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Encyclopedia > Lighthouse Hill, Staten Island
A map of Staten Island shown with 5 boroughs.
A map of Staten Island shown with 5 boroughs.

Lighthouse Hill is the name of a hill, and the neighborhood situated thereon, in Staten Island, New York. The island makes up one of the five boroughs into which New York City, the USA's largest city, is divided. Staten Island, shown with the Five Boroughs © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Staten Island, shown with the Five Boroughs © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Staten Island, in yellow, lies to the southwest of the rest of New York City. ... A borough is an administrative division used in various countries. ... For other uses, see Staten Island (disambiguation) 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 definitions of the political subdivisions of the state of New York differ from those in certain other countries or even various other U.S. states, leading to misunderstandings regarding the governmental nature of an area. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area...


Formerly known as Richmond Hill (and not to be confused with the neighborhood of the same name in the borough of Queens), Lighthouse Hill acquired its present name when the Staten Island Lighthouse, towering 141 feet (43 meters) above the Lower New York Bay, was built there in 1912. Its light can be seen as far as 18 miles (29 km) away. The former name of Richmond Hill survives in Richmond Hill Road, located at the southern edge of the hill. Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island. ... Lower New York Bay is the section of New York Bay outside of the Narrows and open directly to the Atlantic Ocean. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


Lighthouse Hill is the southernmost of the chain of hills that radiate from the northeast corner of Staten Island and separate its East Shore from the region behind the hills, usually referred to as Mid-Island by island residents. Richmond Creek flows near the bottom of the hill's eastern ridge, and it is surrounded on all sides by parks belonging to the Staten Island Greenbelt, with the LaTourette Golf Course at the hill's southern margin. The term East Shore is frequently applied to a series of neighborhoods within New York City, USAs borough of Staten Island. ... The term Mid-Island is frequently applied to a series of neighborhoods within New York City, USAs borough of Staten Island. ... Richmond Creek is a stream in Staten Island, a borough of New York City in the United States. ... The Staten Island Greenbelt is a system of contiguous public parkland and natural areas in the central hills of Staten Island, New York. ...


Like the other "hills," Lighthouse Hill is noted for having some of the most opulent homes on Staten Island, rivaled only in grandeur by the Todt Hill area. In addition to the commanding views of Richmondtown and the harbor, Staten Island is also the site of the Tibetan Museum, one of the island's most popular tourist attractions.


