Still thriving between St. George and Tottenville, the Staten Island Railway, a subway in everything but name that extends from St. George Ferry to Tottenville, was once much more extensive.…
Staten Island
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The rural aspect of Staten Island, so much apparent before the construction of the Verrazano Bridge in 1964, has been gradually stamped out by construction of cookie-cutter housing and suburban…
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You'd Never Believe You're in NYC
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT. Staten Island’s Lemon Creek
by Kevin WalshA creek? In the streets of New York City? You better believe it. In fact, there are more than one in Staten Island, until recently the last frontier of New…
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Lamppost design of yore can be seen in surviving original walkway lampposts that carry pedestrian traffic across busy highways such as the Long Island Expressway and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Many carry…
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The hidden cemeteries of Staten Island are more valuable today then they ever were, because as Staten Island continues to be swallowed by urban sprawl and green patches are getting…
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If it’s possible, Sylvan Cemetery, at the end of Victory Boulevard in Staten Island in the small town of Travis, had been in even worse shape than Prospect Cemetery was…