Clifton

Clifton is a neighborhood on the North Shore of Staten Island in New York City, United States. It is an older waterfront neighborhood, facing Upper New York Bay on the east.

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Type: Locality with 9,520 residents
Description: neighborhood on the North Shore of Staten Island in New York City, United States
Also known as: “Clifton, Staten Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Garibaldi-Meucci Museum and Clifton station.

Garibaldi-Meucci Museum

Museum

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The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, formerly known as the Garibaldi Memorial, is a c. 1840 Gothic Revival cottage in the Rosebank section of Staten Island, New York.

Clifton station

Metro station

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.

Clifton station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Clifton, Staten Island, New York. This station was the original terminal of the Staten Island Railway from 1860 until 1886.

Tappen Park is a small park and square in the Stapleton neighborhood on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York City. It is bounded by Bay Street on the east, Water Street on the north, and Canal Street on the south and west.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stapleton and Rosebank.

Stapleton

Neighborhood

Stapleton is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City, United States. It is located along the waterfront of Upper New York Bay, roughly bounded on the north by Tompkinsville at Grant Street, on the south by Clifton at Vanderbilt Avenue, and on the west by St.

Rosebank

Neighborhood

Rosebank is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island, one of New York City's five boroughs. It borders Clifton to the north, Arrochar to the south, and the Upper New York Bay to the east.

Grymes Hill

Neighborhood

Grymes Hill is a 374 feet tall hill formed of serpentine rock on Staten Island, New York. It is the second highest natural point on the island and in the five boroughs of New York City.

Clifton

Category: neighborhood
Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.6201° or 40° 37′ 12″ north

Longitude

-74.07709° or 74° 4′ 38″ west

Population

9,520

Elevation

52 feet (16 metres)

Open location code

87G7JWCF+25

GeoNames ID

5112956

Wikidata ID

Q5133146

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Clifton” goes by many names.

Chinese: “克利夫頓 (史泰登島)”
Chinese: “克利夫頓”
Dutch: “Clifton”
French: “Clifton”
German: “Clifton (New York)”
German: “Clifton”
Italian: “Clifton”
Russian: “Клифтон”
Spanish: “Clifton (Staten Island)”
Spanish: “Clifton”

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Localities in the Area

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