaches ] and ] were also born on Staten Island. | |||
*] - New Dorp H.S., Played for the New York Giants for four seasons and Philadelphia Eagles. Now Plays for the Arena team New York Dragons after a stint in the CFL | |||
*] - Curtis H.S., Rutgers, and TE for the Washington Redskins for 10 seasons*] - Susan Wagner H.S., Alabama , 10 seasons MLB most notably for the Oakland Athletics | |||
The New York Predators of the semi-pro Regional American Football League have called Staten Island home since their inception in 1998. Owned by Bill Simo, they play most home games at St. Peter's H.S.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pred History|url=http://www.nypredators.net/pred/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1289&Itemid=790|publisher=New York Predators|access-date=September 20, 2013|archive-date=November 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113030203/http://www.nypredators.net/pred/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1289&Itemid=790|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
*] - Founder and creator of BIG JKD. Certified in Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee student Steve Golden. | |||
*] - coach of the Florida Gators played AAU basketball on Staten island. The team was the Staten Island Stallions, | |||
=== Golf === | |||
{{seealso|Sports in New York City}} | |||
] (right) at Fox Hills Golf Club, Staten Island, NY]] | |||
Staten Island has four ]s. ], Silver Lake, and South Shore are public, while ] is the only private country club in New York City. The New York City Amateur<ref>{{cite web |title=New York City Amateur Championship |url=http://www.amateurgolf.com/amateur-golf-tournaments/6987/New-York-City-Amateur-Championship |website=AmateurGolf.com |access-date=January 20, 2019}}</ref> is conducted annually at La Tourette Golf Course by the Staten Island Golf Association.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tournament Information |url=http://www.sigagolf.com/entry-forms |publisher=Staten Island Golf Association |access-date=January 20, 2019}}</ref> | |||
By some estimates, Staten Island has been the site of nearly a dozen golf courses. | |||
*Harbour Hills Golf Links near Brighton, Lafayette, and Prospect Avenue in ] opened in 1878 and is said to have conducted the island's first golf tournaments. In 1898, the club opened a new clubhouse opposite the Brighton Heights Inn along Castleton Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harbour Hill Golf Club. Special Notice |url=https://statenisland.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/31E7C756-90FF-41B1-870B-122070332548 |website=Historic Richmondtown |access-date=March 19, 2019}}</ref> In 1904, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac reported that the club had 250 members and had been officially incorporated in 1896.<ref>{{cite book |title=Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac |date=January 1904 |publisher=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMUWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA123 |access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> Today most of the property is known as Goodhue Park and Allison Pond Park. | |||
*Clovena Club was in the vicinity of Clove Road and Victory Boulevard in 1897.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flannagan |first1=Tom |title=Fox Hills course left a mark long ago |url=https://www.silive.com/golf/2012/09/tom_flannagan_golf_column_fox.html |access-date=March 19, 2019 |newspaper=Staten Island Advance}}</ref> | |||
*] had a course in ] and was a Charter member of the Metropolitan Golf Association. Besides the "baseball" name, it is also seen in journals at the time as Staten Island Country Club and Staten Island Cricket Club. As with other clubs making the transition from cricket to golf, the organization completed planning for what would become the Fox Hills Golf Course by identifying the {{convert|110|acre|ha|adj=on}} site and hiring an architect, but abandoned golf in 1899. | |||
*Fox Hills Golf Course was one of the island's first true 18-hole courses. It opened in 1900 with over 200 members and had nearly 275 members by 1904. Fox Hills was semi-private, and attracted players from around the ] to its location in Clifton off Vanderbilt Avenue and Targee Street, where its clubhouse was one of the largest in the country. Prolific golf architect ] was selected to develop the course's original layout.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sabino |first1=John |title=Golf's Iron Horse: The Astonishing, Record-Breaking Life of Ralph Kennedy |date=2017 |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-1-5701-1347-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWSCDwAAQBAJ |access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> Fox Hills's head professional, Scotsman ], worked with ] in 1906 to revamp the golf course, and in 1928 ] made additional changes. Mackie played in at least 12 ] from 1901 to 1921, and won the Eastern PGA Championship in 1908 at Fox Hills. From 1899 through 1926 the Staten Island Amateur was played annually at either Fox Hills or Richmond County Country Club. Like many private golf courses of that era, the ], as well as the growing number of public courses, contributed to the end of the club and Fox Hills closed in 1935.<ref>{{cite news |title=Talking old Staten Island golf is always a pleasure |url=https://www.silive.com/golf/2015/06/golf_column_talking_old_staten.html |access-date=March 11, 2019 |newspaper=Staten Island Advance |date=June 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Missing links: A short history of Island golf |url=http://blog.silive.com/memories_column/2010/06/missing_linksa_short_history_of_island_golf.html |website=SILive.com |access-date=March 11, 2019 |date=June 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1900: The Goats That Goaded the Fox Hill Golfers on Staten Island |url=http://hatchingcatnyc.com/2015/04/08/1900-the-goats-that-goaded-the-fox-hill-golfers-on-staten-island/ |website=The Hatching Cat |access-date=March 4, 2019 |date=April 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fox Hills boasts world's largest Army hospital |url=https://www.silive.com/specialreports/2011/03/post_1.html |website=SILive.com |access-date=March 11, 2019 |date=March 27, 2011}}</ref> | |||
*Tysen Manor Golf Course, which was located on {{convert|100|acre|ha|adj=on}} site between Hylan Boulevard, Mill Road, New Dorp Lane, and Tysens Lane, was in existence from 1928 until 1936. The course was operated by Henry H. Nutt. Tavern on the Green, a restaurant that closed in 1976, was originally the golf course's clubhouse, near the location of the current post office on Hylan Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 4, 1928 |title=Tysen Manor Golf Course record lowered to 69 |url=https://www.silive.com/news/2014/09/advance_historic_page_from_sep_42.html |website=SILive.com |access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref> | |||
*Mayflower Country Club's golf course, designed by ] with Alfred H. Tull,<ref>{{cite web |title=Oak Hills Park, Course Architect |url=https://www.oakhillsgc.com/course/course-architect |website=Oak Hills Golf Course |access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Devereux Emmet Society |url=http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php?topic=46600.85;wap2 |website=Golf Club Atlas |access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> was built on a {{convert|147|acre|ha|adj=on}} tract in ] in 1928.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dickenson |first1=Richard |title=Holden's Staten Island: The History of Richmond County: Revised Resource Manual |date=2003 |publisher=Center for Migration Studies |location=Wiley Online Library |isbn=1-57703-028-1 |pages=178–179 |chapter=VIII: The Cosmopolitan Period: Since 1898|doi=10.1111/j.2050-411X.2003.tb00307.x }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Flannagan |first1=Tom |title=South Shore golf course has intriguing history |url=https://www.silive.com/southshore/2011/02/south_shore_golf_course_has_in.html |website=SILive.com |access-date=March 11, 2019 |date=February 17, 2011}}</ref> The club had designs for sporting facilities that included an indoor swimming pool and tennis courts, but member funding dried up once the ]. Regardless, Frank B. Sterner & Co. built the country club's clubhouse for $200,000 in 1930, and the first annual club championship was conducted in September 1931. ] took over the site in 1966 and opened South Shore Golf Course in 1967.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Licciardello |first1=Anthony |title=Golf on Staten Island: South Shore Country Club and Golf Course |url=http://www.realestatesiny.com |website=Real Estate in New York |access-date=March 13, 2019 |date=February 20, 2012}}</ref> | |||
*Willowbrook State School Golf Course was a 9-hole layout on Forest Hill Road that opened in May 1945 and closed in the 1960s. The Metropolitan section of the ] (PGA) funded construction of the golf course at ] in support of the ] and the war effort. ] designed a layout that consisted of all par-3s on {{convert|23|acre|ha}}. Jones modeled the holes on what he thought were the great par-3s of the world and the unique course opened with complimentary reviews.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hansen |first1=James |title=A difficult par: Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the making of modern golf |date=May 12, 2015 |publisher=Avery |isbn=978-1592409396 |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYapAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA131 |access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Halloran Course is Exhibit of Famous Short Holes |url=http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/golfd/article/1945fal36.pdf |website=MSU.edu |publisher=Golfdom |access-date=March 12, 2019 |date=1945}}</ref> | |||
], a tournament winner on the ], and ], a multiple winner on the ], learned the game on Staten Island. Both won the prestigious ]. Albus was the head professional at La Tourette and a winner of the ]. ], raised on Staten Island, won a record five straight ] championships between 1968 and 1972, the most wins in a row by an individual in any ] (USGA) championship. Frank Esposito, who learned the game on Staten Island, won the 2014 PGA Tour Champions National Qualifying Tournament.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pgatour.com/champions/news/2014/11/21/frank-esposito-wins-national-qualifying.html |title=Esposito is medalist at National Qualifying |publisher=PGA of America |date=November 21, 2014 |access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Flannagan |first1=Tom |title=Frank Esposito gives us someone to root for on tour |url=https://www.silive.com/golf/2014/05/frank_esposito_gives_us_someon_1.html |newspaper=Staten Island Advance |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> Sean Kelly, a regular golfer at Silver Lake Golf Course, took medalist honors at both the First and Second Stage of the 2018 ] ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Decker |first1=Brian |title=Q&A: Sean Kelly |url=https://www.pgatour.com/canada/en_us/news/2017/11/22/sean-kelly-qna.html |publisher=PGA of America |access-date=January 25, 2019 |date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> | |||
Frank Hannigan was the USGA Executive Director and a TV golf analyst for ABC. He wrote for the ''Staten Island Advance'' as a golf columnist and was influential in bringing the US Open to Shinnecock Hills and Bethpage State Park, and promoted the creation of the New York City Amateur.<ref>{{cite news |title=Frank Hannigan, USGA executive, dies at 82 |url=https://www.silive.com/golf/2014/03/frank_hannigan_usga_executive.html |access-date=February 15, 2019 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=SILive.com |date=March 23, 2014}}</ref> Staten Island native Joe Moresco was President of the Metropolitan section of the PGA in 1969 and 1970, was the Section's Professional of the Year in 1971 and is a member of the PGA Metropolitan Section Hall of Fame, along with Jim Albus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metropolitan Section - PGA Hall of Fame |url=http://met.pga.com/hall-of-fame.html |website=Metropolitan Section PGA |publisher=PGA of America |access-date=January 25, 2019 |archive-date=January 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183152/http://met.pga.com/hall-of-fame.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
=== Ice hockey === | |||
The following ] (NHL) players were born on Staten Island: ], ], ], ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/search/player?birthplace=Staten+Island%2C+NY%2C+USA|title=Hockey players from Staten Island, NY, USA|website=Elite Hockey Prospects|publisher=EliteProspects.com|access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref> | |||
=== Motor sports === | |||
From 1953 until 1972 ] were held weekly from May until October at a 1/5th-mile asphalt racetrack on Staten Island. The local dairy, owned by the Weissglass family, financed promoter Gabe Rispoli with $700 so he could make improvements to an existing sporting facility that became known as Weissglass Stadium.<ref>{{cite web |last1=LeBlanc |first1=George |title=Weissglass Speedway |url=http://www.weissglassspeedway.com/ |website=Weissglassspeedway.com |access-date=January 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Few Weissglass Memories |url=https://www.3widespicturevault.com/3Wides_Weisglass_MemoriesA_Home_New_.htm |website=3widespicturevault.com |publisher=3 Wides Picture Vault |access-date=January 23, 2019}}</ref> | |||
There was a controversial plan by the ] (ISC) to build an 82,000-seat race track<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caldwell |first1=Dave |title=Trump Still Owes NASCAR A Super Speedway |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davecaldwell/2018/08/05/trump-still-owes-nascar-that-super-speedway/#2dbce361d40b |website=] |access-date=January 29, 2019 |date=August 5, 2018}}</ref> on the island that would host National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (]) races by 2010. The ISC abandoned the plan in 2006 citing financial concerns, and sold the {{convert|676|acre|ha|adj=on}} parcel in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISC Sells Staten Island Property |url=http://www.internationalspeedwaycorporation.com/Articles/2013/08/ISC-Sells-Staten-Island-Property.aspx |website=InternationalSpeedwayCorporation.com |publisher=International Speedway Corporation |access-date=January 18, 2019 |archive-date=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174220/http://www.internationalspeedwaycorporation.com/Articles/2013/08/ISC-Sells-Staten-Island-Property.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
=== Olympians === | |||
The following Islanders have qualified to participate in the ]:<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Jerry |title=A look back at Staten Island's Magnificent 7 Olympians |url=https://www.silive.com/olympics/2016/08/a_look_back_at_staten_islands.html |access-date=January 21, 2019 |newspaper=Staten Island Advance |date=August 8, 2016}}</ref> | |||
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], a member of the ] and Staten Island native, coached the Olympic basketball teams for Israel (1956) and Canada (1960).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/30/obituaries/elmer-ripley-retired-coach.html |title=Elmer Ripley, Retired Coach |newspaper=New York Times |date=April 30, 1982 |access-date=December 14, 2019}}</ref> | |||
=== Running === | |||
The ] is a foot race run over a {{convert|42.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} course through the five boroughs of New York City. The marathon starts each year on Staten Island. | |||
The Ocean Breeze Track and Field Athletic Complex is a state-of-the-art indoor track and field facility in Ocean Breeze Park that is part of the ] section of Staten Island. On November 19, 2015, the complex became the first facility in the United States to be recognized as a certified ] facility.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Ocean Breeze |url=https://oceanbreezenyc.org/sports/2015/12/2/GRL_1202151505.aspx |website=Ocrean Breeze Athletic Complex |publisher=CBS Sports Digital |access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> A project under Mayor Bloomberg's Design Excellence initiative, the athletic complex was designed as part of the PlaNYC 110-acre Ocean Breeze regional park.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schaulsohn |first1=Camila |title=Archtober's Building of the Day: Ocean Breeze Track and Fieldhouse |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2016/10/archtober-ocean-breeze-track-fieldhouse/ |website=Archtober |date=October 4, 2016 |access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref> The project, launched in 2007, encountered several delays, including a four-month setback due to Hurricane Sandy that exposed the vulnerability of generators, transformers, and electronic control rooms all of which had to be raised to avoid storm-surge flooding.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rizzi |first1=Nicholas |title=Take a Look Inside Staten Island's New $93M Indoor Track Center |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140805/ocean-breeze/take-look-inside-staten-islands-new-93m-indoor-track-center/ |website=DNAinfo |access-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-date=November 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118023638/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140805/ocean-breeze/take-look-inside-staten-islands-new-93m-indoor-track-center/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
