Greenridge is a name sometimes used to denote the western part of Eltingville, a neighborhood on Staten Island's South Shore. Staten Island, alternately known as Richmond, is one of the five boroughs of New York City, which is the largest city in the United States. Eltingville is the name of a neighborhood on Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It is on the islands South Shore, immediately to the south of Great Kills and north of Annadale. ... Staten Island, shown in an enhanced satellite image Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located on an island of the same name on the west side of the Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor. ... The South Shore is a geographical term applied to the area of Staten Island, New York, USA south and east of the islands ridge of hills (and Richmond Creek and Fresh Kills south of Historic Richmond Town) along the waterfront and adjacent areas from the Narrows to the mouth... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, music, and culture. ...

The area's earliest setllers were French Huguenots, who are also responsible for another South Shore neighborhood not far away being named Huguenot. The Dutch called it Kleine Kill, or Little Creek, and the British called it Fresh Kills, into which Richmond Creek, which forms its western boundary, empties. The area appears to have received its present name (sometimes spelled as two words) about 1876. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. ... Fresh Kills on the western edge of Staten Island Fresh Kills is a stream and freshwater estuary in western Staten Island, New York. ... Richmond Creek is a stream in Staten Island, a borough of New York City in the United States. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

In 1921, a highly popular restaurant and amusement place resembling today's Chuck E. Cheese's opened at the northwest corner of Arthur Kill Road and Richmond Avenue. Known as Al Deppe's, it was forced out of business in the late 1960s when its property was condemned to make way for the proposed Richmond Parkway. However, due to intense opposition — much of it from environmental activists — the section of the parkway that would have passed over the land on which the establishment stood ended up never actually being built. Only the section of the parkway south and east of this point was constructed; overlaying a pre-existing thoroughfare named Drumgoole Boulevard (in honor of the Roman Catholic priest who founded an orphanage in Pleasant Plains), it opened in the autumn of 1881. 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The current logo for Chuck E. Cheeses Pizza. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The Richmond Parkway is a freeway that traverses the South Shore of Staten Island, New York, USA from northwest to southeast. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... An orphanage is an institution dedicated to caring for orphans (children without living parents). ... Pleasant Plains is a neighborhood located on Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, the largest city in the United States. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Greenridge has seen much development — a great deal of it commercial — in recent decades, including the construction of a public transit center in the early 2000s. Many passengers wait there each weekday morning for express buses that take them to their jobs in downtown or midtown Manhattan. Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U.S. presidential election, 2000 September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ... Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ...