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The City of New York acquired this property in 1951. That same year the Board of Estimate assigned the land to be jointly operated by Parks and the Board of Education. Since then, the futures of the playground and the school have been intertwined. This playground was first named P.S. 35 Playground when it opened in 1953 and in 1986 Read more...
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Harvard Yard is situated on the lowest level of Skyline Park in the New Brighton section of Staten Island. On May 28, 1938, the State granted the property to the City for joint recreational and educational purposes. It is a grassy lot, or “yard,” defined by a low border fence, and furnished with wooden picnic tables and sandpits with stakes Read more...
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This parkland has been in existence longer than the nearby street that also bears its name. There is no record of the origin of this name. Ida Court and the other parklands that border it were acquired as a part of a land purchase for the Richmond Parkway Outerbridge Crossing to the Cloves Lake Expressway. The City assigned the triangle, Read more...
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This triangle honors the beloved Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, the only major league team ever named for a borough instead of a city or state. The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1957, but they are warmly remembered as a symbol of community and bygone days. The Brooklyn team joined the National League in 1890 under the management of William Read more...
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Heritage Park is a passive recreational park located along the waterfront of Staten Island’s north shore on the Kill Van Kull and was created through a partnership between The Trust for Public Land, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and NYC Parks. In 2004, The Trust for Public Land, in conjunction with The Port Authority of New Read more...
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The name of this street and plaza comes from the National Race Course, a horse-racing track that operated here from 1854-1866. The Corona area began as West Flushing in 1854, when a group of speculators from the City of New York developed the area and named it after its 200-year-old neighbor to the east. That year also saw the beginning Read more...
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The history of Corona is intimately tied to the arrival of the Long Island Rail Road in this area in 1854. When speculators from New York City began developing the settlement during that same year, they planned the streets in accordance with the railroad route. The tiny village was called West Flushing in remembrance of the Flushing Remonstrance, a landmark Read more...
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This park commemorates Staten Island resident Frederick Staats (1894-1918). Staats was born in the neighborhood of Rosebank on October 14, 1894. A resident of 1189 Bay Street, he worked as a brakeman for Staten Island Rapid Transit before registering for the draft on June 5, 1917. His draft card describes the young man as tall and slender, with blue eyes Read more...
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“The whole island is like a garden” –Henry David Thoreau Named for the abundance of Norway maple trees (Acer platanoides), the Maple Woods on Richmond Road between Pierce and Steuben Avenues were first known as Maple Walk. They received their current name in August of 1997 from Parks Commissioner Stern and Council Member Jerome X. O’Donovan. There are approximately 125 Read more...
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A Conch is a marine snail (Gastropodmollusks) of the subclass Prosobranchia, which feeds on plant matter in warm waters. This explains its prevalence on the Atlantic coast, where conches are found as far away as Brazil, as well as in Rockaway. The queen conch (Strombus gigas) has an attractive shell, with a pink tinge on the opening into the first Read more...