=== Swimming === | |||
In 1961, a lifeguard became the first person to swim around Staten Island.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web | last=Beckford | first=Checkey | title=Marathon swimmer becomes first woman to swim around Staten Island, a 37-mile feat | website=NBC New York | date=August 1, 2023 | url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/marathon-swimmer-becomes-first-woman-to-swim-around-staten-island-a-37-mile-feat/4555171/ | access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref> In 2023, Leslie Hamilton became the first woman to swim around Staten Island, which she did by swimming 37 miles in 14.5 hours.<ref name="auto1"/> | |||
=== Tennis === | |||
] is said to have made its United States debut on Staten Island. The first American National championship was played at the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club (now known as the Staten Island Cricket Club) in September 1880.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://victorianfootnotes.net/2011/05/24/the-staten-island-cricket-and-baseball-club/|title=The Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club|date=May 24, 2011|website=Victorian Footnotes|publisher=Wordpress.com|access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref> Tennis was introduced in Staten Island by ].<ref>"Lawn-Tennis on Staten Island". '']''. September 4, 1880. Retrieved May 2, 2012.</ref> | |||
] four-time ] winner, and one of the first inductees in the ] was a tennis member at Richmond County Country Club. His brother ] and friend ] were also members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richmond County New York Genealogy and History, Sports News |url=http://genealogytrails.com/ny/richmond/news_sportsnews2.html |publisher=Genealogy Trails |access-date=January 23, 2019 |date=2019 |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918011117/http://genealogytrails.com/ny/richmond/news_sportsnews2.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
{{See also|Education in New York City|List of high schools in New York City}} | |||
Education in Staten Island is provided by a number of public and private institutions. Public schools in the borough are managed by the ], the largest public school system in the United States. | |||
===Public schools=== | |||
The ] is one of four "hybrid colleges" of the ] (CUNY). The college offers both associate's and bachelor's degrees, hence it is a "hybrid" of a traditional four-year college and a two-year community college. The College of Staten Island is one of two such CUNY colleges which also offers graduate-level study. | |||
Non-charter public schools in the borough are managed by the ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36085_richmond/DC20SD_C36085.pdf|title=2020 census - school district reference map: Richmond County, NY|publisher=]|accessdate=July 22, 2022}} - </ref> the largest public school system in the United States. | |||
Public middle schools include Intermediate Schools 2, ], 24, 27, 30, ], ], 51, 61, ] and 75; and 861, a K–to–8 school; as well as part of the ] (which runs from ] through ]). | |||
] is a coeducational private liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1,900 undergraduates and 400 graduate students. The college is affiliated with the ]. Known for the Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts, which emphasizes academic course work coupled with real world experience, the college was awarded the TIAA-CREF ] in 2005 for its first year program. Wagner was recently declared by the Princeton Review as having the best college theater in the nation. Many successful performers are alumni of Wagner's department of Theatre and Dance including ] and ]. | |||
Public high schools include: | |||
] has a campus on Staten Island. It is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic university. | |||
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===Private schools=== | |||
Twelve branches of the ] serve the borough. The Library offers free computer instruction and English classes for speakers of other languages. | |||
* ] is the only independent private (non-public, non-religious) grade school on the island and is one of the oldest in the country. | |||
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*Yeshiva Merkaz HaTorah (separate boys and girls) | |||
===Colleges and universities=== | |||
* The ] is one of the eleven senior colleges of the ] (CUNY). The college offers associate's and bachelor's degrees, and also offers master's and doctoral-level study. | |||
* ] is a co-educational private liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,000 undergraduates and 500 graduate students. | |||
*] had a campus on ] from 1971-2024. ] occupied the campus from 1933 until its merger with St. John's in 1971. | |||
==Transportation== | |||
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] provides travel between lower Manhattan and the St. George Terminal.]] | |||
===Bridges=== | |||
Staten Island is connected to New Jersey via three vehicular bridges and one railroad bridge. The ] to ], is at the southern end of ], and the ] to ], is at the northern end of NY 440; both ends of NY 440 continue into New Jersey as ]. The ], carrying ], connects ], onto the ]. Just north of the Goethals, the ] carries freight between the northwest part of the island and Elizabeth, New Jersey. The Staten Island Expressway is connected to ] via the ], which carries I-278. Pedestrian links to Staten Island are available via a footpath on the Bayonne and Goethals Bridges. | |||
From 1964 to 1977, Staten Island contained the longest ], ], and ]s in the world: the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, respectively. The Arthur Kill Bridge still holds the title for longest vertical lift bridge, while the Bayonne and Verrazzano bridges are now the 5th- and 14th-longest in their respective categories. | |||
===Roads=== | |||
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As of 2015, 82% of Staten Island households owned a car, the highest rate of any borough. Citywide, the rate was 45%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.tstc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/how-car-free-is-nyc.pdf |date=April 2017 |title=How Car-Free Is NYC? |publisher=Tri-State Transportation Campaign |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref> Unlike the other four boroughs, Staten Island has no large, numbered ] for its roads. ]'s grid has a few numbered streets, but they do not intersect with any numbered avenues. Some neighborhoods organize their street names alphabetically. In addition to the island's highways (I-278, NY 440, ]), the borough's neighborhoods are connected by ] including ], the longest street in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/champs-elysees/ |title=In Five Boroughs, Seeing Paris's Famed Avenue |first=Ralph |last=Blumenthal |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 6, 2009 |access-date=February 26, 2019 |quote=Staten Island boasts the longest street in any borough, Hylan Boulevard, running some 14 miles}}</ref> | |||
===Public transit=== | |||
As of 2021, public transportation on the island is limited to: | |||
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====Ferry==== | |||
The ] is the only transportation directly from Staten Island to Manhattan, roughly a 25-minute trip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nyc.gov/html/dot/html/ferrybus/statfery.shtml#trip |title=Ferries & Busses |publisher=New York City Department of Transportation |access-date=July 14, 2009}}</ref> The ], first opened in 1886,<ref>{{cite news |title=Rapid Transit on Staten Island |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1886/01/17/103950064.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=July 24, 2015|date=January 17, 1886}}</ref> was rebuilt in 1951<ref>{{cite news |title=New Ferry Depot Will 'Open' Today: Mayor to Dedicate Terminal at Staten Island That Has Been Used in Part for Year |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/06/08/306314622.pdf |access-date=September 6, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 8, 1951}}</ref> and again in the 2000s.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/realestate/launching-a-flotilla-of-ferry-terminals.html |title=Launching a Flotilla of Ferry Terminals |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=April 7, 2002 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref> The ferry has been fare-free since 1997. The Staten Island Ferry transports over 60,000 passengers per day. It runs 24/7 every 15 to 20 minutes during weekday rush hours and every 30 minutes at other times.<ref name="siferry-schedule">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/ferrybus/siferryschedule.shtml |title=Staten Island Ferry Schedule |date=October 1, 2015 |publisher=] |access-date=September 20, 2017}}</ref> The ferries and both of its terminals are patrolled by a combination of the New York City Department of Transportation, New York City Police Department, United States Coast Guard and private security contractors.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.silive.com/news/2019/02/exclusive-city-to-increase-police-revamp-security-at-ferry-following-controversial-video.html |title=Exclusive: City to increase police, revamp security at ferry following controversial video |first=Sydney |last=Kashiwagi |newspaper=Staten Island Advance |date=February 22, 2019 |access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref> | |||
An ] route operates between St. George Terminal and Manhattan's West Side since August 2021, calling at Battery Park City/Vesey Street and terminating at Pier 79/Midtown West.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://images.ferry.nyc/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/29105205/SG-Web-Sched4_4_2022.pdf?_ga=2.261319181.1887809577.1650119894-1003439230.1650119894 |title=SPRING SCHEDULE. Effective: 4/4/2022 |website=images.ferry.nyc}}</ref> This route is operated separately from the Staten Island Ferry and charges a fare. | |||
====Trains==== | |||
] operates along the Richmond/Amboy Roads corridor.]] | |||
The ], currently the borough's only passenger railroad, traverses the island 24/7 from its northeastern tip to its southwestern tip. The Staten Island Railway opened in 1860<ref>{{cite book |last1 = Roess|first1 = Roger P.|last2 = Sansome|first2 = Gene|title = The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System|date = 2013|publisher = Springer|isbn = 978-3-642-30484-2|pages = 223–247|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qfZ0VxuLoc0C}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1 = Leigh|first1 = Irvin|last2 = Matus|first2 = Paul|title = Staten Island Rapid Transit: The Essential History|url = http://thethirdrail.net/0201/sirt1.html|publisher = The Third Rail Online|access-date = June 27, 2015|date = January 2002|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150530063638/http://www.thethirdrail.net/0201/sirt1.html|archive-date = May 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Staten Island Railroad: Passenger Trains will commence running on this Road, as far as Eltingville|url = http://www.gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPage1_files/image003.jpg|website = gretschviking.net|publisher = Staten Island Railroad|access-date = December 24, 2015|date = April 23, 1860}}</ref> and was owned and operated by the ] (B&O) until July 1, 1971, when the line was bought by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.<ref>{{cite web|last1 = Bommer|first1 = Edward|title = The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in New Jersey|url = http://jcrhs.org/B&O.html|publisher=Jersey Central Railroad Historical Society|access-date = December 17, 2015}}</ref> The Staten Island Railway continued to have its own railway police, the Staten Island Rapid Transit Police, until 2005 when the 25-officer police force was consolidated into the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/budget/pdf/Section%20VIIe%20-%20Agency%20Financial%20Plans%20-%20SI%20Railway,%20MTA%20Bus%20.pdf |title=MTA Staten Island Railway 2006 Preliminary Budget July Financial Plan 2006-2009 |date=July 2006 |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/police/about.html|title=About The MTA Police|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=December 19, 2018}}</ref> | |||
Staten Island is the only borough not served by the ]. A subway tunnel called the ] started construction in 1923, but was abandoned two years later; the completed portion lies dormant beneath Owl's Head Park in Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite web|title=Staten Island Tube Started by Hylan|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1923/04/15/105909915.pdf|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 27, 2015|date=April 15, 1923}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Niebuhr|first1=Robert E.|title=They Called The 1923 Narrows Tunnel: 'Hope And A Hole In The Ground'|url=http://www.brooklynrail.net/images/si_bk_tunnel/Narrows_Tunnel_Article_1stPage.jpg|newspaper=Home Reporter and Sunset News |via=]|access-date=June 27, 2015|date=November 27, 1964}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Young|first1=James C.|title=Staten Island Waits for Narrows Tunnel|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/05/10/101664678.pdf|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 27, 2015|date=May 10, 1925}}</ref> Today, ] is provided by ] throughout Staten Island to ], ], and ]. | |||
A {{convert|5|mi|km|0|adj=on}} ] exists along the north shore of Staten Island. This ] of the Staten Island Railway was built, owned, and operated by the B&O, which used it for passenger service until 1953. It then became a B&O freight line until the 1980s, when service was stopped. There have been proposals to revive the abandoned right-of-way for passenger service as a rail line or for use as ].<ref>{{cite web|title = MTA Capital Program 2015–2019|url = http://web.mta.info/capital/pdf/CapitalProgram2015-19_WEB%20v4%20FINAL_small.pdf|publisher = Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date = December 16, 2015}}</ref> There is also a proposal to build a ] along ], running from the Staten Island Railway main line on the South Shore, to the ] in Bayonne, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140818/elm-park/campaign-bring-light-rail-staten-island-restarts |title=Campaign to Bring Light Rail to Staten Island Restarts |first=Nicholas |last=Rizzi |publisher=DNAinfo |date=August 18, 2014 |access-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826030302/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140818/elm-park/campaign-bring-light-rail-staten-island-restarts |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ] of the Staten Island Railway, which transported summer vacationers to ], also ceased service in 1953.<ref>{{cite web|title=Staten Island Railway|date=July 21, 1999|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/1999/07/staten-island-railway/|publisher=Forgotten-NY.com}}</ref> | |||
====Buses==== | |||
{{further|List of bus routes in Staten Island|List of express bus routes in New York City#Manhattan to Staten Island}} | |||
MTA Regional Bus Operations provides local and limited bus service with over 30 lines throughout Staten Island. Most lines feed into the ] in the northeastern corner of the borough. Three lines (the {{NYC bus link|S53|S93|S79 SBS|prose=y}}) provide service over the ] to ]. The S79 SBS is the only ] route in the borough. Beginning September 4, 2007, the MTA began offering bus service from Staten Island to ], over the ] via the {{NYC bus link|S89}} limited-stop bus, allowing passengers to connect to the ]'s ], giving Staten Island residents a new route into Manhattan. Despite Staten Island's proximity to New Jersey, the S89 is the only route directly into New Jersey from Staten Island via public transportation.<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|S}}</ref> | |||
