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  Staten Island - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located on an island of the same name on the west side of the Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor.
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 mentioned frequently in the lyrics of rap artists Wu-Tang Clan, most of whom were born in the borough which they refer to as the Island of Shaolin.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Staten_Island   (3738 words)

  
 Arrochar, Staten Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arrochar is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States.
It is located directly inland of Fort Wadsworth and South Beach, on the east side of Hylan Boulevard south of the Staten Island Expressway; the community of Grasmere borders it on the west.
Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late 17th century to Staten Island, the area was the site of a Lenape encampment.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arrochar,_Staten_Island   (264 words)

  
 New Brighton, Staten Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Brighton is a neighborhood, formerly an independent village, located on the North Shore of Staten Island in New York City, USA.
The neighborhood comprises an older industrial and residential harborfront area along the Kill Van Kull west of St.
The neighborhood includes several older churches, including St. Peter's Church, the oldest Roman Catholic church on Staten Island.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Brighton,_Staten_Island   (190 words)

  
 List of Staten Island neighborhoods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is list of neighborhoods in Staten Island, one of five boroughs of New York City.
The Five Boroughs (The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island)
Borough of Staten Island in New York City
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Staten_Island_neighborhoods   (81 words)

  
 Staten Island Growth Management Task Force - Wired New York Forum
Staten Island, with just under half a million people, has a third of the population of any other borough.
Many are lured to the island because it offers the character of a suburb at a fraction of the price of New Jersey or Long Island and because, while it is arguably removed from New York City, it is still a part of it.
Because the island was a collection of self-reliant villages and hamlets until 1898, Staten Islanders have not, with a few notable exceptions, been much for boroughwide uprisings.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?p=41583#post41583   (3403 words)

  
 Staten Island on the Web: History
Listings, from the College of Staten Island, of Staten Island related materials at City Hall Library, the Municipal Archives, New-York Historical Society, New York State Archives, New York State Library, The New York Public Library, Staten Island Institute for Arts and Sciences and The Staten Island Historical Society.
The Staten Island Advance is available on microfilm from 1921 onwards, as well as the Property Assessment photographs of the 1930's and 1940's.
A list of the Staten Island volunteer fire companies from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s with their locations and dates of organization.
www.nypl.org /branch/staten/index2.cfm?Trg=1&d1=962   (2873 words)

  
 List of manhattan neighborhoods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Check for List of manhattan neighborhoods in the deletion log, or visit its deletion vote page if it exists.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/list_of_manhattan_neighborhoods   (171 words)

  
 ATSDR - PHA - Brookfield Avenue Landfill, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
Staten Island is located in a highly urbanized and industrial area, with numerous sources of air pollutant emissions.
As shown in Table 4, the VOCs listed in the preceding heading were detected at low concentrations and at varying frequencies in air samples collected during the RI.
Because of allegations by residents and the Staten Island Advance that hazardous wastes were dumped off the landfill property, CDM used aerial photographs and historical documents to select five off-site areas at which to do soil borings.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/brookfield/bal_p1.html   (11863 words)

  
 New York City explained   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Staten Island is the safest borough in the city, Queens and Manhattan are in the middle range, while Brooklyn and The Bronx have the highest crime rates.
The city lights shine at night Staten Island is hilly and spacious, and is the least populated borough in New York City.
Short-distance rail, primarily for commuters from the suburbs, is operated by New Jersey Transit, the Long Island Rail Road, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) (serving Connecticut and regions in New York north of the city), and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which also operates regional bus terminals.
www.wordspider.net /ne/new-york-city.html   (7298 words)

  
 Staten Island Rapid Transit - Order November 27, 1995
Where the stream is lower than the surrounding terrain, creating a gap between the bottom of the fence and the water surface, the fencing is "double-hung" or augmented to reach within a few inches of the water level.
Section 24-0105 Statement of Findings, is a detailed listing of the benefits derived from healthy freshwater wetlands ecosystems, including their functional benefits for flood and stormwater control, erosion and sedimentation control, natural pollution treatment, wildlife habitat and aesthetic and open space resources.
Exhibit 11 lists four places where footings were installed in streambeds (in some cases there were as many as five footings in each streambed), and one place where exposed footings were installed in an embankment.
www.dec.state.ny.us /website/ohms/decis/sirtoao.htm   (8039 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Staten Island
However, residents of the island think of it in kinder fashion, as more as simply an amalgamation of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Additionally, the high living and crime rates of the other boroughs attracted anyone with doubts of raising a family in the big city to the quieter, safer neighborhoods of Staten Island.
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.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Staten_Island   (2595 words)

