Staten Island has Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus service and an MTA rapid transit line, the Staten Island Railway, which runs from the ferry terminal at St. The borough is accessible to Brooklyn via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and to New Jersey via the Outerbridge Crossing, Goethals Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge. The landfill is now in the process of being made into what will be New York City's largest public park. It was closed in 2001, then shortly afterward reopened to house the debris from the September 11th attacks, and then shortly after closed for good. Staten Island used to claim the largest landfill in the world. Historically, the central and southern sections of the island were dominated by dairy and poultry farms, almost all of which disappeared in the 20th century. Boardwalk, the fourth longest in the world. The South Shore has more suburban-style residential neighborhoods and is home to the two and one-half mile long F.D.R. Paul’s Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, which feature large Victorian homes. George, Tompkinsville, Clifton, and Stapleton - is the most urban part of the island it contains the officially designated St. The North Shore - especially the neighborhoods of St.
Staten Island is overall the most suburban of the five boroughs of New York City. Staten Island has been sometimes called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by the city government. Until 1975, the borough was officially named the Borough of Richmond. The Borough of Staten Island is coextensive with Richmond County, the southernmost county in the state of New York.
With a population of 468,730, Staten Island is the least populated of the five boroughs but is the third largest in area at 59 sq mi (153 km2). Staten Island 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. Staten Island /ˌstætən aɪlənd/ is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city.
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