Express bus service to Manhattan (via the Verrazzano Bridge or Goethals Bridge) is also available for a $6.75 fare each way. The {{NYC bus link|SIM1C|SIM3C|SIM4C|SIM33C|prose=y}} are the only express routes to run outside of weekday commuter hours.<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|S2}}</ref> | |||
===Freight rail=== | |||
] operates freight rail service for customers of ] and the ] via the ], with a {{convert|38|acre|lk=out|adj=on}} intermodal on-dock rail facility on the ] of Staten Island, which connects to the National Rail System via the Arthur Kill Rail Bridge to New Jersey. In addition to the intermodal on-dock rail yard, the Conrail Staten Island Rail line also connects to the Sanitation Department's waste transfer station. Conrail railroad police officers patrol and respond to emergencies along the freight line. | |||
==Infrastructure== | |||
===Hospitals=== | |||
Staten Island is the only borough without a hospital operated by New York City. The ] and the ] are privately operated. | |||
===Jails=== | |||
Staten Island is the only borough without a ] major detention center. The Department of Corrections only maintains court holding jails at the three court buildings on Staten Island for inmates attending court. The various police agencies on Staten Island maintain in-house holding jails for post arrest detention prior to transfer to a corrections jail in another borough. | |||
The Staten Island county sheriff operated a jail system on Staten Island until 1942, when the Staten Island jail system was transferred from the county sheriff's department to the New York City Department of Corrections and eventually closed. In 1976, the New York State Department of Correctional Services opened the ] of Staten Island, but the facility was closed in 2011. | |||
==Nicknames== | |||
Staten Island has acquired a number of nicknames over the decades, some connected to the notion that it is considered an afterthought by other New York City residents. The "Forgotten Borough" was first used nearly 100 years ago in a '']'' article that quoted a real estate executive. The phrase was more used during the secession movement of the 1990s, and came into greater use in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.<ref> Retrieved December 25, 2017</ref> | |||
The island has also been referred to as the "borough of parks" due to its vast swaths of protected parkland and green spaces.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> The island has 12,300 acres of protected parkland and over 170 parks.<ref name=":5" /> The hip-hop group ], which originates from Staten Island, coined the nickname "Shaolin Land" (later simply Shaolin) for Staten Island as part of their slang.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From The Slums Of Shaolin: A Wu-Tang Film |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97747569 |access-date=November 18, 2020 |website=NPR.org |language=en}}</ref> Some have also taken to calling the island "The Rock", a moniker more commonly associated with ], with this nickname's first appearance in print being a ''New York Times'' article in 2007.<ref> Retrieved December 25, 2017</ref> | |||
==International relations== | |||
Staten Island is twinned with ], Montenegro.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.silive.com/news/2024/02/did-you-know-staten-island-now-has-a-sister-city-across-the-globe.html | title=Did you know Staten Island now has a sister city across the globe? | date=February 3, 2024 }}</ref> | |||
==See also== | |||
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*Kenneth T. Jackson (editor); ''The Encyclopedia of New York City''; Yale University Press; ISBN |
* Kenneth T. Jackson (editor); '']''; ]; {{ISBN|0-300-05536-6}} (1995). | ||
*John Waldman; ''Heartbeats in the Muck''; ISBN |
* John Waldman; ''Heartbeats in the Muck''; {{ISBN|1-55821-720-7}} The Lyons Press; (2000) | ||
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* {{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | |||
* {{cite web |url=http://www.silive.com/guide/index.ssf/2010/04/history_staten_island.html |title=History: A timeline of Staten Island |work=] |date=April 21, 2010 }} | |||
* John H. Betts '''' published in Rocks & Minerals magazine, Volume 84, No. 3 pages 204–252 (2009). | |||
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==Further reading== | ||
'''Published in the 19th century''' | |||
* - Office of the Borough President | |||
* {{Citation |publisher = E. Hopkins |location = Hartford |first = William|last = Darby |title = A new gazetteer of the United States of America |edition=2nd |date = 1834 |chapter=Richmond County |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/newgazetteerofun01darb#page/454/mode/2up }} | |||
* on the New York Public Library site | |||
* {{Citation |publisher = Evening Mail Office |location = New York |title = Book of Summer Resorts |author = Charles H. Sweetser |date = 1868 |oclc = 6043819 |chapter=Seaside Resorts: Staten Island |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/bookofsummerres00swee#page/n433/mode/2up }} | |||
* Everything Staten Island, from News to Entertainment to Dining and More | |||
* {{Citation |publisher = C. Vogt |location = New York |author = John Jacob Clute |title = Annals of Staten Island, from its discovery to the present time |date = 1877 |ol = 24554570M }} | |||
* - Fan site for the Staten Island Yankees started to keep the players' families up to date on the season. | |||
* {{Citation |publisher = J. Wiley & Sons |location = New York |title = Summer Resorts and Watering Places ... within fifty miles of the city of New York |editor = John Disturnell |date = 1877 |chapter=Staten Island |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/summerresortswat00dist#page/20/mode/2up }} | |||
*- a site dedicated to fighting the negative image Staten Island is given in the media | |||
* {{Citation |publisher = S.C. Judson |location = New York |author = Selden C. Judson |title = Illustrated Sketch Book of Staten island, New York, its industries and commerce |date = 1886 |ol = 24505964M }} | |||
* {{Citation |publisher = C.G. Crawford |location = New York |first = Reau|last = Campbell |title = Rides and Rambles on Staten Island |date = 1889 |ol = 23330352M }} | |||
* {{Citation |publisher = G. Kobbé |location = New York |title = Staten Island: a Guide |first = Gustav|last = Kobbé |date = 1890 |ol = 23340017M }} | |||
* {{Citation |publisher = Arkell Pub. Co. |location = New York, U.S.A |title = Leslie's History of the Greater New York |author = Daniel Van Pelt |date = 1898 |oclc = 1850560 |volume=2 }} | |||
** : Richmond, or Staten Island: Olden Times | |||
** : Richmond, or Staten Island: Present Century | |||
* {{cite book |title=Trow's Business and Residential Directory of the Borough of Richmond, City of New York |year=1899 |location=NY |publisher=] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hf4vAAAAYAAJ }} | |||
'''Published in the 20th century''' | |||
* {{Citation |edition = 27th |title=Appleton's Dictionary of New York and Vicinity |date = 1905 |publisher = Appleton |chapter=Borough of Richmond |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/appletonsdictio02unkngoog#page/n288/mode/2up }} | |||
* {{Citation |publisher = Rand, McNally |location = Chicago |title = Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to New York City, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and other districts included in the enlarged city |first = Ernest|last = Ingersoll |date = 1906 |oclc = 29277709 |edition=20th |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/randmcnallycosha1906inge#page/170/mode/2up |chapter=Greater New York: Staten Island }} | |||
* {{Citation |publisher = Grafton Press |location = New York |author = Richmond Borough Association of Women Teachers. |title = Staten Island and Staten Islanders |date = 1909 |ol = 7099909M }} | |||
* {{Citation |publisher = Frederick A. Stokes Company |author=Frank Bergen Kelley |location = New York |title = Historical Guide to the City of New York |agency = City History Club of New York |date = 1913 |oclc = 4723529 |edition=2nd |chapter=Borough of Richmond |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/historicalguidet00citya#page/318/mode/2up }} | |||
* {{Citation |author = Calvin D. Van Name |title = Staten Island: a report by the President of the Borough of Richmond to the Mayor |date =1921 |ol = 7117824M }} | |||
* {{Cite book |location = NY |publisher=Random House |series=American Guide Series |title = New York City Guide |author = Federal Writers' Project |date = 1939 |chapter=Richmond |hdl=2027/mdp.39015008975883?urlappend=%3Bseq=699 |author-link=Federal Writers' Project }} | |||
* {{cite journal |title=Voting Rights, Home Rule, and Metropolitan Governance: The Secession of Staten Island as a Case Study in the Dilemmas of Local Self-Determination|author1-link=Richard Briffault|first= Richard|last= Briffault |journal= Columbia Law Review |volume= 92 |issue= 4|pages= 775–850|year=1992 |jstor=1122970 |doi= 10.2307/1122970|url= https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/15}} | |||
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Borough and county in New York, United States This article is about the borough in New York City. For other uses, see Staten Island (disambiguation).Borough and county in New York, United States
Staten Island
Eghquaons (Delaware) Staaten Eylandt (Dutch)Richmond County, New York | |
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Coordinates: 40°35′N 74°09′W / 40.583°N 74.150°W / 40.583; -74.150 | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
County | Richmond (coterminous) |
City | New York |
Settled | 1661 |
Named for |
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Government | |
• Type | Borough |
• Borough president | Vito Fossella (R) — (Borough of Staten Island) |
• District Attorney | Michael McMahon (D) — (Richmond County) |
Area | |
• Total | 102.5 sq mi (265 km) |
• Land | 58.5 sq mi (152 km) |
• Water | 44 sq mi (110 km) 43% |
Dimensions | |
• Length | 13.7 mi (22.0 km) |
• Width | 8.0 mi (12.9 km) |
Highest elevation | 401 ft (122 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 495,747 |
• Density | 8,618.3/sq mi (3,327.5/km) |
• Demonym | Staten Islander |
GDP | |
• Total | US$17.539 billion (2022) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time) |
ZIP Code prefix | 103 |
Area code | 718/347/929, 917 |
Website | statenislandusa.com |
Staten Island (/ˈstætən/ STAT-ən) is the southernmost borough 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. With a population of 495,747 in the 2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated New York City borough but the third largest in land area at 58.5 sq mi (152 km); it is also the least densely populated and most suburban borough in the city.
A home to the Lenape Native Americans, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was consolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formerly known as the Borough of Richmond until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island. Staten Island has sometimes been called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by the city government and the media. It has also been referred to as the "borough of parks" due to its 12,300 acres of protected parkland and over 170 parks.
The North Shore—especially the neighborhoods of St. George, Tompkinsville, Clifton, and Stapleton—is the island's most urban area. It contains the designated St. George Historic District and the St. Paul's Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, which feature large Victorian houses. The East Shore is home to the 2+1⁄2-mile (4-kilometer) FDR Boardwalk, the world's fourth-longest boardwalk. The South Shore, site of the 17th-century Dutch and French Huguenot settlement, developed rapidly beginning in the 1960s and 1970s and is now very suburban. The West Shore is the island's least populated and most industrial part.
Motor traffic can reach the borough from Brooklyn by the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and from New Jersey by the Outerbridge Crossing, Goethals Bridge and Bayonne Bridge. Staten Island has Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus lines and an MTA rapid transit line, the Staten Island Railway, which runs from the ferry terminal at St. George to Tottenville. Staten Island is the only borough not connected to the New York City Subway system. The free Staten Island Ferry connects the borough to Manhattan across New York Harbor. It provides views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Lower Manhattan.
History
For a chronological guide, see Timeline of Staten Island.Indigenous Inhabitants / Native Americans
As in much of North America, human habitation appeared on the island fairly rapidly after the Wisconsin glaciation. Archaeologists have recovered tool evidence of Clovis culture activity dating from about 14,000 years ago. This evidence was first discovered in 1917 in the Charleston section of the island. Various Clovis artifacts have been discovered since then, on property owned by Mobil Oil.
The island was probably abandoned later, possibly because of the extirpation of large mammals on the island. Evidence of the first permanent Native American settlements and agriculture are thought to date from about 5,000 years ago, although early archaic habitation evidence has been found in multiple locations on the island.
Rossville points are distinct arrowheads that define a Native American cultural period from the Archaic period to the Early Woodland period, dating from about 1500 to 100 BC. They are named for the Rossville section of Staten Island, where they were first found near the old Rossville Post Office building.
At the time of European contact, the island was inhabited by the Raritan band of the Unami division of the Lenape. In Lenape, one of the Algonquian languages, Staten Island was called Aquehonga Manacknong, meaning "as far as the place of the bad woods", or Eghquhous, meaning "the bad woods". The name is spelled as Eghquaons in the deed to Lubbertus van Dincklage for the purchase of Staten Island, 1657. The area was part of the Lenape homeland known as Lenapehoking. The Lenape were later called the "Delaware" by the English colonists because they inhabited both shores of what the English named the Delaware River.
The island was laced with Native American foot trails, one of which followed the south side of the ridge near the course of present-day Richmond Road and Amboy Road. The Lenape did not live in fixed encampments but moved seasonally, using slash and burn agriculture. Shellfish was a staple of their diet, including the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) abundant in the waterways throughout the present-day New York City region. Evidence of their habitation can still be seen in shell middens along the shore in the Tottenville section, where oyster shells larger than 12 inches (300 mm) are sometimes found.
Burial Ridge, a Lenape burial ground on a bluff overlooking Raritan Bay in Tottenville, is the largest pre-European burial ground in New York City. Bodies have been reported unearthed at Burial Ridge from 1858 onward. After conducting independent research, which included unearthing bodies interred at the site, ethnologist and archaeologist George H. Pepper was contracted in 1895 to conduct paid archaeological research at Burial Ridge by the American Museum of Natural History. The burial ground today is unmarked and lies within Conference House Park.
European settlement
The first recorded European contact on the island was in 1524 by Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano who sailed through The Narrows on the ship La Dauphine and anchored for one night.
The Dutch did not establish a permanent settlement on Staaten Eylandt for many decades. Its name derived from the Staten Generaal, the parliament of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. From 1639 to 1655, Cornelis Melyn and David de Vries made three separate attempts to establish one there, but each time the settlement was destroyed in conflicts between the Dutch and the local tribe. In 1661, the first permanent Dutch settlement was established at Oude Dorp (Dutch for "Old Village") by a small group of Dutch, Walloon, and French Huguenot families, just south of the Narrows near South Beach. Many French Huguenots had gone to the Netherlands as refugees from the religious wars in France, suffering persecution for their Protestant faith, and some joined the emigration to New Netherland. At one point nearly a third of the residents of the Island spoke French. The last vestige of Oude Dorp is the name of the present-day neighborhood of Old Town adjacent to Old Town Road.
