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All this said, Staten Island is not alone in being "forgotten," just last month in a report on an exhibit about the borough currently on display the Museum of the City of New York, Sam Roberts ...
Aug 24, 2016 · It's great for nature lovers Staten Island is the Borough of Parks. More than one-third of its landmass is protected parkland, so there are plenty of hiking trails, scenic bike paths, wild deer ...
- Mara Montalbano
- Staten Island Is The Second Wealthiest Borough.
- The Staten Island Ferry Wasn’T Always Free.
- It’S Home to Some of The City’S Oldest Buildings.
- The Name “Staten Island” Comes from The Dutch Legislature.
- There’S A Really Creepy Abandoned Farm Colony in Staten Island’s Greenbelt.
- Staten Island Voted to Secede from New York City in 1993.
- It’S Home to A Renowned Museum of Tibetan Art.
- The Map of Westeros Is Modeled After Staten Island.
The median household income is $82,783, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It came in just under Manhattan, where residents make $86,553. Queens takes third place with $68,666, while Brooklyn and the Bronx came last, with $60,231 and $40,088 respectively.
Shocking, we know. Passengers had to shell out 50 cents apiece to ride the ferry until 1997, when it became free.
Located in the geographic center of the island, historic Richmondtown includes 30 restored buildings dating back to the 17th century, including houses, farms and schools. On the South Shore of the island, history buffs can tour the site of early peace talks during the Revolutionary War at Conference House Park. The Alice Austen House on the North S...
Like the rest of NYC, the first Western settlers on Staten Island were Dutch. When they first purchased the island from the Munsee tribe in 1630, they named it after the Staten-Generaal, the legislature that serves as the highest governing body in in their home country.
In the mid-1800s, the Richmond County Poor Farm opened as a refuge for the island’s paupers. Anyone could live for free on the 46-acre site, so long as they helped harvest crops or raise livestock. The introduction of Social Security and other social welfare programs eventually made the farm irrelevant, and it closed in the 1970s. Today, the collec...
What with the sparse public transportation, the massive landfill and the fact that Staten Islanders didn’t have a bridge connecting them to the rest of the city until the 1960s, the “forgotten borough” has always had a bone to pick with New York City. In 1993, Staten Island actually voted to break off from the other four boroughs—but it never happe...
You probably don’t think of the snowy peaks of the Himalayas when you think of Staten Island, but oddly enough, the borough is home to the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art. The museum’s permanent collection includes scroll paintings, ritual artifacts, musical instruments and other artworks from the region, and visitors can also take tai chi a...
Game of Thrones fans might be surprised to know that the inspiration for the fictional world didn’t come from Europe or fairytales, but far closer to home. In an interview with Conan O'Brien, George R.R. Martin grew up in Bayonne, NJ, and he often gazed out his window and wondered what Staten Island was like. Later, when he started writing the A So...
- Annalise Mantz
Feb 17, 2016 · 10 reasons why Staten Island really IS the forgotten borough (commentary) Published: ; Feb. 17, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Staten Island. 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.
Mar 23, 2016 · Explore vintage photograph's of Staten Island from 1983-1984, NYC's "forgotten borough," with Professor Christine Osinski's new book "Summer Days: Staten Island."
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Jun. 10—Staten Island is commonly known for its parks and historical sites — if it isn't completely overlooked by the rest of the city. However, for a Colorado family, the forgotten borough is ...
