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The Arthur Kill (sometimes referred to as the Staten Island Sound[ 1]) is a tidal strait in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary between Staten Island (also known as Richmond County), New York and Union and Middlesex counties, New Jersey. It is a major navigational channel of the Port of New York and New Jersey .
10308, 10306. Area code. 718, 347, 929, and 917. Great Kills is a neighborhood within the borough of Staten Island in New York City. It is located on the island's South Shore, and according to many local geographers, it is the South Shore's northernmost community. It is bordered by Richmondtown to the north, Bay Terrace to the east, Eltingville ...
Kill Van Kull. The Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait between Staten Island, New York, and Bayonne, New Jersey, in the United States. It is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1,000 feet (305 m) wide and connects Newark Bay with Upper New York Bay. [ 1] The Robbins Reef Light is at the eastern end of the Kill, and Bergen Point marks its ...
Closed. March 22, 2001. ( 2001-03-22) Area. • Total. 900 ha (2,200 acres) The Fresh Kills Landfill was a landfill covering 2,200 acres (890 ha) in the borough of Staten Island in New York City, United States. The name comes from the landfill's location along the banks of the Fresh Kills estuary in western Staten Island.
Coordinates: 40.555503°N 74.215738°W. The graveyard photographed in 1973. The Staten Island boat graveyard is a marine scrapyard located in the Arthur Kill in Rossville, near the Fresh Kills Landfill, on the West Shore of Staten Island, New York City. It is known by many other names including the Witte Marine Scrap Yard, the Arthur Kill Boat ...
Great Kills Park is a public park in Great Kills, Staten Island, New York City. Originally named Marine Park, [ 1] it is a part of the Staten Island unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. Administered by the National Park Service, it covers an area of approximately 580 acres (2.3 km 2) of salt marsh, beach and woodlands, stretching along two ...
Staten Island (/ ˈ s t æ t ən / 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.
Great Kills Park, Staten Island; Jacob Riis Park, Queens - Jacob Riis Park features an ocean beach with lifeguards in season, a boardwalk, an historic Art Deco bathhouse and recreational facilities that include paddle tennis, baseball, basketball and volleyball courts. It can be reached by public transit and also has parking. [3]