The Fresh Kills Story: From World's Largest Garbage Dump to a World-Class Park
For many years, all of New York City's garbage was brought to Fresh Kills. At over 2,200 acres, it grew to become the world's largest garbage dump. This 1-hour documentary reveals what Fresh Kills looked and smelled like, how it affected neighboring communities, the hurtful reputation it gave Staten Island, and the long and difficult battle to close it.
The property is now being transformed into a beautiful park, three times the size of New York's famed Central Park. You'll be taken on a cinematic tour of Fresh Kills, learning about the capping of garbage mounds and the environmental control systems in place, and showcasing plans for future park amenities, including both active and passive recreation, wind and solar power facilities, and new roadways.
Presented by Borough President James P. Molinaro
Documentary by Andy Levison, Staten Island Borough President's Office
Staten Island's Freshkills Park to be Home to NYC's Largest Solar Panel Installation Project
| Staten Island's Freshkills Park will be the site of a major solar panel installation in coming years. Watch the video to learn more.
Largest state park in New York City slated for Brooklyn
Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced that the largest state park in New York City will fully open in Brooklyn in the summer of 2019.
The new 407-acre park will be named in honor of Shirley Chisholm, a Brooklyn-born trailblazer who was the first African-American Congresswoman and the first woman and African-American to run for President.
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New York City has one of the largest sanitation departments in the world, but, with declining landfills, we follow waste from sidewalks and garbage trucks to treatment facilities and upstate farms.
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PBS-A WALK AROUND STATEN ISLAND-David Hartman -2007 Part 1
A look at the history of the NY borough of Staten Island, past and present. Part 1 of 2.
Hurricane Sandy: scenes of devastation on New York's Staten Island
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Staten Island | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:44 1 History
00:02:53 1.1 Native Americans
00:05:59 1.2 European settlement
00:08:08 1.3 Richmond County
00:11:46 1.4 18th century and the American Revolution
00:16:22 1.5 19th century
00:17:15 1.6 Consolidation with New York City
00:20:59 2 Geology
00:23:37 3 Geography
00:26:05 3.1 Wildlife
00:26:56 3.2 Parkland
00:29:43 3.3 Adjacent counties
00:29:52 4 Demographics
00:34:29 4.1 Languages
00:36:10 5 Government and politics
00:36:20 5.1 History
00:38:36 5.2 Staten Island flag
00:39:22 5.3 Politics
00:43:00 5.3.1 Local politics
00:44:39 6 Tourism
00:46:14 7 Culture
00:46:23 7.1 Local support for the arts
00:47:26 7.2 Attractions
00:48:36 7.2.1 Museums
00:49:53 7.3 Newspapers
00:50:11 7.4 In culture
00:50:19 7.4.1 Film
00:50:32 7.4.2 Literature
00:51:15 7.4.3 Music
00:51:54 7.4.4 Television
00:53:23 7.4.5 Theater
00:55:20 8 Sports
00:55:29 8.1 Baseball
00:56:50 8.2 Basketball
00:57:20 8.3 Bowling
00:57:49 8.4 College athletics
00:58:44 8.5 Cricket
00:59:03 8.6 Football
01:00:43 8.7 Golf
01:07:04 8.8 Ice hockey
01:07:23 8.9 Motor sports
01:08:23 8.10 Olympians
01:09:55 8.11 Soccer
01:10:18 8.12 Tennis
01:11:04 9 Education
01:11:13 9.1 Public schools
01:12:31 9.2 Private schools
01:13:31 9.3 Colleges and universities
01:14:13 10 Transportation
01:14:22 10.1 Bridges
01:15:53 10.2 Roads
01:16:44 10.3 Public transit
01:17:19 10.3.1 Ferry
01:18:26 10.3.2 Trains
01:20:27 10.3.3 Buses
01:21:57 10.4 Freight rail
01:22:44 11 Infrastructure
01:22:54 11.1 Hospitals
01:23:15 11.2 Jails
01:24:17 12 Nicknames
01:25:15 13 See also
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Staten Island () is a borough of New York City, coterminous with Richmond County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located in the southwest portion of the city, the borough is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With an estimated population of 479,458 in 2017, Staten Island is the least populated of the boroughs but is the third-largest in land area at 58.5 sq mi (152 km2). The borough also contains the southern-most point in the state, South Point.
