Staten Island, New York City
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Staten Island Staaten Eylandt (Dutch) |
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| Borough of New York City | |||
| Richmond County | |||
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The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, looking toward Staten Island from Brooklyn
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| Nickname(s): "The Forgotten Borough" | |||
 Location of Staten Island, shown in red, in New York City |
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 Staten Island
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| Coordinates: 40°34′34.61″N 74°8′41.42″W / 40.5762806°N 74.1448389°WCoordinates: 40°34′34.61″N 74°8′41.42″W / 40.5762806°N 74.1448389°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 New York
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| County | Richmond | ||
| City | New York City | ||
| Settled | 1661 | ||
| Named for | Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (Richmond County) | ||
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| • Type | Borough (New York City) | ||
| • Borough president |
James Oddo (R) — (Borough of Staten Island) |
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| • District Attorney |
Michael McMahon (D) — (Richmond County) |
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 102.5 sq mi (265 km2) | ||
| • Land | 58.5 sq mi (152 km2) | ||
| • Water | 44 sq mi (110 km2) 43% | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 474,558 | ||
| • Density | 8,112.1/sq mi (3,132.1/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) | ||
| Zip code prefix | 103 | ||
| Area code | 718/347/929, 917 | ||
| Website | www |
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Staten Island /ˌstætən ˈaɪlənd/ is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. In the southwest of the city, Staten Island is the southernmost part of both the city and state of New York, with Conference House Park at the southern tip of the island and the state. The borough is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With a 2015 Census-estimated population of 474,558, Staten Island is the least populated of the boroughs but is the third-largest in area at 58 sq mi (150 km2). Staten Island is the only borough of New York with a non-Hispanic White majority. The borough is coextensive with Richmond County, and until 1975 was the Borough of Richmond. Its flag was later changed to reflect this. Staten Island has been sometimes called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by the city government.
The North Shore—especially the neighborhoods of St. George, Tompkinsville, Clifton, and Stapleton—is the most urban part of the island; it contains the designated St. George Historic District and the St. Paul's Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, which feature large Victorian houses. The East Shore is home to the 2.5-mile (4 km) F.D.R. Boardwalk, the fourth-longest in the world. The South Shore, site of the 17th-century Dutch and French Huguenot settlement, developed rapidly beginning in the 1960s and 1970s and is now mostly suburban in character. The West Shore is the least populated and most industrial part of the island.
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