Fresh Kills

Fresh Kills is a neighborhood in Staten Island, New York. Fresh Kills is situated nearby to the neighborhood Greenridge, as well as near Annadale.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Island of Meadows and Carteret Public Library.

Island of Meadows

Island

Photo: Decumanus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Carteret Public Library

Library

Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Carteret Public Library is situated 2 miles northwest of Fresh Kills.

Annadale station

Metro station

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

The Annadale station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Annadale, Staten Island, New York. Annadale station is situated 1½ miles south of Fresh Kills.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenridge and Annadale.

Greenridge

Neighborhood

Greenridge or Marshland is a name sometimes used to denote the western part of Eltingville, a neighborhood on Staten Island's South Shore. The area's earliest settlers were French Huguenots, who are also responsible for a nearby South Shore neighborhood being named Huguenot.

Annadale

Neighborhood

Annadale is a middle-class neighborhood on the South Shore of the borough of Staten Island in New York City.

Woodrow

Neighborhood

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Woodrow is a neighborhood located on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York, United States. The neighborhood is represented in the New York State Senate by Andrew Lanza, in the New York State Assembly by Michael Reilly, and in the New York City Council by Joe Borelli. Woodrow is situated 1½ miles southwest of Fresh Kills.

Fresh Kills

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Fresh Kills Landfill”
Category: locality
Location: Staten Island, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.56427° or 40° 33′ 51″ north

Longitude

-74.18626° or 74° 11′ 11″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

87G7HR77+PF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158892044

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

5118003

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Portuguese—“Fresh Kills” goes by many names.

French: “Décharge de Fresh Kills”
German: “Fresh Kills Landfill”
Portuguese: “Aterro sanitário de Fresh Kills”

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Localities in the Area

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