Staten Island was not spared the bloodshed that culminated in Kieft's War. In the summer of 1641 and in 1642, Native American tribes laid waste to Old Town.
On July 10, 1657, the Native Americans signed a deed to Lubbertus van Dincklage, attorney of Henrick van der Capelle tho Ryssel, for the purchase of all indigenous lands on Staten Island. However, this deed was annulled when the Dutch purchasers failed to deliver the promised goods for the land a few months later.
Richmond County
At the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1667, the Dutch ceded New Netherland to England in the Treaty of Breda, and the Dutch Staaten Eylandt, anglicized as "Staten Island", became part of the new English colony of New York.
In 1670, the Native Americans ceded all claims to Staten Island to the English in a deed to Governor Francis Lovelace. In 1671, in order to encourage an expansion of the Dutch settlements, the English resurveyed Oude Dorp (which became known as 'Old Town') and expanded the lots along the shore to the south. These lots were settled primarily by Dutch families and became known as Nieuwe Dorp (meaning 'New Village'), which later became anglicized as New Dorp.
Captain Christopher Billopp, after years of distinguished service in the Royal Navy, came to America in 1674 along with the newly appointed royal governor of New York and the Jerseys Sir Edmund Andros, in charge of a company of infantry. The following year, he settled on Staten Island, where he was granted a patent for 932 acres (3.8 km) of land. According to one version of an oft-repeated but apocryphal tale, Captain Billopp's seamanship secured Staten Island to New York, rather than to New Jersey: the island would belong to New York if the captain could circumnavigate it in one day, which he did. This story is most likely untrue, due to conflicting information on the time Christopher Billopp took to complete the race and whether he received a personal prize or not. Mayor Michael Bloomberg perpetuated the myth by referring to it at a news conference in Brooklyn on February 20, 2007. Reliable historical documentation of the event is extremely sparse, however, and most historians conclude that it is entirely apocryphal. In 2007, The New York Times addressed the issue in a news article, which concluded that this event was heavily embellished over the years and almost certainly originated in local folklore. YouTuber CGP Grey addressed the story of the Staten Island race and its historical discrepancies in a 2019 video, in which he concluded that Gabriel Disosway, a local chronicler in Staten Island, was responsible for originating the legend in the mid-1800s.
In 1683, the colony of New York was divided into ten counties. As part of this process, Staten Island, as well as several minor neighboring islands, was designated as Richmond County. The name derives from the title of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, an illegitimate son of King Charles II.
In 1687 and 1688, the English divided the island into four administrative divisions based on natural features: the 5,100-acre (21 km) manorial estate of colonial governor Thomas Dongan in the northeastern hills known as the "Lordship or Manor of Cassiltown", along with the North, South, and West divisions. These divisions later evolved into the four towns of Castleton, Northfield, Southfield, and Westfield. In 1698, the population was 727.
The government granted land patents in rectangular blocks of 80 acres (320,000 m), with the most desirable lands along the coastline and inland waterways. By 1708, the entire island had been divided up in this fashion, creating 166 small farms and two large manorial estates, the Dongan estate and a 1,600 acres (6.5 km) parcel on the southwestern tip of the island belonging to Christopher Billopp.
The first county seat was established in New Dorp in what was called Stony Brook at the time. In 1729, the county seat was moved to the village of Richmond Town, located at the headwaters of the Fresh Kills near the center of the island. By 1771, the island's population had grown to 2,847.
18th century and the American Revolution
Staten Islanders were solidly supportive of the Crown, and the island played a significant role in the American Revolutionary War. General George Washington once called Islanders "our most inveterate enemies".
As support of independence spread throughout the colonies, residents of the island were so uninterested that no representatives were sent to the First Continental Congress, the only county in New York to not send anyone. This had economic repercussions in the months up through 1776, where New Jersey towns such as Elizabethport, Woodbridge, and Dover instituted boycotts on doing business with islanders.
On March 17, 1776, the British forces under Sir William Howe evacuated Boston and sailed for Halifax, Nova Scotia. From Halifax, Howe prepared to attack New York City, which then consisted entirely of the southern end of Manhattan Island. General George Washington led the entire Continental Army to New York City in anticipation of the British attack. Howe used the strategic location of Staten Island as a staging ground for the invasion.
Over 140 British ships arrived over the summer of 1776 and anchored off the shores of Staten Island at the entrance to New York Harbor. The British soldiers and Hessian mercenaries numbered about 30,000. Howe established his headquarters in New Dorp at the Rose and Crown Tavern, near the junction of present New Dorp Lane and Richmond Road. There the representatives of the British government reportedly received their first notification of the Declaration of Independence.
In August 1776, the British forces crossed the Narrows to Brooklyn and outflanked the American forces at the Battle of Long Island, resulting in the British control of the harbor and the capture of New York City shortly afterwards. Three weeks later, on September 11, 1776, Sir William's brother, Lord Howe, received a delegation of Americans consisting of Benjamin Franklin, Edward Rutledge, and John Adams at the Conference House on the southwestern tip of the island on the former estate of Christopher Billopp. The Americans refused a peace offer from Howe in exchange for withdrawing the Declaration of Independence, and the conference ended without an agreement.
On August 22, 1777, the Battle of Staten Island occurred between the British forces and several companies of the 2nd Canadian Regiment fighting alongside other American companies. The battle was inconclusive, though both sides surrendered over a hundred troops as prisoners. The Americans finally withdrew.
In early 1780, while the Kill Van Kull was frozen over, Lord Stirling led an unsuccessful Patriot raid from New Jersey on the western shore of Staten Island. It was repulsed in part by troops led by British Commander Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings.
In June 1780, Wilhelm von Knyphausen, commander of Britain's Hessian auxiliaries, led many raids and a full assault into New Jersey from Staten Island with the aim of defeating George Washington and the Continental Army. Although the raids were successful in the Newark and Elizabeth areas, the advance was halted at Connecticut Farms (Union) and the Battle of Springfield.
British forces remained on Staten Island for the remainder of the war. Most Patriots fled after the British occupation, and the sentiment of those who remained was predominantly Loyalist. Even so, the islanders found the demands of supporting the troops to be heavy. The British army kept headquarters in neighborhoods such as Bulls Head. Many buildings and churches were destroyed for their materials, and the military's demand for resources resulted in an extensive deforestation by the end of the war. The British army again used the island as a staging ground for its final evacuation of New York City on December 5, 1783. After their departure, many Loyalist landowners, such as Christopher Billop, the family of Canadian historian Peter Fisher, John Dunn, who founded St. Andrews, New Brunswick, and Abraham Jones, fled to Canada, and their estates were subdivided and sold.
Staten Island was occupied by the British longer than any single part of the Thirteen Colonies.
19th century
On July 4, 1827, the end of slavery in New York state was celebrated at Swan Hotel, in the West Brighton neighborhood. Rooms at the hotel were reserved months in advance as local abolitionists, including prominent free blacks, prepared for the festivities. Speeches, pageants, picnics, and fireworks marked the celebration, which lasted for two days.
In the early 19th century, New Jersey and New York disputed the location of their maritime boundary. The original charters were of no help because they were worded ambiguously. New York argued that the eastern edge of New Jersey was located at the Hudson River's shoreline during high tide, which would give New York control of all the docks and wharves on the Hudson River. New Jersey argued that the maritime boundary should be down the middle of the Hudson River and then continue out to the Atlantic Ocean, which would give New Jersey control of the docks and wharves as well as Staten Island. Vice President Martin Van Buren negotiated a compromise that established the maritime boundary in the middle of the Hudson River and gave Staten Island to New York. Ellis Island and Bedloe's Island, both uninhabited at the time, also became controlled by New Jersey.
From 1800 to 1858, Staten Island was the location of the largest quarantine facility in the United States. Angry residents burned down the hospital compound in 1858 in a series of attacks known as the Staten Island Quarantine War.
In 1860, parts of Castleton and Southfield were made into a new town, Middletown. The Village of New Brighton in the town of Castleton was incorporated in 1866, and in 1872 the Village of New Brighton annexed all the remainder of the Town of Castleton and became coterminous with the town.
An 1887 movement to incorporate Staten Island as a city ended up resulting in nothing.
Consolidation with New York City
The towns of Staten Island were dissolved in 1898 with the consolidation of the City of Greater New York, as Richmond County became one of the five boroughs of the expanded city. Although consolidated into the City of Greater New York in 1898, the county sheriff of Staten Island maintained control of the jail system, unlike the other boroughs, which had gradually transferred control of the jails to the Department of Correction. The jail system was not transferred until January 1, 1942. Staten Island is the only borough without a New York City Department of Correction major detention center.
The construction of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, along with the other three major Staten Island bridges, created a new way for commuters and tourists to travel from New Jersey to Brooklyn, Manhattan, and areas farther east on Long Island. The network of highways running between the bridges has effectively carved up many of Staten Island's old neighborhoods. The bridge opened many areas of the borough to residential and commercial development from the 1960s onward, especially in the central and southern parts of the borough, which had been largely undeveloped. Staten Island's population doubled from 221,991 in 1960 to 443,728 in 2000. Nevertheless, Staten Island remained less developed than the rest of the city. A New York Times article in 1972 stated that despite the borough having 333,000 residents, parts of the island still maintained a bucolic atmosphere with woods and marshes.
Throughout the 1980s, a movement to secede from the city steadily grew in popularity, notably championed by longtime New York state senator and former Republican Party mayoral nominee John J. Marchi. The campaign reached its peak during the mayoral term of David Dinkins (1990–1993), after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the New York City Board of Estimate, which had given equal representation to the five boroughs. Dinkins and the city government opposed a non-binding secession referendum, contending that the vote should not be permitted by the state unless the city issued a home rule message supporting it, which the city would not. Governor Mario Cuomo disagreed, and the vote went forward in 1993. Ultimately, 65% of Staten island residents voted to secede through the approval of a new city charter making Staten Island an independent city, but implementation was blocked in the State Assembly.
In the 1980s, the United States Navy had a base on Staten Island called Naval Station New York. It had two sections: a Strategic Homeport in Stapleton and a larger section near Fort Wadsworth, where the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge enters the island. The base was closed in 1994 through the Base Realignment and Closure process because of its small size and the expense of basing personnel there.
Fresh Kills and its tributaries are part of the largest tidal wetland ecosystem in the region. Its creeks and wetlands have been designated a Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitat by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Opened along Fresh Kills as a "temporary landfill" in 1947, the Fresh Kills Landfill was a repository of trash for the city of New York. The landfill, once the world's largest man-made structure, was closed in 2001, but it was briefly reopened for the debris from Ground Zero following the September 11 attacks in 2001. It is being converted into a park almost three times the size of Central Park and the largest park to be developed in New York City in over 100 years. Plans for the park include a bird-nesting island, public roads, boardwalks, soccer and baseball fields, bridle paths, and a 5,000-seat stadium. Today, freshwater and tidal wetlands, fields, birch thickets, and a coastal oak maritime forest, as well as areas dominated by non-native plant species, are all within the boundaries of Fresh Kills.
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connecting the eastern portion of the island to BrooklynGeology
During the Paleozoic Era, the tectonic plate containing the continent of Laurentia and the plate containing the continent of Gondwanaland were converging, the Iapetus Ocean that separated the two continents gradually closed, and the resulting collision between the plates formed the Appalachian Mountains. During the early stages of this mountain building known as the Taconic orogeny, a piece of ocean crust from the Iapetus Ocean broke off and became incorporated into the collision zone and now forms the oldest bedrock strata of Staten Island, the serpentinite.
This strata of the Lower Paleozoic (approximately 430 million years old) consists predominantly of the serpentine minerals, antigorite, chrysotile, and lizardite; it also contains asbestos and talc. At the end of the Paleozoic era (248 million years ago) all major continental masses were joined into the supercontinent of Pangaea.
The Palisades Sill has been designated a National Natural Landmark, being "the best example of a thick diabase sill in the United States". It underlies a portion of northwest Staten Island, with a visible outcropping in Travis, off Travis Road in the William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge. This is the same formation that appears in New Jersey and upstate New York along the Hudson River in Palisades Interstate Park. The sill extends southward beyond the cliffs in Jersey City beneath the Upper New York Harbor and resurfaces on Staten Island. The Palisades sill date from the Early Jurassic period, 192 to 186 million years ago.
Staten Island has been at the southern terminus of various periods of glaciation. The most recent, the Wisconsin glaciation, ended approximately 12,000 years ago. The accumulated rock and sediment deposited at the terminus of the glacier is known as the terminal moraine present along the central portion of the island. The evidence of these glacial periods is visible in the remaining wooded areas of Staten Island in the form of glacial erratics and kettle ponds.
At the retreat of the ice sheet, Staten Island was connected by land to Long Island, as the Narrows had not yet formed. Geologists' reckonings of the course of the Hudson River have placed it alternatively through the present course of the Raritan River, south of the island, or through present-day Flushing Bay and Jamaica Bay.
Geography
See also: List of Staten Island neighborhoodsAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, Richmond County has a total area of 102.5 square miles (265 km), of which 58.5 square miles (152 km) is land and 44.0 square miles (114 km) (43%) is water. It is the third-smallest county in New York by land area and fourth-smallest by total area.
Although Staten Island is a borough of New York City, the island is geographically part of New Jersey. Staten Island is separated from Long Island by the Narrows and from mainland New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull. Staten Island is positioned at the center of New York Bight, a sharp bend in the shoreline between New Jersey and Long Island. The region is considered vulnerable to sea-level rise. On October 29, 2012, the island experienced severe damage and loss of life along with the destruction of many homes during Hurricane Sandy.
