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Staten Island is 's "Forgotten Borough" across New York Harbor from . Staten Island may seem like it's in an entirely different world than the hustle and bustle expected in New York City.
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  • Type: Suburb with 496,000 residents
  • Description: borough of New York City, New York, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Borough of Richmond”, “Borough of Staten Island”, “Richmond County”, “Richmond County, New York”, “Staten Island borough, New York City”, “Staten Island, New York”, “Staten Island, New York City”, and “the forgotten borough”
  • Postal codes: 10301-10314
  • Neighbors: , , , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art and Staten Island Light.

Museum
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The is a museum located on the residential in , Staten Island, . It is home to one of the United States' most extensive collections of Himalayan artifacts.

Lighthouse
The Staten Island Range Light, also known as the Ambrose Channel Range Light, is the rear range light companion to the . Built in 1912, the 90-foot tower sits more than five miles northwest of the West Bank Lighthouse, on Staten Island’s Richmond Hill, 141 feet above sea level.

Lighthouse
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The New Dorp Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse located in the section of Staten Island, . Funds for the lighthouse were approved by United States Congress on August 31, 1852 and the structure was completed in 1856.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Great Kills and New Springville.

Neighborhood
Photo: Mhayes3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood within the borough of Staten Island in . It is located on the island's South Shore, and according to many local geographers, it is the South Shore's northernmost community.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of , .

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood located in east central Staten Island, , near the South Shore. It is bordered by Tysens Lane; the Atlantic Ocean; Great Kills Park; Kensico Street, and Clarke Avenue. is situated 2 miles southeast of Staten Island.

