A Summer Resurgence for S.I. Beaches
The ritual is well-established by now, on summer Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings throughout the city: (more…)
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The ritual is well-established by now, on summer Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings throughout the city: (more…)
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During its first year of operation, the ExpressRail Staten Island ship-to-rail facility handled more than 44,000 containers and removed about 70,000 trucks from local roads (more…)
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Places like the Noble Maritime Collection at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden preserve the history of mariners who lived, worked and retired along Staten Island’s North Shore, but much less is known about the women who loved them. (more…)
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On their ride on the Staten Island Ferry yesterday morning, a couple from Florida got a special thank-you for coming to New York City from the lips of Mayor Michael Bloomberg himself. (more…)
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Bronx $400 million
Manhattan $354 million
Brooklyn $273 million
Queens $198 million
Staten Island $119 million
Total $1.344 billion
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Every day, men and women work the docks of the ports of New York and New Jersey. But a new study finds while the maritime industry is growing, it may soon face obstacles. (more…)
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Community Board 7 takes pride in the fact that it is the largest of all 59 community boards in New York City. But as a result of a recent finding by the Department of City Planning, Community Board 7 and New York City are smaller than had been believed. (more…)
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Can a former oil tank farm go from potential NASCAR race track to nature preserve?
The state plans to include the 600-acre NASCAR site on its revised open space plan — a land acquisition list that makes it possible to purchase and preserve private lands with public money. (more…)
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Joyce Malerba-Goldstein has been an artist at Snug Harbor since it became a cultural center in the 1970s. She says what used to be an institution where artists could flourish is now deteriorating. She says a prime example is the bathroom. (more…)
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Waterfront projects — some real, some imagined — were the highlight of yesterday’s Staten Island Economic Development Corp. exhibition and conference at the Hilton Garden Inn, where there was talk about building 1,000 units of housing and an IMAX theater next to the St. George Ferry terminal and an outlet mall on the South Shore waterfront. (more…)
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Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro announced at a Tuesday conference that he is allocating $1.2 million for infrastructure improvements at St. George’s Ferry Terminal, in the hopes of making it a destination spot not just on the Island, but for the city as a whole. (more…)
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A wildfire damaged part of a park at a national recreation area. (more…)
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The sign on the scaffold outside a sleek but small new residential building on St. Paul’s Avenue advertises luxury rentals, balconies with a view and rooftop gardens. (more…)
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From his 30-foot wooden skiff, Andy Willner points out a sailboat headed north through the narrow tidal strait. A double-crested cormorant flies above, its sleek black form unmistakable on the powder blue sky. A grassy mountain rises behind the sailboat, stretching for miles. In a few hours, low tide will bring snowy egrets, glossy ibis and great blue herons by the score. (more…)
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The Natural Resources Protective Association (NRPA) will be celebrating 30 years of protecting Staten Island’s marine environment (more…)
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The plan to redevelop the former Stapleton home port site is drawing little interest from developers because it is too rigid and won’t be able to make enough money, according to a Democratic state lawmaker. (more…)
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On April 29, at the Hilton Garden Inn, retailers will have the opportunity to learn about leasing space at the St. George Ferry Terminal. (more…)
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A small group of architects and Staten Island Chamber of Commerce representatives traded the stop-and-go, coffee-spilling, sometimes expletive-filled morning commute yesterday for another kind of journey — a boat tour around the borough. (more…)
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There’s been a lot of talk about how to develop Staten Island’s waterfront, now an independent volunteer group will be making its own evaluation on what could be in store for our shores. (more…)
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The 8-foot-tall tanks, which each hold 1,600 gallons of saltwater and 200 tropical fish — were installed at the end of July and are part of the borough president’s ongoing tourism effort. Borough President James P. Molinaro allocated $750,000 in funding for the tanks, which will be maintained by the Staten Island Zoo. Because the tanks weigh in excess of 10 tons, the floor of the terminal had to be reinforced with steel beams.
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