The borough was referred to as the Borough of Richmond until 1975. Staten Island has sometimes been called the forgotten borough by inhabitants who feel neglected by the city government.The North Shore—especially the neighborhoods of St. George, Tompkinsville, Clifton and Stapleton—is the most urban part of the island; it contains the designated St. George Historic District and the St. Paul's Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, which feature large Victorian houses. The East Shore is home to the 2.5-mile (4 km) F.D.R. Boardwalk, the fourth-longest boardwalk in the world. The South Shore, site of the 17th-century Dutch and French Huguenot settlement, developed rapidly beginning in the 1960s and 1970s and is now mostly suburban in character. The West Shore is the least populated and most industrial part of the island.
Motor traffic can reach the borough from Brooklyn via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and from New Jersey via the Outerbridge Crossing, Goethals Bridge and Bayonne Bridge. Staten Island has Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus lines and an MTA rapid transit line, the Staten Island Railway, which runs from the ferry terminal at St. George to Tottenville. Staten Island is the only borough that is not connected to the New York City Subway system. The free Staten Island Ferry connects the borough across New York Harbor to Manhattan and is a tourist attraction which provides views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Lower Manhattan.
Staten Island had the Fresh Kills Landfill, which was the world's largest landfill before closing in 2001, although it was temporarily reopened that year to receive debris ...
Staten Island Ship Graveyard
The Staten Island Ship Graveyard is a marine scrapyard located in the Arthur Kill in Rossville near the Fresh Kills Landfill. This is where ships go to die. The ship graveyard was born in the wake of WW II. The boatyard is a collection of a hundred different stories all being told at the same time. i was there a year ago, and I returned this weekend.#PHANTOMFLIGHT101
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Serial Spirits - Cropsey's Staten Island Boogeyman
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Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay.
Staten Island is overall the most suburban of the five boroughs of New York City. The North Shore — especially the neighborhoods of St. George, Tompkinsville, Clifton, and Stapleton — is the most urban part of the island; it contains the officially designated St. George Historic District and the St. Paul's Avenue-Stapleton Heights Historic District, which feature large Victorian homes. The South Shore has more suburban-style residential neighborhoods and is home to the two and one-half mile long F.D.R. Boardwalk, the fourth longest in the world. Historically, the central and southern sections of the island were dominated by dairy and poultry farms, almost all of which disappeared in the 20th century. Staten Island used to claim the largest landfill in the world. It was closed in 2001, then shortly afterwards reopened to house the debris from the September 11th attacks, and then shortly after closed for good. The landfill is now in the process of being made into what will be New York City's largest public park.
The borough is accessible to Brooklyn via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and to New Jersey via the Goethals Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing, and Bayonne Bridge. Staten Island has Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus service and an MTA rapid transit line, the Staten Island Railway, which runs from the ferry terminal at St. George to Tottenville. Staten Island is the only one of the five boroughs of New York City that does not have below-ground rapid transit. The free Staten Island Ferry connects the borough to Manhattan and is a popular tourist attraction, providing views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and lower Manhattan.
The Championship Cross-Country Race 2013
A 5.8-mile cross-country race held for the first time in history at Freshkills Park, former site of the worlds largest landfill. Sponsored by the Staten Island Athletic Club, runners at the event were treated to panoramic views. The money raised will be donated to a college scholarship fund benefitting deserving Staten Island high school students.
As of 2014, the race now consists of a 5k or 10k option.
A Haunted House on Staten Island
The bucolic setting belies this landmark building's turbulent past-for decades, rumors have circulated that spirits live in the home, which is on the market for $1.3 million. Several years ago a former caretaker was convicted of a murder on the site.
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PBS-A WALK AROUND STATEN ISLAND-David Hartman -2007 Part 2
A look at the history of the NY borough of Staten Island, past and present. Part 2 of 2.
Garbage transfer station New York News
People who live on the Upper East Side are battling to stop a trash transfer station from being built in their neighborhood. They say the garbage and garbage trucks pose a health risk.
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Manhattan (), often referred to locally as the City, is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, its cultural identifier, and its historical birthplace. The borough is coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. The borough consists mostly of Manhattan Island, bounded by the Hudson, East, and Harlem rivers; several small adjacent islands; and Marble Hill, a small neighborhood now on the U.S. mainland, physically connected to the Bronx and separated from the rest of Manhattan by the Harlem River. Manhattan Island is divided into three informally bounded components, each aligned with its long axis: Lower, Midtown, and Upper Manhattan.