In addition to the main island, the borough and county also include several small uninhabited islands:
- The Isle of Meadows (at the mouth of Fresh Kills)
- Prall's Island (in the Arthur Kill)
- Shooters Island (in Newark Bay; part of it is in New Jersey)
- Swinburne Island (in Lower New York Bay)
- Hoffman Island (in Lower New York Bay)
The highest point on the island, the summit of Todt Hill, elevation 401 ft (122 m), is also the highest point in the five boroughs, as well as the highest point on the Atlantic coastal plain south of Great Blue Hill in Massachusetts and the highest point on the coast proper south of Maine's Camden Hills. Ward's Point in the neighborhood of Tottenville is the southernmost point in the state of New York.
Staten Island is the only borough in New York City that does not share a land border with another borough (Marble Hill in Manhattan is contiguous with the Bronx). The borough has a land border with Elizabeth and Bayonne, New Jersey, on uninhabited Shooters Island.
Wildlife
Staten Island is home to a large and diverse population of wildlife. Wildlife found on Staten Island include white-tailed deer (which have increased from a population of 24 in 2008 to 2,000 in 2017 due to a hunting ban and a lack of predators), as well as hundreds of species of birds including bald eagles, turkey, hawks, egrets and ring-necked pheasants. Staten Island is home to Atlantic horseshoe crabs, cottontail rabbits, opossums, raccoons, garter snakes, red-eared slider turtles, newts, spring peeper frogs, leopard frogs, fox, box turtles, skunks, northern snapping turtles and common snapping turtles. In 2014 a new species of frog, the Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog (Lithobates kauffeldi), was described from Staten Island.
Parkland
Staten Island includes thousands of acres of federal, state, and local park land, including the "greenbelt" and "blue belt" park systems and the Gateway National Recreation Area, in addition to hundreds of acres of private wooded areas. The National Park Service maintains full-time wildland firefighters to patrol Staten Island sites in wildfire brush trucks.
The parks on Staten Island are managed by various state, federal and local agencies.
Five sites are part of the 26,000-acre (110 km) Gateway National Recreation Area, managed by the U.S. National Park Service and patrolled by the United States Park Police:
Two New York State parks are managed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation:
New York State Park Police officers patrol these parks and the surrounding streets.
359 acres (145 ha) of State Forests, state wildlife management areas and Wetlands are managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation:
- Saint Francis Woodland
- Butler Manor Woods
- Arden Heights Woods
- Todt Hill Woods
- North Mount Loretto State Forest
- Lemon Creek Tidal Wetland Wildlife Management Area
- Blosers Wetland Wildlife Management Area
- Goethal Pond Wetland
- Bridge Creek Tidal Wetland
- Old Place Creek Tidal Wetland
- Oakwood Beach Wetland
- Sharrots Shoreline Natural Resource Area
- Sawmill Creek Wetland
The 359 acres (145 ha) of NYS Department of Environmental Conservation land throughout the island are patrolled by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police officers and one NYS DEC Forest Ranger, who has the dual task of law enforcement and fire suppression.
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation manages 156 parks, including:
The Fresh Kills Landfill was the world's largest landfill before closing in 2001, although it was temporarily reopened that year to receive debris from the September 11 attacks. The landfill is being redeveloped as Freshkills Park, an area devoted to restoring habitat. The park will become New York City's second largest public park when completed.
Adjacent counties
New Jersey
- Hudson County — north and northeast
- Union County — northwest
- Middlesex County — west and southwest
- Monmouth County — south
New York
- Kings County — east
- New York County — northeast
Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Staten IslandCensus | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1790 | 3,835 | — | |
1800 | 4,564 | 19.0% | |
1810 | 5,347 | 17.2% | |
1820 | 6,135 | 14.7% | |
1830 | 7,082 | 15.4% | |
1840 | 10,965 | 54.8% | |
1850 | 15,061 | 37.4% | |
1860 | 25,492 | 69.3% | |
1870 | 33,029 | 29.6% | |
1880 | 38,991 | 18.1% | |
1890 | 51,713 | 32.6% | |
1900 | 67,021 | 29.6% | |
1910 | 85,969 | 28.3% | |
1920 | 116,531 | 35.6% | |
1930 | 158,346 | 35.9% | |
1940 | 174,441 | 10.2% | |
1950 | 191,555 | 9.8% | |
1960 | 221,991 | 15.9% | |
1970 | 295,443 | 33.1% | |
1980 | 352,029 | 19.2% | |
1990 | 378,977 | 7.7% | |
2000 | 443,728 | 17.1% | |
2010 | 468,730 | 5.6% | |
2020 | 495,747 | 5.8% | |
U.S. Decennial Census 1790–1960 1900–1990 1990–2000 2010 2020 |
New York City's five boroughs | ||||||||
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Jurisdiction | Population | Land area | Density of population | GDP | ||||
Borough | County | Census (2020) |
square miles |
square km |
people/ sq. mile |
people/ sq. km |
billions (2022 US$) | |
The Bronx | Bronx | 1,472,654 | 42.2 | 109.2 | 34,920 | 13,482 | 51.574 | |
Brooklyn | Kings | 2,736,074 | 69.4 | 179.7 | 39,438 | 15,227 | 125.867 | |
Manhattan | New York | 1,694,251 | 22.7 | 58.7 | 74,781 | 28,872 | 885.652 | |
Queens | Queens | 2,405,464 | 108.7 | 281.6 | 22,125 | 8,542 | 122.288 | |
Staten Island | Richmond | 495,747 | 57.5 | 149.0 | 8,618 | 3,327 | 21.103 | |
City of New York | 8,804,190 | 300.5 | 778.2 | 29,303 | 11,314 | 1,206.484 | ||
State of New York | 20,201,249 | 47,123.6 | 122,049.5 | 429 | 166 | 2,163.209 | ||
Sources: and see individual borough articles. |
Race | 2020 | 2010 | 1990 | 1970 | 1950 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
White | 59.6% | 72.9% | 85% | 94% | 97.1% |
—Non-Hispanic | 56.1% | 64.0% | 80% | n/a | n/a |
Black or African American | 10.5% | 10.6% | 8.1% | 5.3% | 2.8% |
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 19.6% | 17.3% | 8% | n/a | n/a |
Asian | 12.0% | 7.5% | 4.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
Two or more races | 7.8% | 2.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
As of the 2018 Estimate, 22.2% of residents are foreign born. 11.9% of residents live below the poverty line, the lowest of the five boroughs. Average per capita income was $33,922, while median household income was $76,244. There are 181,199 housing units, with a 69.5% owner occupancy rate, the highest of the five boroughs, as well as a median value of $460,200. There are 166,150 households, with 2.82 persons per household.
At the 2010 Census, there were 468,730 people living in Staten Island, which is an increase of 5.6% since the 2000 Census. Staten Island is the only New York City borough with a non-Hispanic White majority. According to the 2010 Census, 64.0% of the population was non-Hispanic White, down from 79% in 1990, 10.6% Black or African American, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 7.5% Asian, 0.2% from some other race (non-Hispanic) and 2.6% of two or more races. 17.3% of Staten Island's population was of Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race).
In 2009, approximately 20.0% of the population was foreign born, and 1.8% of the populace was born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parents. Approximately 28.6% of the population over five years of age spoke a language other than English at home, and 27.3% of the population over twenty-five years of age had a bachelor's degree or higher.
According to the 2009 American Community Survey, the borough's population was 75.7% White (65.8% non-Hispanic White alone), 10.2% Black or African American (9.6% non-Hispanic Black or African American alone), 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 7.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 4.6% from Some other race, and 1.9% from Two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 15.9% of the population. According to the survey, the top ten European ancestries were the following:
- Italian: 33.7%
- Irish: 14.2%
- German: 5.7%
- Russian: 3.8%
- Polish: 3.4%
- Albanian: 1.9%
- English: 1.6%
- Ukrainian: 1.3%
- Norwegian: 1.0%
- Greek: 1.0%
The borough has the highest proportion of Italian Americans of any county in the United States. There is a significant Jewish community mainly in the Willowbrook area. Since the 2000 census, a large Russian community has been growing on Staten Island, particularly in the Rossville, South Beach, and Great Kills area. There is also a significant Polish community mainly in the South Beach and Midland Beach area and there is also a large Sri Lankan community on Staten Island, concentrated mainly on Victory Boulevard on the northeastern tip of Staten Island towards St. George. The Little Sri Lanka in the Tompkinsville neighborhood is one of the largest Sri Lankan communities outside of the country of Sri Lanka. The island houses more Liberians than anywhere outside Liberia, and has included three Liberian heads of state: David D. Kpormakpor, Ruth Perry, and George Weah. The borough is also home to a Chinanteco-speaking Indigenous Mexican American community.
Most of the borough's African American and Hispanic residents live north of the Staten Island Expressway, or Interstate 278. In terms of religion, the borough's population is largely Roman Catholic, peaking near 60% in the 2000 census. The Jewish community is slightly less numerous compared to other parts of the New York metropolitan area.
Per the 2009 American Community Survey, the median income for a household was $55,039, and the median income for a family was $64,333. Males had a median income of $50,081 versus $35,914 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $23,905. About 7.9% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.
If each borough were ranked as a separate city, Staten Island would be the 44th most-populous in the United States.
Languages
As of 2010, 70.39% (306,310) of Staten Island residents age 5 and older spoke only English at home, while 10.02% (43,587) spoke Spanish, 3.14% (13,665) Russian, 3.11% (13,542) Italian, 2.39% (10,412) Chinese, 1.81% (7,867) other Indo-European languages, 1.38% (5,990) Arabic, 1.01% (4,390) Polish, 0.88% (3,812) Korean, 0.80% (3,500) Tagalog, 0.76% (3,308) other Asian languages, 0.62% (2,717) Urdu, 0.57% (2,479) other Indic languages, and African languages were spoken as a first language by 0.56% (2,458) of the population over the age of five. In total, 29.61% (128,827) of Staten Island's population age 5 and older spoke a first language other than English.
Government and politics
History
Year | Republican / Whig | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2024 | 128,151 | 63.57% | 69,345 | 34.40% | 4,088 | 2.03% |
2020 | 123,320 | 56.89% | 90,997 | 41.98% | 2,450 | 1.13% |
2016 | 101,437 | 56.05% | 74,143 | 40.97% | 5,380 | 2.97% |
2012 | 74,223 | 48.14% | 78,181 | 50.71% | 1,776 | 1.15% |
2008 | 86,062 | 51.66% | 79,311 | 47.61% | 1,205 | 0.72% |
2004 | 90,325 | 56.40% | 68,448 | 42.74% | 1,370 | 0.86% |
2000 | 63,903 | 44.96% | 73,828 | 51.94% | 4,398 | 3.09% |
1996 | 52,207 | 40.78% | 64,684 | 50.53% | 11,116 | 8.68% |
1992 | 70,707 | 47.85% | 56,901 | 38.51% | 20,152 | 13.64% |
1988 | 77,427 | 61.46% | 47,812 | 37.95% | 736 | 0.58% |
1984 | 83,187 | 65.08% | 44,345 | 34.69% | 294 | 0.23% |
1980 | 64,885 | 58.64% | 37,306 | 33.72% | 8,456 | 7.64% |
1976 | 56,995 | 54.11% | 47,867 | 45.45% | 464 | 0.44% |
1972 | 84,686 | 74.21% | 29,241 | 25.62% | 196 | 0.17% |
1968 | 54,631 | 55.28% | 34,770 | 35.18% | 9,423 | 9.54% |
1964 | 42,330 | 45.54% | 50,524 | 54.36% | 92 | 0.10% |
1960 | 50,356 | 56.50% | 38,673 | 43.39% | 94 | 0.11% |
1956 | 64,233 | 76.58% | 19,644 | 23.42% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 55,993 | 66.21% | 28,280 | 33.44% | 294 | 0.35% |
1948 | 39,539 | 54.06% | 30,442 | 41.62% | 3,153 | 4.31% |
1944 | 42,188 | 57.07% | 31,502 | 42.62% | 228 | 0.31% |
1940 | 38,911 | 50.23% | 38,307 | 49.45% | 249 | 0.32% |
1936 | 22,852 | 32.47% | 46,229 | 65.68% | 1,308 | 1.86% |
1932 | 21,278 | 35.26% | 36,857 | 61.08% | 2,210 | 3.66% |
1928 | 24,995 | 46.09% | 28,945 | 53.37% | 294 | 0.54% |
1924 | 18,007 | 47.91% | 15,801 | 42.04% | 3,778 | 10.05% |
1920 | 17,844 | 63.15% | 9,373 | 33.17% | 1,041 | 3.68% |
1916 | 7,319 | 44.36% | 8,843 | 53.60% | 336 | 2.04% |
1912 | 3,035 | 19.26% | 8,445 | 53.60% | 4,277 | 27.14% |
1908 | 6,831 | 45.29% | 7,401 | 49.07% | 852 | 5.65% |
1904 | 7,000 | 47.72% | 7,182 | 48.96% | 486 | 3.31% |
1900 | 6,042 | 45.77% | 6,759 | 51.20% | 400 | 3.03% |
1896 | 6,170 | 55.10% | 4,452 | 39.76% | 576 | 5.14% |
1892 | 4,091 | 38.09% | 6,122 | 57.00% | 528 | 4.92% |
1888 | 4,100 | 40.82% | 5,764 | 57.39% | 179 | 1.78% |
1884 | 3,164 | 37.39% | 5,135 | 60.68% | 164 | 1.94% |
1880 | 3,291 | 40.60% | 4,815 | 59.40% | 0 | 0.00% |
1876 | 2,883 | 39.92% | 4,339 | 60.08% | 0 | 0.00% |
1872 | 2,611 | 51.51% | 2,458 | 48.49% | 0 | 0.00% |
1868 | 2,216 | 42.30% | 3,023 | 57.70% | 0 | 0.00% |
1864 | 1,565 | 35.25% | 2,875 | 64.75% | 0 | 0.00% |
1860 | 1,408 | 37.27% | 2,370 | 62.73% | 0 | 0.00% |
1856 | 736 | 22.77% | 1,550 | 47.94% | 947 | 29.29% |
1852 | 1,147 | 45.83% | 1,324 | 52.90% | 32 | 1.28% |
1848 | 1,099 | 52.79% | 860 | 41.31% | 123 | 5.91% |
1844 | 1,049 | 49.65% | 1,063 | 50.31% | 1 | 0.05% |
1840 | 903 | 51.19% | 861 | 48.81% | 0 | 0.00% |
1836 | 649 | 50.00% | 649 | 50.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
1832 | 537 | 48.33% | 574 | 51.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
1828 | 475 | 47.83% | 518 | 52.17% | 0 | 0.00% |
Since New York City's consolidation in 1898, Staten Island has been governed by the New York City Charter that provides for a "strong" mayor-council system. The centralized New York City government is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, and welfare services on Staten Island.
