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Encyclopedia > Brighton Heights, Staten Island

Brighton Heights is the name of a neighborhood in New York City's borough of Staten Island. Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location [[Image:|250px|250px|Location of City of New York, New York]] Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R... A borough is a local government administrative subdivision used in the Canadian province of Quebec, in some states of the United States, and formerly in New Zealand. ... Staten Island lies to the southwest of the rest of New York City. ...


Silver Lake borders Brighton Heights on the south; however the name "Silver Lake" is applied to the community on the other side of the lake, which is actually a reservoir created in 1917. The word "Heights" denotes the steep hill that rises from Tompkinsville to the east. Victory Boulevard climbs this hill, and as a result the hill itself is often called Victory Hill. Stapleton Heights is on the other side of Victory Hill from Brighton Heights, and north of Brighton Heights is St. George, the island's "downtown" section. A reservoir is an artificial lake created by flooding land behind a dam. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Tompkinsville is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States. ... Stapleton Heights (or Stapleton Hill) is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island, New York, part of New York City in the United States. ... Overlooking the harbor from beside Borough Hall St. ...


The northern section of Brighton Heights is sometimes referred to as Fort Hill, after a street located therein named Fort Hill Circle.


Brighton Heights has many large, older homes, and its points of interest include a Jewish Community Center and the Brighton Heights Reformed Church.



Borough of Staten Island in New York City
Neighborhoods Arrochar | Annadale | Arden Heights | Bay Terrace | Bloomfield | Brighton Heights | Bulls Head | Castleton Corners | Charleston | Clifton | Concord | Dongan Hills | Egbertville | Elm Park | Eltingville | Emerson Hill | Fort Wadsworth | Graniteville | Grant City | Grasmere | Great Kills | Greenridge | Grymes Hill | Heartland Village | Hoffman Island | Huguenot | Isle of Meadow | Lighthouse Hill | Livingston | Mariners Harbor | Meiers Corners | Midland Beach | New Brighton | New Dorp | New Springville | North Shore | Oakwood | Ocean Breeze | Pleasant Plains | Port Ivory | Port Richmond | Pralls Island | Prince's Bay | Randall Manor | Richmond Valley | Richmondtown | Rosebank | Rossville | Snug Harbor | Shooters Island | Shore Acres | Silver Lake | South Beach | South Shore | St. George | Stapleton | Stapleton Heights | Sunnyside | Swinburne Island | Todt Hill | Tompkinsville | Tottenville | Travis | Ward Hill | Westerleigh | West New Brighton | Willowbrook | Woodrow

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Brighton Heights, Staten Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (209 words)
Brighton Heights is the name of a neighborhood in New York City's borough of Staten Island.
Silver Lake borders Brighton Heights on the south; however the name "Silver Lake" is applied to the community on the other side of the lake, which is actually a reservoir created in 1917.
Stapleton Heights is on the other side of Victory Hill from Brighton Heights, and north of Brighton Heights is St.
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Arrochar, Staten Island Arrochar is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island Expressway.
Staten Island Ferry The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger Staten Island near Richmond County Borough Hall and Richmond...
Tompkinsville, Staten Island Tompkinsville is a neighborhood in northeastern Stapleton on the south.
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