Fresh Kills
Fresh Kills is a stream and freshwater estuary in the western portion of the borough of Staten Island in New York City, United States. It is the site of the Fresh Kills Landfill, formerly New York City's principal landfill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Island of Meadows and Prall’s Island.
Island of Meadows
Island
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The Isle of Meadows is a 87-acre uninhabited island in the New York City borough of Staten Island in the United States. It is located along the western side of Staten Island, where Fresh Kills empties into the Arthur Kill.
Prall’s Island
Island
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Prall's Island is an uninhabited island in the Arthur Kill between Staten Island, New York, and Linden, New Jersey, in the United States. The 89-acre island is one of the minor islands that are part of the borough of Staten Island in New York City. Prall’s Island is situated 2 miles north of Fresh Kills.
Carteret School District
School building
Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Carteret School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carteret, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chrome and Travis.
Chrome
Hamlet
Chrome is an unincorporated community located within Carteret in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The area first received the name in the mid-1900s decade due to the many steel plants in the neighborhood, including the Chrome Steel company.
Travis
Neighborhood
Travis is a residential and industrial neighborhood in west-central Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. It is bounded on the north by Meredith Avenue and Victory Boulevard, on the east by the William T.
Fresh Kills
- Type: Stream
- Description: estuary in New York City, United States of America
- Categories: estuary and body of water
- Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Fresh Kills” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fresh Kills”
- Chinese: “清泉溪”
- French: “Fresh Kills”
- Japanese: “フレッシュ・キルス”
- Japanese: “フレッシュ・キルズ”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tremley Point and Chelsea.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fresh Kills Reach and Cedar Point.
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