On his recent visit to Pleasant Plains on Staten Island, Kevin went into great detail on the neighborhood’s hidden history. On its northern edge, there’s a property worthy of its…
Pleasant Plains
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CONTINUED FROM PART ONE In May 2026, before the humidity set in for good, I took LIRR, subway, boat and Staten Island Railway to Pleasant Plains, a neighborhood in Staten…
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In May 2026, before the humidity set in for good, I took LIRR, subway, boat and Staten Island Railway to Pleasant Plains, a neighborhood in Staten Island I had probably…
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A busy, though unfinished, parkway runs through southwest Staten Island, connecting the junction of Richmond Avenue and Arthurkill Road with the Outerbridge Crossing, built in the 1920s as a connection…
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I had always thought Maretzek Court, off Bloomingdale Road north of Amboy Road in Pleasant Plains, Staten Island, honored a developer or builder but actually the court honors a long-ago…
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STATEN ISLAND is disappearing fast. Every year more and more of Staten Island’s legacy of eclectic architecture disappears as row upon row of little boxes that all look just the same…