The office of Borough president was created in the consolidation of 1898 to balance centralization with local authority. Each borough president had a powerful administrative role derived from having a vote on the New York City Board of Estimate, which was responsible for creating and approving the city's budget and proposals for land use.
The Office of Borough President became one focal point for opinions over the Vietnam War when former intelligence agent and peace activist Ed Murphy ran for office in 1973, sponsored by the Staten Island Democratic Association. Murphy's combat veteran status deflected traditional right-wing attacks on liberals, and the campaign facilitated the emergence of more liberal politics on Staten Island. In Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris (1989), the Supreme Court of the United States declared the Board of Estimate unconstitutional on the grounds that Brooklyn, the most populous borough, had no greater effective representation on the board than Staten Island, the least populous borough, a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause pursuant to the high court's 1964 "one man, one vote" decision.
Since 1990 the Borough president has acted as an advocate for the borough at the mayoral agencies, the City Council, the New York state government, and corporations. Staten Island's Borough President is Vito Fossella, a Republican who was elected in November 2021. Fossella is the only Republican borough president in New York City.
Staten Island flag
The Staten Island flag uses its old borough seal as a flag.
Politics
Staten Island's politics differ considerably from the rest of New York City. While the other four boroughs tend to be strongly Democratic, Staten Island is considered the most conservative, and the only one where Republicans usually do well. Although in 2005 44.7% of the borough's registered voters were registered Democrats and 30.6% were registered Republicans, the Republican Party holds a majority of local public offices. Staten Island is the base of New York City's Republican Party in citywide elections.
The main political divide in the borough is demarcated by the Staten Island Expressway; areas north of the Expressway tend to be more liberal while the south tends to be more conservative. Local party platforms center on affordable housing, education and law and order. Two out of Staten Island's three New York City Council members are Republicans, including conservative commentator Joe Borelli.
In national elections, Staten Island is a Republican-leaning county. Staten Island has voted for a Democratic presidential nominee only four times since 1940: in 1964, 1996, 2000, and 2012. In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain won 52% of the vote in the borough to Democrat Barack Obama's 48%. In 2012, the borough flipped and was won by incumbent Democrat Barack Obama, who took 51% of the vote to Republican Mitt Romney's 48%. This made the borough one of the few parts of the country where Barack Obama gained as compared to 2008. The Democratic Party's gains on the island in the 2010s proved ephemeral. In 2016, Republican Donald Trump carried Staten Island by 15.1%, the largest margin of any presidential candidate since 1988. With 56.1% of the island-wide vote, Trump became the first-ever presidential candidate to receive over 100,000 votes out of Staten Island. The borough stayed Republican on election day 2020, delivering 56.9% and a record of more than 123,000 votes to President Donald Trump. In both elections, Staten Island was the only borough where Trump managed even 30 percent of the vote.
Federal Representation
As of 2023, Staten Island lies entirely within New York's 11th congressional district, which also includes part of southwestern Brooklyn. It is currently represented by a Republican, Nicole Malliotakis, who was elected in 2020. The 11th district had been represented by Democrat Max Rose, until Malliotakis defeated him 53.1% to 46.8%.
Party | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic (%) | 44.70 | 44.76 | 45.19 | 45.39 | 45.63 | 45.47 | 45.51 | 45.60 | 46.38 | 46.15 |
Republican (%) | 30.64 | 30.47 | 30.77 | 30.55 | 30.68 | 30.76 | 31.17 | 31.60 | 30.80 | 31.28 |
No affiliation (%) | 19.00 | 19.10 | 18.46 | 18.54 | 18.67 | 18.84 | 18.67 | 18.25 | 18.43 | 18.48 |
Other (%) | 5.66 | 5.67 | 5.58 | 5.52 | 5.02 | 4.93 | 4.65 | 4.55 | 4.39 | 4.09 |
Local politics
Staten Island representation in the state assembly has one Democrat and three Republicans. The 62nd, 63rd, and 64th districts are represented by Republicans Michael Reilly, Sam Pirozzolo, and Michael Tannousis. The 61st district has an elected Democrat, Charles Fall. Staten Island is split between two state Senate districts. Most of the island used to be represented by Republican John J. Marchi, the longest-serving legislator in state history; but is now represented by Republican Andrew Lanza; while the North Shore belongs to the district of Democrat Jessica Scarcella-Spanton. In 2018, Matthew Titone, a Democrat who at the time was a member of the New York State Assembly for the 61st District, was elected Surrogate Judge for Richmond County, which covers all of Staten Island. He was succeeded by Charles Fall, also a Democrat, and the first African American elected to the Assembly from Staten Island.
Until 2009, Staten Island was included with Brooklyn as part of New York State's 2nd Judicial District. In that year, Staten Island secured Judicial Independence when a new law was signed, creating New York's 13th Judicial District. Since 2009, Staten Island voters have had the opportunity to elect 5 Justices to the New York State Supreme Court.
Each of the city's five counties (coterminous with each borough) has its own criminal court system and District Attorney, the chief public prosecutor who is directly elected by popular vote. Michael McMahon, a Conservative Democrat, is the current District Attorney.
Staten Island has three City Council members, the smallest number among the five boroughs. As of 2023, the island's city council delegation comprises two Republicans and one Democrat. The borough also has three administrative districts, each served by a local Community Board. Community Boards are representative bodies that field complaints and serve as advocates for local residents. In the 2009 election for city offices, Staten Island elected its first black official, Debi Rose, who defeated the incumbent Democrat in the North Shore city council seat in a primary and then went on to win the general election.
In New York City mayoral elections, Staten Island has traditionally been reliably Republican, having last voted Democratic for incumbent mayor Ed Koch in 1985. Staten Island's high Republican turnout is considered one of the major factors that helped Rudy Giuliani win in 1993 against incumbent Democratic mayor David Dinkins, and also Michael Bloomberg in 2001 against Mark Green.
Secession from New York City
Secession from New York City has been a long-time hot-button issue on Staten Island. The "Greater City" exists as a result of actions of the New York State Legislature, and, as such, could be reduced in size by the same mechanism. A non-binding referendum was held in 1993 to consider whether it should be allowed to secede from the city. The New York City government and Mayor David Dinkins opposed the vote, contending that the referendum should not be permitted by the state unless the city issued a home rule message supporting it, which the city would not. Governor Mario Cuomo disagreed, and the vote went forward. Ultimately, 65% of Staten Island residents voted to secede through the approval of a new city charter making Staten Island an independent city, but implementation was blocked in the State Assembly.
The Staten Island secession movement was defused by the election of Rudy Giuliani as New York City mayor on the same ballot. He had campaigned on the promise that Staten Island's grievances would be addressed. Giuliani's plurality in his narrow victory over Dinkins was aided by overwhelming support from Staten Island. Two of the borough's biggest demands were closing the Fresh Kills Landfill and making the Staten Island Ferry free, both of which were done. However, after the election of Bill de Blasio as Mayor in 2013 and the success of the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom in 2016, interest in secession was revived. In 2019 and 2022, New York City councilman Joe Borelli announced his plan to introduce another set of bills to study the feasibility of secession.
Tourism
In 2009, Borough president James Molinaro started a program to increase tourism on Staten Island. This program included a new website, a "Staten Island Attractions" video that is aired in both the Staten Island and the Manhattan Whitehall ferry terminals, as well as informational kiosks at the terminals, which supply printed information on Staten Island attractions, entertainment and restaurants.
Empire Outlets New York City, is a 350,000-square-foot (33,000 m) retail complex constructed in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island. Empire Outlets features 100 designer outlets. It is the first outlet mall in New York City. The mall is located next to the St. George Terminal, a major ferry, train, and bus hub.
Staten Island's Arts District is located in the North Shore region with many locations to see music and experience art. The Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanic Gardens (1000 Richmond Terrace) is home to The Staten Island Museum, The Staten Island Children's Museum, Heritage Farm, The Newhouse Gallery, The Chinese Scholar's Garden and the Great Hall. The St. George Theater is a historic landmark seated theater within walking distance from the ferry and, it hosts many touring music artists. ArtSpace, located at Navy Pier Court is run by the local arts council with revolving exhibits by local artists. Staten Island's only community radio station, Maker Park Radio, is located in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island. The Alice Austen House is a historic landmark and photography gallery with a view of Manhattan. Although Staten Island lacks venues, one can see many live music artists at local restaurants and spaces on most weekends. There are also numerous theaters on the Island.
Staten Island is known as the borough of parks because of its numerous parks. Some well known parks are Clove Lakes, Silver Lake, Greenbelt and High Rock. Paulo's Peak (formerly Moses Mountain), a hill known for its view of the borough, is the location where Robert Moses wanted to build the Richmond Parkway before protests defeated this arrangement. It is now a key point of Staten Island for tourists.
Culture
See also: Culture of New York CityLocal support for the arts
Artists and musicians have been moving to Staten Island's North Shore so they can be in close proximity to Manhattan while having an affordable space to live and work. Filmmakers, most of whom work independently, also play an important part in Staten Island's art scene, which has been recognized by the local government. Staten Island Arts (formerly The Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island) is Staten Island's local arts council and helps support local artists and cultural organizations with regrants, workshops, folklife and arts-in-education programs, and advocacy. Conceived by the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation to introduce independent and international films to a broad and diverse audience, the Staten Island Film Festival (SIFF) held its first four-day festival in 2006.
Attractions
Historic Richmond Town is New York City's living history village and museum complex. Visitors can explore the diversity of the American experience, especially that of Staten Island and its neighboring communities, from the colonial period to the present. The village area occupies 25 acres (100,000 m) of a 100-acre (0.40 km) site with about 15 restored buildings, including homes, commercial and civic buildings, and a museum.
The island is home to the Staten Island Zoo. Zoo construction commenced in 1933 as part of the Federal Government's works program on an eight-acre (three-hectare) estate willed to New York City. It was opened on June 10, 1936, the first zoo in the U.S. specifically devoted to an educational mandate. In the late 1960s, the zoo maintained the most complete rattlesnake collection in the world with 39 varieties.
Museums
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, the Alice Austen House Museum, the Conference House, the Garibaldi–Meucci Museum, Historic Richmond Town, Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, the Noble Maritime Collection, Sandy Ground Historical Museum, Staten Island Children's Museum, the Staten Island Museum, and the Staten Island Botanical Garden, home of the New York Chinese Scholar's Garden, can all be found on the island.
The National Lighthouse Museum undertook a major fundraising project and opened an educational center at St. George in 2015. The Staten Island Museum (art, science, and history) opened a new branch in Snug Harbor in 2015.
The Seguine Mansion, also known as The Seguine-Burke Mansion, is located on Lemon Creek near the southern shore of Staten Island. The 19th-century Greek Revival house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a member of the Historic House Trust; it harbors peacocks and an equestrian center.
Newspapers
Staten Island's local paper is The Staten Island Advance. The paper also has an affiliated website called silive
In culture
Film
Movies filmed partially or wholly on Staten Island include:
- Analyze This
- The Astronaut's Wife
- Bad Hurt
- A Beautiful Mind
- Big Daddy
- Big Fan
- Combat Shock
- Cropsey
- The Devil's Own
- Donnie Brasco
- Easy Money
- Freedomland
- The First Purge
- Fur
- The Godfather
- Goodfellas
- Grace Quigley
- He Knows You're Alone
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
- The Irishman
- The Jimmy Show
- Joe the King
- The Kindergarten Teacher
- The King of Staten Island
- Little Children
- Neighbors
- Nerve
- The Other Guys
- The Perils of Pauline (1914 serial)
- Scent of a Woman
- School of Rock
- Shamus
- Sisters
- Sleepwalk With Me
- Sorry, Wrong Number
- Splendor in the Grass
- Staten Island
- Staten Island Summer
- Strong Island
- Terrifier
- The Toxic Avenger
- Three Christs
- Trainwreck
- Two Family House
- War of the Worlds
- Wedding Daze
- What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)
- Who's That Knocking at My Door
- Working Girl
- Wu-Tang: An American Saga
Literature
Lydia Sigourney published her poem "Autumn on Staten Island" in her volume, Scenes in my Native Land, 1845. This is accompanied by her observations following a visit there in 1843.
World War One poet Alan Seeger, who fought with the French Foreign Legion and was killed in the Battle of the Somme and author of "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" grew up at St. Marks Place above the ferry stop on Staten Island in the last decade of the 19th century. His poem "The Old Lowe House" described property that would become Low Terrace, St. George.
Ki Longfellow was born on the island. Longfellow is the author of The Secret Magdalene and other books. Her Sam Russo historical detective noir novels are based in and around Stapleton.
