Online Highways Home > New York > Staten Island Staten Island is located in Richmond County in the Southern Region of the state and constitutes New York City's borough of Richmond. It is situated in New York Bay, approximately five miles southwest of the island of Manhattan, to which it is joined by ferry. It is connected to Brooklyn by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, while three other bridges join it to New Jersey. Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, sailing under the French flag, espied the island in 1524. In 1661, the first settlement was founded. During the American Revolution, British forces captured Staten Island and held it until 1783. It was made a New York City borough in 1898. Staten Island, population over 400,000, is the smallest of the city's boroughs in population and is primarily residential. However, the island is home to shipping, oil-refining and manufacturing activities. Of interest is a memorial to the Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi, an 1850s resident of Staten Island. Art Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art | Richmond Galleries | Bed and Breakfasts and Country Inns Stanbrook Manor | Education College of Staten Island | Restaurants, Cafes, Delis, Bakeries Alexander's Restaurant | American Grill | Bistro Restaurant Bar and Catering | Bocelli Fine Italian Cuisine | Burrito Bar | Cafe Mare Monte | Joe & Pat's Pizzeria | Neza Mexican Restaurant | Nino's Restaurant | Pal Joey's | Real Madrid Restaurant | Rocky Toto's Original Italian Restaurant | Rocky Totos Restaurant | Skippers Restaurant | Spain Restaurant | Sweet Basil Restaurant | The Charleston House | Villa Monte Pizzeria & Restaurant | Golf Hilton Garden Inn New York/Sta | Staten Island Hotel | Motels, Hotels and Resorts East Shore Inn | Hilton Garden Inn | Killmeyer's Old Bavaria Inn | St. Mark's Inn | West Shore Inn | West Shore Motor Lodge | New York State Parks Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve | Residential and Commercial Real Estate Kingsley Real Estate, Ltd. | Woodstock Realty Services | Shopping Blue Ridge Antiques & Collectibles | Buds & Blooms Florist | Clark's House of Flowers | Clarks House of Flowers | Eltingville Florist | Gregorio's Florist | Items About | Wicker Furniture & Gifts | Wildlife Viewing Apex Animal Hospital | Richmond Valley Animal Hospital | See more New York Cities and Towns. Other upcoming events include:

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spartan018 "Wait, wait wait. "Staten Island, New York" is actually a good film? The fuck?"
Tiffy_Minaj "@Ty_MuLa I HAD TO GET OFF STATEN ISLAND. IT WAS TOO QUIET"
DonMamas "Staten Island was very cordial to the Don Mamas. Shout out to Ms. Millie 4 keeping us entertained and @DJ_Nyce who held down the 1s and 2s."
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