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Grant City is the name of a neighborhood located on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York, USA. The island comprises one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Grasmere is the name of a neighborhood located on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York. ... Great Kills is the name of a neighborhood within New York City, USAs borough of Staten Island. ... Greenridge is a name sometimes used to denote the western part of Eltingville, a neighborhood on Staten Islands South Shore. ... Grymes Hill is a neighborhood, situated upon a hill by that name, on Staten Island. ... Heartland Village is a residential development located close to the geographic center of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of the USAs largest city, New York. ... Aerial photo of Lower New York Bay, showing Hoffman and Swinburne islands. ... The Howland Hook Marine Terminal is a container port facility located in northwestern Staten Island in New York City, . It is situated on the east side of the Arthur Kill, at the entrance to Newark Bay, just north of the Goethals Bridge. ... Huguenot is the name of a neighborhood located on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York, USA. Originally named Bloomingview, its present name is derived from the French Huguenots, many of whom came to Staten Island in the 18th Century to escape religious persecution. ... The Isle of Meadow, shown in red, along the western side of Staten Island The Isle of Meadow is a small uninhabited island in Staten Island, New York in the United States. ... Livingston is a name sometimes applied to the northeastern portion of West Brighton, a neighborhood located on the North Shore of New York Citys borough of Staten Island. ... Manor Heights is named as such due to the areas sudden elevation in its location and due to the fact that the area is adjacent to Manor Road, a major thoroughfare in the North Shore of Staten Island. ... Mariners Harbor is a neighborhood located in the northwestern corner of New York City, USAs borough of Staten Island. ... Meiers Corners is the name of a neighborhood on Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. Meiers Corners is sometimes confused with the adjacent neighborhood of Westerleigh; however, Westerleigh is generally understood to mean the area immediately west of Castleton Corners that is also north... The term Mid-Island is frequently applied to a series of neighborhoods within New York City, USAs borough of Staten Island. ... Categories: Stub | Staten Island neighborhoods ... New Brighton is a neighborhood, formerly an independent village, located on the North Shore of Staten Island in New York City, USA. The neighborhood comprises an older industrial and residential harborfront area along the Kill Van Kull west of St. ... The approximate area of the neighborhood of New Dorp on Staten Island is shown highlighted in orange. ... New Dorp Beach lies at the foot of the town New Dorp, along the Southern shore of Staten Island, between Midland Beach and Oakwood Beach. ... New Springville is a neighborhood in Staten Island, New York. ... The term North Shore is frequently applied to a series of neighborhoods within New York Citys borough of Staten Island, USA. Generally, the North Shore is deemed to consist of the communities located within ZIP Codes 10303, 10302 and 10310 in their entirety, along with all of the area... Oakwood is the name of a neighborhood located on the East Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. The communitys station on the Staten Island Railway bears the name Oakwood Heights, but the origin of this appellation is a mystery, since there... Ocean Breeze is a name sometimes applied to the southern part of the neighborhood on Staten Island, New York, United States, known as South Beach. ... 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. ... Port Ivory is a locality situated in the northwestern corner of Staten Island. ... Port Richmond, seen from Bayonne, New Jersey across the Kill Van Kull Port Richmond is a neighborhood situated on the North Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It is along the waterfront of the Kill Van Kull, with the southern terminus of... Pralls Island, in the Arthur Kill, is shown in red Pralls Island is an uninhabited island in the Arthur Kill between Staten Island, New York, and Linden, New Jersey, in the United States. ... Princes Bay is the name of a neighborhood located on the South Shore of New York Citys borough of Staten Island. ... Randall Manor is a neighborhood located on the North Shore of Staten Island. ... Richmondtown, is a neighborhood on Staten Island in the city and state of New York, in the United States. ... Richmond Valley is the name of a neighborhood located on the South Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, the largest city in the United States. ... Rosebank is the name of a neighborhood located in the northeastern part of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of the USAs largest city, New York. ... Rossville is the name by which the western part of Princes Bay, a neighborhood in New York Citys borough of Staten Island, is often called. ... Overlooking the harbor from beside Borough Hall St. ... The eastern end of Shooters Island (background, forested) as seen from the waterfront of Staten Island Shooters Island () is a small uninhabited island at the southern end of Newark Bay, along the north shore of Staten Island. ... Shore Acres is a neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Silver Lake is the name of a reservoir on Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. Located inside Silver Lake Park — the first city park to be established on Staten Island — Silver Lake was created in 1917 when water was brought there from the Ashokan... Founded in 1808 by Captain Robert Richard Randall (for whom the nearby neighborhood of Randall Manor is named), Sailors Snug Harbor was the first and only home for retired merchant seamen in the history of the United States, when it opened in 1833. ... South Beach is the name of a neighborhood located on the East Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It is situated immediately to the south of the Staten Island side of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. ... 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... Stapleton 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. ... Sunnyside is the name of a neighborhood in the Mid-Island region of Staten Island. ... Swinburne Island hospital, 1879. ... Todt Hill (elevation 410 ft) is a small mountain ridge on Staten Island, New York. ... Tompkinsville is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States. ... The neighborhood of Tottenville in Staten Island is shown highlighted in orange Tottenville, area approx. ... Tottenville Beach is a name that is used to describe the southernmost part of Tottenville, the southernmost neighborhood of Staten Island, in the city of New York City, the largest city in the USA. It is defined as the part of Tottenville south of Hylan Boulevard. ... Travis is the name of a neighborhood at the west-central edge of Staten Island. ... Ward Hill is the name of a neighborhood located in the northeastern part of Staten Island, which is one of the five boroughs of New York City, the USAs largest city. ... Westerleigh is the name of a neighborhood on Staten Island, New York, which is part of New York City, the USAs largest city. ... West New Brighton is a neighborhood of New York City, USA situated along the central North Shore of Staten Island. ... The term West Shore refers to the section of New York City, USAs borough of Staten Island that borders the Arthur Kill, between the Staten Island Expressway and the Fresh Kills. ... Willowbrook is a neighborhood on Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of the USAs largest city, New York. ... Woodrow is a name increasingly applied to the western part of Huguenot, a neighborhood located on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York, USA. The first Methodist church in the immediate New York City area opened in the neighborhood in 1771. ...


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