  
 CSI Library - Books about Staten Island
Staten Island's claim to fame, "The garden spot of New York harbor." Staten Island, NY : Richmond Borough Publishing and Printing Co., 1925.
Staten Island, NY : Museum of Staten Island, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1990.
Staten Island, NY : The Library of the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1966.
www.library.csi.cuny.edu /roccos/stateni/Alphabetical.htm   (3732 words)

  
 ATSDR - Health Consultation - Fresh Kills Landfill, Staten Island, Richmond County, New York
It includes all the steps between the release of a chemical and the population exposed: (1) a chemical release source, (2) chemical movement, (3) a place where people can come into contact with the chemical, (4) a route of human exposure, and (5) a population that could be exposed.
The Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) reported that approximately 99.1% of the total environmental release in the United States in 1991 was discharged to the air from manufacturing and processing; less than 1% of the environmental release in the United States was discharged to the land [19].
Similar concentrations were also detected on Staten Island by NYCDEP [7].
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/fresh/fkl_p2.html   (7840 words)

  
 Staten Island Real Estate - Homes, Apartments, Townhouses - Staten Island Realtor
Spend time driving the streets of the neighborhood noting the condition of other properties.
For example, if the seller describes his house as being in a "happening neighborhood," the buyer might consider this a negative factor because the area may be too noisy or busy for his or her taste.
Because the value of a neighborhood is usually greatly influenced by the public schools in the area, finding out the buyer's perception can give you some insight about the quality of the area's schools.
www.statenislandrealty.com /default.asp_Q_f_E_cpg_A_pg_E_Buyers   (2892 words)

  
 Staten Island Board of Realtors Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Staten Island Realtor, he said when he was SIBOR president (1961-62) there was no central office and the Board had one employee who was paid $25 a week, which sometimes came out of his own pocket.
The Staten Island Board of Realtors, in its continuing effort to fund community-based charitable associations, is proud to acknowledge the fine work of the Staten Island AIDS Task Force.
The day’s overall winner was a team representing the Staten Island Advance; second was a foursome from the Allen C. Bentson Agency and finishing third was a group from the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce.
www.sibor.com /press-release.htm   (11849 words)

  
 Community News - Staten Island, NYC
All Staten Island residents are entitled to a 54% discount on the $7.00 Verrazano Bridge toll.
When we think of Staten Island's future, and whether our residents and their children will want to continue enjoying the quality of life here, we have to address the issue of traffic.
Many Staten Islanders are familiar with James Q. Wilson's "broken window theory"- the belief that a broken window left unattended is an invitation for more vandalism and likely can lead a community down a slippery slope to neglect and criminality.
www.si-web.com /news/summer97.htm   (3589 words)

  
 ipedia.com: New York City Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
New York City comprises Manhattan Island, Staten Island, the western part of Long Island, part of the North American mainland (the Bronx), and several small islands in New York Harbor.
Staten Island is hilly, and is the least populated borough of the boroughs in New York City.
Staten Island Rapid Transit provides north-south commuter service the entire length of Staten Island.
www.ipedia.com /new_york_city_1.html   (5201 words)

  
 Articles - Staten Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Yet the borough's steady rise in population since the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has added to a sharp increase in traffic that plagues the island due to frequent road repairs and accidents.
In city elections, Staten Island has been the base of the city's Republican Party for some time.
Staten Island is mentioned frequently in the lyrics of rap artists Wu-Tang Clan, most of whom were born in the borough which they refer to as "shaolin."
www.do-tennis.com /articles/Staten_Island,_New_York   (3565 words)

