Mariners Harbor, Staten Island
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Mariners Harbor is a neighborhood located in the northwestern part of New York City
, USA
's borough of Staten Island
. It is bordered by Lake Avenue to the east, Lisk Avenue to the south, Richmond Terrace to the north, and Holland Avenue to the west. The western section of Mariners Harbor, west of South Avenue is often known as Arlington
.
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s and other seafood
products were harvested the Kill Van Kull
, which forms the neighborhood's northern border (Elm Park
and Port Ivory
lie to the east and west, respectively, while Graniteville
is to the south). This activity declined due to pollution
during the 20th century. Today oysters are farmed by various small fishing entities and are cleaned in the waters off Long Island by allowing them to bed in those waters. The Mariners Harbor Yacht Club remains as a reminder of the community's maritime past.
One of the stations on the North Shore branch of the Staten Island Railway
was both located in and named after the neighborhood, within which was also found three other stations along the line, at Lake Avenue
, Harbor Road
, and Arlington
(passenger service on this line was discontinued in 1953). The railroad bed has been rebuilt and is now used by freight trains traveling between New Jersey and the Howland Hook Marine Terminal
in the bordering Arlington area.
The area originally populated by the Dutch settlers of 17th and 18th centuries bears the famous names of those families, which include: Van Name Street, Van Pelt Avenue, Brabrant Street, Lockman Avenue and Mesereau Avenue. The oldest church in the neighborhood is the methodist Summerfield church, founded in 1840 it still stands on Harbor Road. On the corner of Richmond Terrace and Lockman Avenue is the Fellowship Baptist Church, which has a large African American
congregation and has gained considerable political influence being visited by New York City mayors David Dinkins
, Rudolph Giuliani
, and Michael Bloomberg
on multiple occasions during their terms of office.
From the early 1900s to the 1930s, the area became home to many Italian-Americans, who still comprise a significant percentage of its population. The neighborhood was permanently transformed, however, in 1954, when the New York City Housing Authority
opened the 605-unit Mariner's Harbor Houses public housing
project in the heart of the community, which then soon became predominantly African American and later, also Hispanic
.
The demographics (not including Arlington) are as follows:
35.79% White, 33.19% Black, 10.33% Asian, 0.88% Native American, 0.06% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 15.03% Some Other Race, and 4.70% Two or More Races.
Hispanics or Latinos of and race made up 37.22% of the population(http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/)
Mariners Harbor was home to large shipping and dry dock companies in the first half of the 20th century, including Bethlehem Steel
, which owned a considerable portion of land in the area with headquarters along the waterfront on Richmond Terrace across from Messereau Avenue and Brewers Dry Dock. Bethlehem Steel built military transports during World War I and World War II. Currently, two tugboat
companies—K-Sea and McAllister—operate in the area as do a number of smaller dry docks, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, and Mariners Harbor Cargo Terminalhttp://www.mhterminal.com. The John McAllister
tug boat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2001.
The West Shore Little League and Public School 44 also are part of the neighborhood. The former Cross Paper Plant sits on the edge of the area and now is used as rental space for other small business. In recent years a large amount of shopping has been built up in stretch of Forest Avenue from Lake Avenue to South Avenue, revitalizing the area and bringing new traffic concerns.
The ZIP Code
for Mariners Harbor is 10303.
, I.S.51, and P.S.22 and P.S.44, as well as a section that can generally be described as north of Continental Place and west of Van Pelt Avenue that is zoned for I.S 72
in Heartland Village (Source: http://maps.nycboe.net) NYC Department of Education website. P.S. 44 is located on 80 Maple Parkway and its current principal is Joseph Miller. P.S 44. has small class sizes, however the downside of P.S. 44 it is a somewhat worn building and furnishings. It offers grades Pre-K to fifth grade, and as of 2006 it had 69 full time teachers and 5 part time teachers, and has a total of 860 students enrolled, which makes the teacher student ratio 1:13.
