THE southeastern northeastern tip of Staten Island, its closest approach to Long Island, has been protected by fortifications since 1663, when a Dutch blockhouse was established. The area was known…
Rosebank
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HERE’S a look at the Rosebank Staten Island Rapid Transit station with a northbound train in the early 1950s. This was part of the SIRT South Shore Branch, which diverged…
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I’VE always been drawn to photograph obscure alleys and short streets, and Rosebank, Staten Island has more than its share. Kaltenmeier Lane runs for a block between Tilson Place and…
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TIME for another sojourn in Staten Island, this time along the waterfront areas of St. George, Tompkinsville, Stapleton, Clifton and Rosebank along Upper New York Bay where it becomes The…
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BY SERGEY KADINSKYForgotten NY correspondent As a native of Bay Ridge who witnessed his neighborhood sliced by the highway and ramps of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Kevin Walsh has written extensively…
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Continued from Part 1: Fort Wadsworth and Clifton In 2019, I made three separate pilgrimages and Walks of Penance in Fort Wadsworth, Rosebank and Clifton areas on the east shore…
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In 2019, I made three separate pilgrimages and Walks of Penance in Fort Wadsworth, Rosebank and Clifton areas on the east shore of Staten Island. The first was on January…
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No, Wiman Place doesn’t look like much to write home to Mother about. It’s a two-bock, rubble-strewn alley tucked behind the historic St. Mary’s Church on Bay Street in Rosebank.…
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I was wandering on Fingerboard Road near Tompkins Avenue in 1999, looking for traces of the old Staten Island Railway (Staten Island Rapid Transit) right of way, when I saw…
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Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) crusaded for a united Italy in the early to middle years of the 19th Century. In 1834 he joined Giuseppe Mazzini in the Young Italy Society; after…
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Well, I see I’d better kick this series in the head, since my daily ratings are way down since I began it three weeks ago. ‘S’matter, you don’t like Staten…
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Taking advantage of a recent break from the draining and oppressive humidity of the New York summer, in late August I made a circuitous walk in Staten Island, taking the…