Lois Lowry, the author of The Gossamer, The Giver, and many other books, attended school on Staten Island.
Writer Paul Zindel lived in Staten Island during his youth and based most of his teenage novels in the island.
George R. R. Martin based King's Landing on the view of Staten Island from his childhood home in Bayonne, New Jersey.
Music
Main article: Music of New York CityStaten Island also has a local music scene. These venues in the North Shore are part of the art movement mentioned above. Local bands include many punk, ska, hardcore punk, indie, metal, and pop punk bands. Staten Island is known internationally for its hip hop culture from the critically acclaimed Wu-Tang Clan.
Musicians who were born or reside on Staten Island and groups that formed on Staten Island are found at List of people from Staten Island.
Television
The Spectrum cable news channel NY1 airs a weekly show called This Week on Staten Island, hosted by Anthony Pascale. The magazine-style show takes content from NY1's hourly newscasts called "Your Staten Island News Now".
A documentary series, A Walk Around Staten Island with David Hartman and Barry Lewis, premiered on public television station WNET on December 3, 2007. The hosts profile Staten Island culture and history, including major attractions such as the Staten Island Ferry, Historic Richmondtown, the Conference House, Snug Harbor Cultural Center and its Chinese Scholars Garden, and many more sites.
The Fox and WB sitcom Grounded for Life (2001–2005) was centered on a family of Irish heritage living on Staten Island.
All four cast members of truTV hidden camera reality TV show Impractical Jokers (2011–) hail from Staten Island. Joe Gatto, James "Murr" Murray, Brian "Q" Quinn, and Sal Vulcano are four friends who originally met while attending Monsignor Farrell High School, where they formed the improv comedy troupe The Tenderloins. Impractical Jokers features many references to Staten Island and filming often takes place in the borough. On February 6, 2023, the borough declared the first Monday of every February "Impractical Jokers Day" in honor of the show.
The FX comedy horror series What We Do in the Shadows (2019–) is centered on a group of vampires who live on Staten Island. The fact that they live on Staten Island and not more centrally in New York City is a common joke within the series, and their attempts to take over the entire borough have resulted in control of only five houses, according to the group.
Theater
The St. George Theatre serves as a cultural arts center, hosting educational programs, architectural tours, television and film shoots, concerts, comedy, Broadway touring companies, and small and large children's shows. Artists who have performed there include the B-52's, Jonas Brothers, Tony Bennett, and Don McLean. In 2012, the NBC musical drama Smash series filmed several scenes there.
The Ritz Theater in Port Richmond, a movie theater and vaudeville venue now a home-improvement showroom, once hosted the biggest names in rock and roll and show business. The theater was built by Isle Theatrical and opened in 1924. From 1970 to 1972, the theater had an arrangement with a Manhattan club that enabled them to bring top names, many of whom are now in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to the location.
The Stadium Theatre was a 1,037-seat movie theater in Tottenville from 1927 to 1957. In January 1969 it re-opened as the New Stadium Theatre and was a rock-music venue, but by the 1970s it had become the site of a roller rink.
The Lane Theater in New Dorp opened on February 10, 1938, and was operated by Charles, Lewis and Elias Moses. The theater's interior has been landmarked since November 1988. Starting in 1998, several concerts were hosted; and the theater briefly hosted "The EleMent" nightclub in 2001. After renovations were completed in summer 2009, Uncle Vinnie's Comedy Club opened there, operating until 2011. In 2012 the building became the home of the Crossroads Church.
Sports
See also: Sports in New York CityBaseball
The Staten Island Yankees played in the New York–Penn League from 1999 to 2020; the team was a Class-A Minor League affiliate of the New York Yankees before being eliminated during the restructuring of Minor League Baseball. The Yankees have stated they hope to assist in creating a new team for Staten Island in the independent Atlantic League. Staten Island is now home to the Staten Island FerryHawks of the Atlantic League and playing their home games at Staten Island University Hospital ballpark.
The New York Metropolitans of the American Association played baseball on Staten Island from April 1886 through 1887. Erastus Wiman, the developer of St. George, brought the team to Staten Island at a stadium called the St. George Grounds, near the site of the present-day Staten Island FerryHawks' Staten Island University Hospital Community Park and the Staten Island Ferry terminal.
Staten Island's Mid-Island Little League won the 1964 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Three Mid-Island Little League teams and six overall from Staten Island have reached the tournament since it started in 1947. Staten Island Little League was the island's first Little League. Its "founding fathers"; Buddy Cusack, Jiggs Seaman, John Marino, Joe Darcy Sr., Joe "Babe" Darcy Jr., Ed Elliott, and Jim Darcy, built Hy Turkin Field (and additional fields) in Dongan Hills and have been inducted as a group into the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame.
Basketball
In 2015, the New York Post listed Staten Island's all-time basketball team as: Warren Fenley, Kyle McAlarney, Bill Murtha, Kevin O'Connor, Kenny Page. As of 2014, McAlarney was Staten Island's all-time high-school boys' scoring leader with 2,566 points.
Bowling
Staten Island has been home to a number of national champions and world-class bowlers, including Mark Roth, Johnny Petraglia, Mary Ontek, Ben McNevich, Dom LaBargo, and Joseph Berardi. Roth, Petraglia and Berardi are in the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Hall of Fame.
Boxing
The Daily News Golden Gloves Tournament started in 1927. It is believed that Eppie Alonzo, who lived and trained at the Mount Loretto Home for Boys, is the first Staten Islander to win a Daily News Golden Gloves championship. Alonzo won his division in 1949 and again in 1950. Other Staten Islanders who have won a Daily News Golden Gloves championship include: Gabe Perillo Jr. (1974), Kevin Rooney (1975), Al Tobe (1975), Johnny Verderosa (1975, 1976), Gary Stark Jr. (2000, 2001, 2002), Amanda Walsh (2008), Nafisa Umarova (2012), Chad Trabuscio (2012), Anthony Caramanno (2008, 2010, 2012).
College athletics
The Wagner College Seahawks participate in NCAA Division I athletics and are a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). National Basketball Association (NBA) coach P. J. Carlesimo coached the men's basketball team from 1976 to 1982. Terrance Bailey led NCAA Division I basketball in scoring as a junior in 1985–86. Rich Kotite, a former NFL player and coach, played tight end on Wagner's football team in the 1960s.
The College of Staten Island Dolphins participate in NCAA Division II athletics. The College of Staten Island Baseball Complex was the home of the Staten Island Yankees until 2001.
Cricket
The Staten Island Cricket Club, founded in 1872, is the oldest continuously operating cricket club in the United States.
Football
Staten Island had a National Football League (NFL) team, the Stapletons, also known as the Stapes. The team was based in Stapleton at Thompson Stadium, located on the current site of Berta A. Dreyfus Intermediate School 49 and the Stapleton Houses. They played in the league from 1929 to 1932, defeating the New York Giants twice and the Chicago Cardinals once. During the 1932 NFL season, the Stapletons, last in the NFL, played the eventual season champion Chicago Bears to a scoreless tie. Football Hall of Famer Ken Strong played for the Stapletons.
The following NFL players were born on Staten Island: Joe Andruzzi (1998–2006), Frank Ferrara (2001–2003), James Jenkins (1991–2000), David Richards (1988–1996), Joseph Ryan (1960), Lewis Sanders (2000–2007), Mike Siani (1972–1980), Frank Umont (1944–1948, then MLB umpire 1954–1973). NFL coaches Kevin Coyle and Lou Anarumo were also born on Staten Island.
The New York Predators of the semi-pro Regional American Football League have called Staten Island home since their inception in 1998. Owned by Bill Simo, they play most home games at St. Peter's H.S.
Golf
Staten Island has four golf courses. La Tourette, Silver Lake, and South Shore are public, while Richmond County Country Club is the only private country club in New York City. The New York City Amateur is conducted annually at La Tourette Golf Course by the Staten Island Golf Association.
By some estimates, Staten Island has been the site of nearly a dozen golf courses.
- Harbour Hills Golf Links near Brighton, Lafayette, and Prospect Avenue in New Brighton opened in 1878 and is said to have conducted the island's first golf tournaments. In 1898, the club opened a new clubhouse opposite the Brighton Heights Inn along Castleton Avenue. In 1904, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac reported that the club had 250 members and had been officially incorporated in 1896. Today most of the property is known as Goodhue Park and Allison Pond Park.
- Clovena Club was in the vicinity of Clove Road and Victory Boulevard in 1897.
- Staten Island Cricket and Base Ball Club had a course in Livingston and was a Charter member of the Metropolitan Golf Association. Besides the "baseball" name, it is also seen in journals at the time as Staten Island Country Club and Staten Island Cricket Club. As with other clubs making the transition from cricket to golf, the organization completed planning for what would become the Fox Hills Golf Course by identifying the 110-acre (45 ha) site and hiring an architect, but abandoned golf in 1899.
- Fox Hills Golf Course was one of the island's first true 18-hole courses. It opened in 1900 with over 200 members and had nearly 275 members by 1904. Fox Hills was semi-private, and attracted players from around the New York metropolitan area to its location in Clifton off Vanderbilt Avenue and Targee Street, where its clubhouse was one of the largest in the country. Prolific golf architect Tom Bendelow was selected to develop the course's original layout. Fox Hills's head professional, Scotsman Isaac Mackie, worked with Walter Travis in 1906 to revamp the golf course, and in 1928 Donald Ross made additional changes. Mackie played in at least 12 U.S. Opens from 1901 to 1921, and won the Eastern PGA Championship in 1908 at Fox Hills. From 1899 through 1926 the Staten Island Amateur was played annually at either Fox Hills or Richmond County Country Club. Like many private golf courses of that era, the Great Depression, as well as the growing number of public courses, contributed to the end of the club and Fox Hills closed in 1935.
- Tysen Manor Golf Course, which was located on 100-acre (40 ha) site between Hylan Boulevard, Mill Road, New Dorp Lane, and Tysens Lane, was in existence from 1928 until 1936. The course was operated by Henry H. Nutt. Tavern on the Green, a restaurant that closed in 1976, was originally the golf course's clubhouse, near the location of the current post office on Hylan Boulevard.
- Mayflower Country Club's golf course, designed by Devereux Emmet with Alfred H. Tull, was built on a 147-acre (59 ha) tract in Huguenot in 1928. The club had designs for sporting facilities that included an indoor swimming pool and tennis courts, but member funding dried up once the stock market crashed in 1929. Regardless, Frank B. Sterner & Co. built the country club's clubhouse for $200,000 in 1930, and the first annual club championship was conducted in September 1931. New York City took over the site in 1966 and opened South Shore Golf Course in 1967.
- Willowbrook State School Golf Course was a 9-hole layout on Forest Hill Road that opened in May 1945 and closed in the 1960s. The Metropolitan section of the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) funded construction of the golf course at Halloran General Hospital in support of the U.S. Army and the war effort. Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed a layout that consisted of all par-3s on 23 acres (9.3 ha). Jones modeled the holes on what he thought were the great par-3s of the world and the unique course opened with complimentary reviews.
Bill Britton, a tournament winner on the PGA Tour, and Jim Albus, a multiple winner on the PGA Tour Champions, learned the game on Staten Island. Both won the prestigious Metropolitan Open. Albus was the head professional at La Tourette and a winner of the Senior Players Championship. Carolyn Cudone, raised on Staten Island, won a record five straight U.S. Senior Women's Amateur championships between 1968 and 1972, the most wins in a row by an individual in any United States Golf Association (USGA) championship. Frank Esposito, who learned the game on Staten Island, won the 2014 PGA Tour Champions National Qualifying Tournament. Sean Kelly, a regular golfer at Silver Lake Golf Course, took medalist honors at both the First and Second Stage of the 2018 Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament.
Frank Hannigan was the USGA Executive Director and a TV golf analyst for ABC. He wrote for the Staten Island Advance as a golf columnist and was influential in bringing the US Open to Shinnecock Hills and Bethpage State Park, and promoted the creation of the New York City Amateur. Staten Island native Joe Moresco was President of the Metropolitan section of the PGA in 1969 and 1970, was the Section's Professional of the Year in 1971 and is a member of the PGA Metropolitan Section Hall of Fame, along with Jim Albus.
Ice hockey
The following National Hockey League (NHL) players were born on Staten Island: Nick Fotiu, Kevin Labanc, Zach Aston-Reese, Joe Gambardella.
Motor sports
From 1953 until 1972 stock car races were held weekly from May until October at a 1/5th-mile asphalt racetrack on Staten Island. The local dairy, owned by the Weissglass family, financed promoter Gabe Rispoli with $700 so he could make improvements to an existing sporting facility that became known as Weissglass Stadium.
There was a controversial plan by the International Speedway Corporation (ISC) to build an 82,000-seat race track on the island that would host National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) races by 2010. The ISC abandoned the plan in 2006 citing financial concerns, and sold the 676-acre (274 ha) parcel in 2013.
Olympians
The following Islanders have qualified to participate in the Olympic Games:
- John Henry Lake (1900: Cycling, Bronze medal winner)
- Abel Kiviat (1912: Athletics – 1500 Meters, Silver medal winner); World record holder
- Frankie Genaro (1920: Boxing – Flyweight, Gold medal winner)
- Carl Borack (1972: Fencing – Men's team foil)
- Marilyn King (1972: Athletics – Pentathlon; 1976: Athletics – Pentathlon; 1980: Athletics – Pentathlon)
- Bill Jankunis (1976: Athletics – High Jump)
- Ray Rudolph (1980: Handball)
- Dominick Minicucci (1988: Gymnastics; 1992: Gymnastics)
- Robert Pipkins (1992: Luge; 1994: Luge)
- Silvia Fontana (2002: Figure skating, 2006: Figure skating)
- Marcus Browne (2012: Boxing – Light Heavyweight)
- Gary di Silvestri (2014: Cross-Country Skiing – 15 kilometre classical)
- Robby Andrews (2016: Athletics – 1500 Meters)
- Krystal Lara (2020: Swimming – 100 metre backstroke; Swimming - 200 metre backstroke)
Elmer Ripley, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and Staten Island native, coached the Olympic basketball teams for Israel (1956) and Canada (1960).
