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SI - The South & West Shore

Neighborhoods

(South Shore - from Raritan Bay to Fresh Kills

West Shore - Arthur Kill between Hwy#278 & Fresh Kills)

THE SOUTH SHORE

 

THE WEST SHORE

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Prince's Bay

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Rossville

boundaries: N- Woodrow; W- Arden Heights; S- Arthur Kill

 

Some of the previous names have been Smoking Point in the 1700; in the 1800 it was called Old Blazing Star for a local tavern. There is an abandoned cemetery named The Blazing Star Burial Ground. In 1830's it was renamed Rossville after Col. William E. Ross. He built a replica of Windsor Castle overlooking the ferry.

 

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Prince's Bay

(Called Lemon Creek until 1861)

boundaries: N- Huguenot; S- Raritan Bay; W- Pleasant Plains

 

In 1861 the name changed to Prince's Bay honoring William, Prince of Orange who became king of England from 1650-1702.

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  • WOLFE'S POND PARK, Holton Ave., Chisolm St., Luten Avenue and Raritan Bay  

    • BATTLE OF THE BULGE by Anthony Moody and Mike Brown

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Conference House

Tottenville 

boundaries: Page Ave. and Richmond Valley Road 

 

The history of this area goes back to the 1600 when it was part of the Manor of Bentley. At that time it was called "the Neck" until 1862 when the name was changed to Tottenville to honor Major General Joseph G. Totten. He was chief engineer of the US Army. In 1776 the home of Christopher Billop (now known as Conference House) was the location for an unsuccessful negotations between the British and the Colonist during the American Revolution.

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THE WEST SHORE

The West Shore

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Bloomfield

boundaries: Mariner's Harbor, Graniteville, Bull Head

 

In 1874 this name appeared in an atlas;  it has been known by Bloomfield ever since. It was a commercial area with construction companies and oil companies, the major industries there. Today it is a high-tech incuberator.

 

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  • SOUTH MANNA PARK, Forest Ave., Goethals Rd.N., Meeker Ave.  

    • Monument honoring Joseph Manna

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Willowbrook 

boundaries:  Ashworth Ave., Richmond Ave, Victory Blvd., Sheradan Ave.

 

Willowbrook was named for a brook that passed through the farmland in this area. The College of Staten Island is in this neighborhood.

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Willowbrook

  • GAETA PARK, N. Gannon Ave., Williow Road E. Victory Blvd. Wyona Ave.

    • Memorial Plaque for Anthony Gaeta

    • World’s Fair benches

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