Staten Island

Latitude
40.5835° or 40° 35′ 0″ north
Longitude
-74.1496° or 74° 8′ 59″ west
Population
496,000
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US UYU
Open location code
87G7HVM2+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158851392
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
5139568
Wiki­data ID
Q18432
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Staten Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Staten Island”
  • Afrikaans: “Staten-eiland”
  • Albanian: “Staten Island”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ستاتن”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ستاتين”
  • Arabic: “جزيره ستاتن”
  • Armenian: “Ռիչմոնդ շրջան”
  • Armenian: “Սթաթեն Այլենդ”
  • Asturian: “Staten Island”
  • Azerbaijani: “Staten-Aylend”
  • Balinese: “Staten Island”
  • Basque: “Staten Island”
  • Bavarian: “Staten Island”
  • Belarusian: “Статэн-Айленд”
  • Belarusian: “Статэн-Айлэнд”
  • Belarusian: “Стэйтэн-Айленд”
  • Bengali: “স্ট্যাটেন আইল্যান্ড”
  • Bishnupriya: “রিচমন্ড কাউন্টি, নিউ ইয়র্ক”
  • Bishnupriya: “রিচমন্ড কাউন্টি”
  • Bosnian: “Staten Island”
  • Breton: “Staten Island”
  • Bulgarian: “Статън Айлънд”
  • Catalan: “Staten Island”
  • Cebuano: “Richmond County”
  • Cebuano: “Staten Island”
  • Chechen: “Ричмонд (гуо, Нью-Йорк)”
  • Chechen: “Ричмонд”
  • Chinese: “Staten Island”
  • Chinese: “史丹頓島”
  • Chinese: “史坦頓島”
  • Chinese: “史坦顿岛”
  • Chinese: “史德頓島”
  • Chinese: “史德顿岛”
  • Chinese: “史泰登岛”
  • Chinese: “史泰登島”
  • Chinese: “斯塔滕岛”
  • Chinese: “斯塔滕島”
  • Croatian: “Staten Island”
  • Czech: “Staten Island”
  • Dagbani: “Staten Island”
  • Danish: “Staten Island”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Staten Island”
  • Dutch: “Staten Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ستاتن ايلاند”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Richmond”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Riĉmondo”
  • Esperanto: “Staten Island”
  • Esperanto: “Staten-Insulo”
  • Estonian: “Staten Island”
  • Finnish: “Staten Island”
  • French: “comté de Richmond”
  • French: “Staten Island”
  • Galician: “Staten Island”
  • Georgian: “სტატენ-აილენდი”
  • Georgian: “სტეიტენ-აილენდი”
  • German: “Richmond County”
  • German: “Staten Island”
  • Gilaki: “استتن آیلند (نيۊیؤرک)”
  • Gilaki: “استتن آیلند”
  • Greek: “Στάτεν Άιλαντ, Νέα Υόρκη”
  • Greek: “Στάτεν Άιλαντ”
  • Greek: “Στέιτεν Άιλαντ, Νέα Υόρκη”
  • Greek: “Στέιτεν Άιλαντ”
  • Gujarati: “સ્ટેટન આઇલેન્ડ”
  • Hebrew: “סטטן איילנד”
  • Hungarian: “Staten Island”
  • Icelandic: “Staten Island”
  • Ido: “Staten Island”
  • Indonesian: “Staten Island”
  • Interlingua: “Staten Island”
  • Irish: “Oileán Staten, Nua-Eabhrac”
  • Irish: “Oileán Staten”
  • Irish: “Staten Island”
  • Italian: “Staten Island”
  • Japanese: “スタテン・アイランド”
  • Japanese: “スタテンアイランド”
  • Korean: “스태튼아일랜드”
  • Ladin: “Staten Island”
  • Latin: “Insula Staten”
  • Latvian: “Steitenailenda”
  • Lithuanian: “Stateno sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Steiteno sala”
  • Low German: “Richmond County”
  • Luxembourgish: “Staten Island”
  • Malay: “Pulau Staten”
  • Malay: “Staten Island”
  • Marathi: “स्टेटन आयलंड”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Staten Island”
  • Nauru: “Staten Island”
  • Northern Frisian: “Staten Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Staten Island”
  • Norwegian: “Staten Island”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Staten Island”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Stataīeg”
  • Ossetian: “Статен-Айленд”
  • Persian: “استاتن آیلند”
  • Persian: “استتن آیلند”
  • Polish: “Staten Island”
  • Portuguese: “Staten Island”
  • Romanian: “Staten Island”
  • Russian: “Ричмонд”
  • Russian: “Статен-Айленд”
  • Russian: “Стейтен-Айленд”
  • Scots: “Staten Island”
  • Serbian: “Staten Ajland”
  • Serbian: “Статен Ајланд”
  • Serbian: “Статен Ајленд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Staten Island”
  • Sinhala: “ස්ටෑට්න් අයිලන්ඩ්”
  • Slovak: “Staten Island”
  • Slovenian: “Staten Island”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایستئیتن ایسلند”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Staten Island (Nueva York)”
  • Spanish: “El Barrio Olvidado”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Richmond”
  • Spanish: “Staten Island (Nueva York)”
  • Spanish: “Staten Island”
  • Swahili: “Staten Island”
  • Swedish: “Staten Island”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Staten”
  • Tamil: “இசுட்டேட்டன் தீவு”
  • Tatar: “Ричмонд (округ, Нью-Йорк)”
  • Tatar: “Ричмонд”
  • Thai: “เกาะสแตเทน”
  • Turkish: “Staten Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Стейтен-Айленд”
  • Ukrainian: “Стетен-Айленд”
  • Urdu: “سٹیٹن جزیرہ، نیویارک”
  • Urdu: “سٹیٹن جزیرہ”
  • Venetian: “Staten Island”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Staten”
  • Vlax Romani: “Staten Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Staten Island”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Staten”
  • Western Armenian: “Սթէյթըն կղզի”
  • Western Panjabi: “سٹیٹن آئیلینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “史泰登岛”
  • Yakut: “Стэйтэн Айлэнд”
  • Yiddish: “סטעטן איילאנד”
  • Yue Chinese: “史丹頓島”
  • Zeeuws: “Staten Island”
  • “Staten Island”

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