In 2008, it was announced that Mariners Harbor would get its own branch of the New York Public Library
, on a vacant lot along South Avenue. It will be the 13th branch on Staten Island. The library was the winner of the Award for Excellence in Design from New York City's Public Design Commission. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2009 and the library is expected to open in 2011.
and South Avenue, the S48/S98 buses along Forest Avenue
and South Avenue, and the S46/S96 buses along Grandview Avenue/South Avenue and Brabrant Street. It is also served by the X12/X42 and X30 express buses to Manhattan along Forest Avenue
.
New York City
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, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
's borough of Staten Island
Staten Island
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...
. It is bordered by Lake Avenue to the east, Lisk Avenue to the south, Richmond Terrace to the north, and Holland Avenue to the west. The western section of Mariners Harbor, west of South Avenue is often known as Arlington
Arlington, Staten Island
Arlington is a neighborhood on the North Shore of Staten Island, in New York City. It is a subsection of the Mariners' Harbor neighborhood, with the general boundaries located to the west of South Avenue...
.
History
The neighborhood owes its name to the fact that, during the 19th century, oysterOyster
The word oyster is used as a common name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs which live in marine or brackish habitats. The valves are highly calcified....
s and other seafood
Seafood
Seafood is any form of marine life regarded as food by humans. Seafoods include fish, molluscs , crustaceans , echinoderms . Edible sea plants, such as some seaweeds and microalgae, are also seafood, and are widely eaten around the world, especially in Asia...
products were harvested the Kill Van Kull
Kill Van Kull
The Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait between Staten Island, New York and Bayonne, New Jersey in the United States. Approximately long and wide, it connects Newark Bay with Upper New York Bay. The Robbins Reef Light marks the eastern end of the Kill, Bergen Point its western end...
, which forms the neighborhood's northern border (Elm Park
Elm Park, Staten Island
Elm Park is the name of a small park in the Port Richmond section of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. The park is located across Innis Street from Port Richmond High School....
and Port Ivory
Port Ivory, Staten Island
Port Ivory is a coastal area situated in the northwestern corner of Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States. It is located on Newark Bay near the entrances the Kill van Kull to the west and Arthur Kill to the east....
lie to the east and west, respectively, while Graniteville
Graniteville, Staten Island
Graniteville is the name of a neighborhood in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA.-History:Graniteville was originally named Bennett's Corners and Fayetteville...
is to the south). This activity declined due to pollution
Pollution
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light...
during the 20th century. Today oysters are farmed by various small fishing entities and are cleaned in the waters off Long Island by allowing them to bed in those waters. The Mariners Harbor Yacht Club remains as a reminder of the community's maritime past.
One of the stations on the North Shore branch of the Staten Island Railway
Staten Island Railway
The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority, publicly known as MTA Staten Island Railway or SIR, is the operator of the lone rapid transit line in the borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA...
was both located in and named after the neighborhood, within which was also found three other stations along the line, at Lake Avenue
Lake Avenue (Staten Island Railway station)
Lake Avenue is a station on the abandoned North Shore Branch of the Staten Island Railway in Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York. It has two tracks and two side platforms. It is located in an open cut. The station was abandoned on March 31, 1953, along with the South Beach Branch and the rest...
, Harbor Road
Harbor Road (Staten Island Railway station)
Harbor Road was a station on the abandoned North Shore Branch of the Staten Island Railway in Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York. The station, located under the overpass at the highest point of Harbor Road, was built in an open-cut with two tracks and one island platform. It closed on March...
, and Arlington
Arlington (Staten Island Railway station)
Arlington was a station on the abandoned North Shore Branch of the Staten Island Railway, in Staten Island, New York. It had one island platform and two tracks. It was closed on March 31, 1953. For a few years before its closure, it was the western terminus of the North Shore Line; before then,...
