Staten Island in New York City
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Staten Island is a
borough of
New York City , coextensive with Richmond County, in the
U.S. state of
New York . Located in the city’s southwest portion, the borough is separated from
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 borough but the third largest in land area at 58.5 sq mi (152 km²).
A home to the Lenape indigenous people, 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 formally 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 .
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connecting Staten Island with Brooklyn, as seen from South Beach © Markus Lasermann/cc-by-sa-3.0
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)
F.D.R. 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 mostly 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 .
Read more on
VisitStatenIsland.com ,
nycgo.com – Staten Island ,
Wikivoyage Staten Island and
Wikipedia Staten Island (
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