Manhattan is often described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, and the borough hosts the United Nations Headquarters. Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world, and Manhattan is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization: the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Many multinational media conglomerates are based in Manhattan, and the borough has been the setting for numerous books, films, and television shows. Manhattan is historically documented to have been purchased by Dutch colonists from Native Americans in 1626 for 60 guilders, which equals roughly US$1050 in current terms. Manhattan real estate has since become among the most expensive in the world, with the value of Manhattan Island, including real estate, estimated to exceed US$3 trillion in 2013; median residential property sale prices in Manhattan approximated US$1,600 per square foot ($17,000/m2) as of 2018, with Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan commanding the highest retail rents in the world, at US$3,000 per square foot ($32,000/m2) in 2017.Manhattan traces its origins to a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The territory and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. New York, based in present-day Manhattan, served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a world symbol of the United States and its ideals of liberty and peace. Manhattan became a borough during the consolidation of New York City in 1898.
New York County is the United States' second-smallest county by land area (larger only than Kalawao County, Hawaii), and is also the most densely populated U.S. county. It is also one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 1,664,727 living in a land area of 22.83 square miles (59.13 km2), or 72,918 residents per square mile (28,154/km2), higher than the density of any individual U.S. city. On business days, the influx of commuters increases this number to over 3.9 million, or more than 170,000 people per square mile (65,600/km2). Manhattan has the third-largest population of New York City's five boroughs, after Brooklyn and Queens, and is the smallest borough in terms of land area.Many districts and landmarks in Manhattan are well known, as New York City received a record 62.8 million tourists in 2017, and Manhattan hosts three of the world's 10 most-visited tourist attractions in 2013: Times Square, Central Park, and Grand Central Terminal. The borough hosts many prominent bridges, such as the Brooklyn Bridge; skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building; and parks, such as Central Park. Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese ...
Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center | Wikipedia ...
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00:00:56 1 Building evacuation
00:02:11 2 Emergency response
00:02:20 2.1 Firefighters
00:06:19 2.2 Doctors, EMS, and other medical staff
00:09:11 2.3 Police
00:10:18 2.4 Coast Guard, maritime industry, individual boat owners
00:11:36 2.5 Amateur radio
00:13:01 3 Search and rescue efforts
00:14:24 4 Recovery efforts
00:15:13 4.1 Organization
00:18:01 4.2 Debris removal
00:18:52 4.2.1 Reuse of steel
00:19:34 4.2.2 Hazards
00:20:19 4.3 Morale
00:23:51 5 Military support
00:24:00 5.1 Civil Air Patrol
00:24:40 5.2 National Guard
00:26:36 5.3 U.S. Marine Corps
00:27:26 5.4 U.S. Navy
00:28:06 6 Handling of cleanup procedure
00:30:24 6.1 Health effects
00:33:40 7 Investigations
00:34:15 8 Estimated costs
00:34:51 9 Reconstruction
00:35:54 10 See also
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The local, state, federal and global reaction to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center was unprecedented. The equally unsurpassed events of that day elicited the largest response of local emergency and rescue personnel to assist in the evacuation of the two towers and also contributed to the largest loss of the same personnel when the towers collapsed. After the attacks, the media termed the World Trade Center site Ground Zero, while rescue personnel referred to it as the Pile.
In the ensuing recovery and cleanup efforts, personnel related to metalwork and construction professions would descend on the site to offer their services and remained until the site was cleared in May 2002. In the years since, investigations and studies have examined effects upon those who participated, noting a variety of afflictions attributed to the debris and stress.
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More Hurricane Sandy Victims on Staten Island Now Eligible for Buyouts
| The buyout program for residents of Staten Island's Oakwood Beach neighborhood has been expanded, allowing 120 more homeowners to be bought out by the state. Find out which streets are now eligible for the program in this video.
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Staten Island Railway
The Staten Island Railway is the only rapid transit line in the New York City borough of Staten Island. Operated by the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority, a unit of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, it is considered a standard railroad line, but only freight service which runs along the western portion of the North Shore Branch is connected to the national railway system.
SIR operates with modified R44 New York City Subway cars, and is run by the New York City Transit Authority, an agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and operator of the New York City Subway. However, there is no direct rail link between the SIR and the subway system proper. SIR riders do get a free transfer to New York City Subway lines, and the line is included on official New York City Subway maps. Commuters who use the railway typically use the Staten Island Ferry to reach Manhattan; the line is accessible from within the Ferry Terminal and most of its trains connect with the ferry.
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