  
 Staten Island's Forums & Chat Rooms - WebBoard Message Archives - NYC
However, part of the problem is that the accidental bombing seems to fit so neatly into an established pattern of military missteps that have framed the entire Kosovo air campaign.
Leaving out the question of why the CIA, rather than the military, is drawing up a list of targets for NATO bombing missions, this admission is staggering in its level of incompetency.
It is absurd in the extreme to think that a military adventure which was folly in the first place would lead to diplomatic folly of immense proportions because our CIA can't even use up-to-date maps.
www.si-web.com /forums/webboard/6142.HTM   (863 words)

  
 Summer Fun
Day Tripping: Staten Island
But to me and my brother, Jason, Staten Island was the birthplace of our parents and the home of our revered maternal grandparents.
Jocko has long since been paroled to the great jungle in the sky, but the zoo has other nostalgic wonders: Fences and paths are the perfect size for young children; peacocks range freely, showing off their feathers; and petite deer calmly submit to petting by small hands.
The Staten Island Zoo operates on a shoestring, unaffiliated with the city's other "wildlife centers," so it doesn't have many gadgets.
www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/realestate/neighborhoods/features/2909   (1242 words)

  
 GuruNet — Content Map
List of state Republican Parties in the U.S. List of state route markers
List of Stewards of the Manor of Northstead
List of Stewards of the Manor of Poynings
www.gurunet.com /cm-dsid-2222-letter-1L-first-27851   (109 words)

  
 Staten Island Real Estate Agents, Staten Island Homes For Sale, REALTORS and Staten Island
We also have information on Staten Island home selling, home buying, mortgages, insurance, movers and other realty services for anyone looking to sell a home or buy a home in Staten Island, NY.
HomeGain provides Staten Island, New York real estate information and resources to guide homeowners and homebuyers through the process of selling and buying a house, condo or other Staten Island realty property.
HomeGain has services to help you find a top Staten Island real estate broker or agent, get the value of your Staten Island home and a comparative market analysis (CMA), view Staten Island real estate and MLS listings, prepare your home for sale, and more.
www.homegain.com /local_real_estate/NY/staten_island.html   (496 words)

  
 CSI Library - Dissertations concerning Staten Island
The volumes here are located in the College of Staten Island Library, Staten Island Special Collections, and listed by call number, unless indicated otherwise.
Abstracts connect to the CSI Staten Island Project Dissertation List.
Britton, Nathaniel L. The geology of Staten Island, the examination of American tellurium minerals.
www.library.csi.cuny.edu /books/StatenIsDiss.html   (991 words)

  
 LP: Mexican Mafia grows in Staten Island (Killed Bill Cosby's son?)
A federal sting operation last month in Staten Island netted 20 members of the Mexican Mafia, shining a local spotlight onto one of California's oldest and most violent prison gangs.
The Staten Island district attorney's office indicted 85 gang members last year, and charged 39 with violent crimes - both increases from the previous year.
In Staten Island, the gangs try to recruit children in schools and on the streets, according to a former gang member.
www.libertypost.org /cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=98658   (1780 words)

  
 City Neighborhood Guides - Gridskipper
Similar lists can be found for New York, broken down into Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island.
And there’s yet another such list for Chicago, and other cities besides.
Quite a few of the neighborhoods are just listed, with no further info (West Toluca, anyone?), but it’s one of the better ways to get a solid survey for all the little nabes.
www.gridskipper.com /travel/los-angeles/city-neighborhood-guides-150998.php   (250 words)

  
 Wired New York Forum - Staten Island Growth Management Task Force
October 19th, 2003 10:12 AM Staten Island Growth Management
February 9th, 2004 05:48 AM Staten Island: Confronting Rapid Growth
February 4th, 2005 02:53 AM I've been to SI only a couple of times (once for a High School swim meet and the rest b/c my wedding photographer moved there from Brooklyn), and only once to the Southern part of the island.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=3105   (3451 words)

  
 Kidnapper on Staten Island - The Superhero Hype! Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Helicopters were deployed, and authorities screened all bridge traffic leaving the Island.
The initial description of the groping and the groper led police to believe that the stalker who attempted the two abductions on Tuesday had struck again.
Turbiak said police were hopeful that a second day in the neighborhoods would elicit more information.
www.superherohype.com /forums/showthread.php?t=78776   (1361 words)

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