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Encyclopedia > Graniteville, Staten Island

Graniteville is the name of a neighborhood in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of the USA's largest city, New York. Staten Island lies to the southwest of the rest of New York City. ... 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...


Originally named Fayetteville, granite quarries were opened in the area circa 1850, leading to the community's name being changed first to Granite Village, then Graniteville. 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...


Largely rural well into the 20th century, Graniteville was the scene of a notable fire in March of 1942, when an explosion at the Consolidated Fireworks Company on Richmond Avenue claimed the lives of five employees. Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... This article is about the year. ...


Bisected from east to west by the Staten Island Expressway and with New York State Highway 440 forming its eastern boundary, Graniteville's most notable landmark is Baron Hirsch Cemetery, an 80 acre (324,000 m²) Jewish cemetery founded in the late 1800s and still in active use; in August of 2001 this cemetery became the focus of a local health-related story when it was one of six locations on the island where mosquitos carrying the West Nile virus were discovered. The Staten Island Expressway is a 7. ... New York State Highway 440 is a state highway of New York State. ... August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Genera See text. ... West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae, found in both tropical and temperate regions. ...


Residential development in the area burgeoned soon after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened in November of 1964, and today Graniteville stands at the north end of a busy commercial strip along Richmond Avenue; this strip, which extends to the vicinity of the Staten Island Mall approximately 4 miles (6 km) away, is the scene of some of the heaviest automotive traffic on Staten Island.
The Verrazano Narrows Bridge and Staten Island, New York at dawn The Verrazano Narrows Bridge (often written as the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge) is a suspension bridge that connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City at the Narrows, the reach connecting the relatively protected upper bay... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... A man emerges from car service outside the Staten Island Mall. ...

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