Running
The New York City Marathon is a foot race run over a 42.2 km (26.2 mi) course through the five boroughs of New York City. The marathon starts each year on Staten Island.
The Ocean Breeze Track and Field Athletic Complex is a state-of-the-art indoor track and field facility in Ocean Breeze Park that is part of the South Beach section of Staten Island. On November 19, 2015, the complex became the first facility in the United States to be recognized as a certified International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) facility. A project under Mayor Bloomberg's Design Excellence initiative, the athletic complex was designed as part of the PlaNYC 110-acre Ocean Breeze regional park. The project, launched in 2007, encountered several delays, including a four-month setback due to Hurricane Sandy that exposed the vulnerability of generators, transformers, and electronic control rooms all of which had to be raised to avoid storm-surge flooding.
Swimming
In 1961, a lifeguard became the first person to swim around Staten Island. In 2023, Leslie Hamilton became the first woman to swim around Staten Island, which she did by swimming 37 miles in 14.5 hours.
Tennis
Tennis is said to have made its United States debut on Staten Island. The first American National championship was played at the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club (now known as the Staten Island Cricket Club) in September 1880. Tennis was introduced in Staten Island by Mary Ewing Outerbridge.
Robert "Bob" Duffield Wrenn four-time U.S. singles championship winner, and one of the first inductees in the International Tennis Hall of Fame was a tennis member at Richmond County Country Club. His brother George Wrenn and friend Arthur E. Foote were also members.
Education
See also: Education in New York City and List of high schools in New York CityPublic schools
Non-charter public schools in the borough are managed by the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States.
Public middle schools include Intermediate Schools 2, 7, 24, 27, 30, 34, 49, 51, 61, 72 and 75; and 861, a K–to–8 school; as well as part of the Petrides School (which runs from kindergarten through high school).
Public high schools include:
- College of Staten Island High School for International Studies
- Curtis High School
- Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School
- New Dorp High School
- Petrides High School
- Port Richmond High School
- Ralph R. McKee CTE High School
- Staten Island Technical High School
- Susan E. Wagner High School
- Tottenville High School
Private schools
- Staten Island Academy is the only independent private (non-public, non-religious) grade school on the island and is one of the oldest in the country.
- Gateway Academy (co-educational)
- Monsignor Farrell High School (all-boys)
- Moore Catholic High School (co-educational)
- Notre Dame Academy (New York) (all-girls)
- St. Joseph by the Sea High School (co-educational)
- St. Joseph Hill Academy (all-girls)
- St. Peter's Boys High School (all-boys)
- Miraj Islamic School (co-educational)
- Jewish Foundation School (co-educational)
- Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem, Staten Island campus (all-boys)
- Yeshiva Merkaz HaTorah (separate boys and girls)
Colleges and universities
- The College of Staten Island is one of the eleven senior colleges of the City University of New York (CUNY). The college offers associate's and bachelor's degrees, and also offers master's and doctoral-level study.
- Wagner College is a co-educational private liberal arts college with an enrollment of 2,000 undergraduates and 500 graduate students.
- St. John's University had a campus on Grymes Hill from 1971-2024. Notre Dame College occupied the campus from 1933 until its merger with St. John's in 1971.
Transportation
Bridges
Staten Island is connected to New Jersey via three vehicular bridges and one railroad bridge. The Outerbridge Crossing to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, is at the southern end of New York State Route 440, and the Bayonne Bridge to Bayonne, New Jersey, is at the northern end of NY 440; both ends of NY 440 continue into New Jersey as Route 440. The Goethals Bridge, carrying Interstate 278, connects Elizabeth, New Jersey, onto the Staten Island Expressway. Just north of the Goethals, the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge carries freight between the northwest part of the island and Elizabeth, New Jersey. The Staten Island Expressway is connected to Brooklyn via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which carries I-278. Pedestrian links to Staten Island are available via a footpath on the Bayonne and Goethals Bridges.
From 1964 to 1977, Staten Island contained the longest vertical lift, steel arch, and suspension bridges in the world: the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, respectively. The Arthur Kill Bridge still holds the title for longest vertical lift bridge, while the Bayonne and Verrazzano bridges are now the 5th- and 14th-longest in their respective categories.
Roads
As of 2015, 82% of Staten Island households owned a car, the highest rate of any borough. Citywide, the rate was 45%. Unlike the other four boroughs, Staten Island has no large, numbered grid system for its roads. New Dorp's grid has a few numbered streets, but they do not intersect with any numbered avenues. Some neighborhoods organize their street names alphabetically. In addition to the island's highways (I-278, NY 440, Korean War Veterans Parkway), the borough's neighborhoods are connected by a number of heavily trafficked roads including Hylan Boulevard, the longest street in New York City.
Public transit
As of 2021, public transportation on the island is limited to:
- New York City Department of Transportation (Staten Island Ferry)
- Hornblower Cruises (NYC Ferry – St. George route)
- Staten Island Railway service from St. George to Tottenville
- MTA Regional Bus Operations (local service on Staten Island, including some service to Brooklyn; and express service to Manhattan)
Ferry
The Staten Island Ferry is the only transportation directly from Staten Island to Manhattan, roughly a 25-minute trip. The St. George Terminal, first opened in 1886, was rebuilt in 1951 and again in the 2000s. The ferry has been fare-free since 1997. The Staten Island Ferry transports over 60,000 passengers per day. It runs 24/7 every 15 to 20 minutes during weekday rush hours and every 30 minutes at other times. The ferries and both of its terminals are patrolled by a combination of the New York City Department of Transportation, New York City Police Department, United States Coast Guard and private security contractors.
An NYC Ferry route operates between St. George Terminal and Manhattan's West Side since August 2021, calling at Battery Park City/Vesey Street and terminating at Pier 79/Midtown West. This route is operated separately from the Staten Island Ferry and charges a fare.
Trains
The Staten Island Railway, currently the borough's only passenger railroad, traverses the island 24/7 from its northeastern tip to its southwestern tip. The Staten Island Railway opened in 1860 and was owned and operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) until July 1, 1971, when the line was bought by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Staten Island Railway continued to have its own railway police, the Staten Island Rapid Transit Police, until 2005 when the 25-officer police force was consolidated into the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department.
Staten Island is the only borough not served by the New York City Subway. A subway tunnel called the Staten Island Tunnel started construction in 1923, but was abandoned two years later; the completed portion lies dormant beneath Owl's Head Park in Brooklyn. Today, express bus service is provided by NYC Transit throughout Staten Island to Lower Manhattan, Union Square, and Midtown Manhattan.
A 5-mile (8 km) right of way exists along the north shore of Staten Island. This North Shore Branch of the Staten Island Railway was built, owned, and operated by the B&O, which used it for passenger service until 1953. It then became a B&O freight line until the 1980s, when service was stopped. There have been proposals to revive the abandoned right-of-way for passenger service as a rail line or for use as bus rapid transit. There is also a proposal to build a West Shore Light Rail along New York State Route 440, running from the Staten Island Railway main line on the South Shore, to the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail in Bayonne, New Jersey. The South Beach Branch of the Staten Island Railway, which transported summer vacationers to South Beach, Staten Island, also ceased service in 1953.
Buses
Further information: List of bus routes in Staten Island and List of express bus routes in New York City § Manhattan to Staten IslandMTA Regional Bus Operations provides local and limited bus service with over 30 lines throughout Staten Island. Most lines feed into the St. George Terminal in the northeastern corner of the borough. Three lines (the S53, S93 and S79 SBS) provide service over the Verrazzano Bridge to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The S79 SBS is the only Select Bus Service route in the borough. Beginning September 4, 2007, the MTA began offering bus service from Staten Island to Bayonne, New Jersey, over the Bayonne Bridge via the S89 limited-stop bus, allowing passengers to connect to the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail's 34th Street station, giving Staten Island residents a new route into Manhattan. Despite Staten Island's proximity to New Jersey, the S89 is the only route directly into New Jersey from Staten Island via public transportation.
Express bus service to Manhattan (via the Verrazzano Bridge or Goethals Bridge) is also available for a $6.75 fare each way. The SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C and SIM33C are the only express routes to run outside of weekday commuter hours.
Freight rail
Conrail Shared Assets Operations operates freight rail service for customers of CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway via the Travis Branch, with a 38-acre (15 ha) intermodal on-dock rail facility on the West Shore of Staten Island, which connects to the National Rail System via the Arthur Kill Rail Bridge to New Jersey. In addition to the intermodal on-dock rail yard, the Conrail Staten Island Rail line also connects to the Sanitation Department's waste transfer station. Conrail railroad police officers patrol and respond to emergencies along the freight line.
Infrastructure
Hospitals
Staten Island is the only borough without a hospital operated by New York City. The Richmond University Medical Center and the Staten Island University Hospital are privately operated.
Jails
Staten Island is the only borough without a New York City Department of Correction major detention center. The Department of Corrections only maintains court holding jails at the three court buildings on Staten Island for inmates attending court. The various police agencies on Staten Island maintain in-house holding jails for post arrest detention prior to transfer to a corrections jail in another borough.
The Staten Island county sheriff operated a jail system on Staten Island until 1942, when the Staten Island jail system was transferred from the county sheriff's department to the New York City Department of Corrections and eventually closed. In 1976, the New York State Department of Correctional Services opened the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility of Staten Island, but the facility was closed in 2011.
Nicknames
Staten Island has acquired a number of nicknames over the decades, some connected to the notion that it is considered an afterthought by other New York City residents. The "Forgotten Borough" was first used nearly 100 years ago in a New York Times article that quoted a real estate executive. The phrase was more used during the secession movement of the 1990s, and came into greater use in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
The island has also been referred to as the "borough of parks" due to its vast swaths of protected parkland and green spaces. The island has 12,300 acres of protected parkland and over 170 parks. The hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, which originates from Staten Island, coined the nickname "Shaolin Land" (later simply Shaolin) for Staten Island as part of their slang. Some have also taken to calling the island "The Rock", a moniker more commonly associated with Alcatraz, with this nickname's first appearance in print being a New York Times article in 2007.
International relations
Staten Island is twinned with Ulcinj, Montenegro.
See also
- 2024 New Jersey drone sightings
- List of people from Staten Island
- List of counties in New York
- List of Staten Island neighborhoods
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Staten Island
- Staten Island Legal Services
- Staten Island Pavilion
- Staten Island Economic Development Corporation
- List of tallest buildings in Staten Island
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- John H. Betts The Minerals of New York City published in Rocks & Minerals magazine, Volume 84, No. 3 pages 204–252 (2009).
Further reading
Published in the 19th century
- Darby, William (1834), "Richmond County", A new gazetteer of the United States of America (2nd ed.), Hartford: E. Hopkins
- Charles H. Sweetser (1868), "Seaside Resorts: Staten Island", Book of Summer Resorts, New York: Evening Mail Office, OCLC 6043819
- John Jacob Clute (1877), Annals of Staten Island, from its discovery to the present time, New York: C. Vogt, OL 24554570M
- John Disturnell, ed. (1877), "Staten Island", Summer Resorts and Watering Places ... within fifty miles of the city of New York, New York: J. Wiley & Sons
- Selden C. Judson (1886), Illustrated Sketch Book of Staten island, New York, its industries and commerce, New York: S.C. Judson, OL 24505964M
- Campbell, Reau (1889), Rides and Rambles on Staten Island, New York: C.G. Crawford, OL 23330352M
- Kobbé, Gustav (1890), Staten Island: a Guide, New York: G. Kobbé, OL 23340017M
- Daniel Van Pelt (1898), Leslie's History of the Greater New York, vol. 2, New York, U.S.A: Arkell Pub. Co., OCLC 1850560
- chapter 20: Richmond, or Staten Island: Olden Times
- chapter 21: Richmond, or Staten Island: Present Century
- Trow's Business and Residential Directory of the Borough of Richmond, City of New York. NY: Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. 1899.
Published in the 20th century
- "Borough of Richmond", Appleton's Dictionary of New York and Vicinity (27th ed.), Appleton, 1905
- Ingersoll, Ernest (1906), "Greater New York: Staten Island", Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to New York City, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and other districts included in the enlarged city (20th ed.), Chicago: Rand, McNally, OCLC 29277709
- Richmond Borough Association of Women Teachers. (1909), Staten Island and Staten Islanders, New York: Grafton Press, OL 7099909M
- Frank Bergen Kelley (1913), "Borough of Richmond", Historical Guide to the City of New York (2nd ed.), New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, OCLC 4723529
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- Federal Writers' Project (1939). "Richmond". New York City Guide. American Guide Series. NY: Random House. hdl:2027/mdp.39015008975883.
- Briffault, Richard (1992). "Voting Rights, Home Rule, and Metropolitan Governance: The Secession of Staten Island as a Case Study in the Dilemmas of Local Self-Determination". Columbia Law Review. 92 (4): 775–850. doi:10.2307/1122970. JSTOR 1122970.
External links
- Staten Island – Office of the Borough President
- Staten Island Economic Development Corp. (SIEDC)
Other websites
- New York Public Library. Images related to Staten Island, various dates
- Staten Island Film Festival
- Staten Island Attractions Video
- Online Collections Database, Staten Island Historical Society
- StatenIsland.com, online magazine
- Old Staten Island, a comprehensive website about Staten Island's past
- SILive.com, online version of the Staten Island Advance daily newspaper
- StatenIsland-NYC, a website offering a detailed look at Staten Island
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