(passenger service on this line was discontinued in 1953). The railroad bed has been rebuilt and is now used by freight trains traveling between New Jersey and the Howland Hook Marine Terminal
Howland Hook Marine Terminal
The Howland Hook Marine Terminal is a container port facility in the Port of New York and New Jersey located in northwestern Staten Island in New York City...
in the bordering Arlington area.
The area originally populated by the Dutch settlers of 17th and 18th centuries bears the famous names of those families, which include: Van Name Street, Van Pelt Avenue, Brabrant Street, Lockman Avenue and Mesereau Avenue. The oldest church in the neighborhood is the methodist Summerfield church, founded in 1840 it still stands on Harbor Road. On the corner of Richmond Terrace and Lockman Avenue is the Fellowship Baptist Church, which has a large African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
congregation and has gained considerable political influence being visited by New York City mayors David Dinkins
David Dinkins
David Norman Dinkins is a former politician from New York City. He was the Mayor of New York City from 1990 through 1993; he was the first and is, to date, the only African American to hold that office.-Early life:...
, Rudolph Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani KBE is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from New York. He served as Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001....
, and Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...
on multiple occasions during their terms of office.
From the early 1900s to the 1930s, the area became home to many Italian-Americans, who still comprise a significant percentage of its population. The neighborhood was permanently transformed, however, in 1954, when the New York City Housing Authority
New York City Housing Authority
The New York City Housing Authority provides public housing for low- and moderate-income residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City. NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8 Leased Housing Program in rental apartments...
opened the 605-unit Mariner's Harbor Houses public housing
Public housing
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Social housing is an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the...
project in the heart of the community, which then soon became predominantly African American and later, also Hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
.
The demographics (not including Arlington) are as follows:
35.79% White, 33.19% Black, 10.33% Asian, 0.88% Native American, 0.06% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 15.03% Some Other Race, and 4.70% Two or More Races.
Hispanics or Latinos of and race made up 37.22% of the population(http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/)
Mariners Harbor was home to large shipping and dry dock companies in the first half of the 20th century, including Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Steel
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation , based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was once the second-largest steel producer in the United States, after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel. After a decline in the U.S...
, which owned a considerable portion of land in the area with headquarters along the waterfront on Richmond Terrace across from Messereau Avenue and Brewers Dry Dock. Bethlehem Steel built military transports during World War I and World War II. Currently, two tugboat
Tugboat
A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...
companies—K-Sea and McAllister—operate in the area as do a number of smaller dry docks, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, and Mariners Harbor Cargo Terminalhttp://www.mhterminal.com. The John McAllister
Standard Oil Company No. 16 (harbor tug)
Standard Oil Company No. 16 is a historic harbor tugboat located at Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, New York. She was built in 1907 by the Skinner Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Baltimore, Maryland for the Standard Oil Company. She has heavy steel frames and deck beams. She is 100 feet in...
tug boat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2001.
The West Shore Little League and Public School 44 also are part of the neighborhood. The former Cross Paper Plant sits on the edge of the area and now is used as rental space for other small business. In recent years a large amount of shopping has been built up in stretch of Forest Avenue from Lake Avenue to South Avenue, revitalizing the area and bringing new traffic concerns.
The ZIP Code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
for Mariners Harbor is 10303.
Education
Most students in Mariners' Harbor are zoned for Port Richmond High SchoolPort Richmond High School
Port Richmond High School is on the North Shore of Staten Island in the Port Richmond neighborhood. It is located at 85 St Josephs Avenue, between Innis Street and Charles Avenue. The principal is Timothy M. Gannon....
, I.S.51, and P.S.22 and P.S.44, as well as a section that can generally be described as north of Continental Place and west of Van Pelt Avenue that is zoned for I.S 72
Rocco Laurie Intermediate School
The P.O. Rocco Laurie Intermediate School refers to New York City Intermediate School 72 in Staten Island, New York. It is a Title I school. It is located at 33 Ferndale Avenue in Heartland Village, Staten Island. Heartland Village is part of New Springville, Staten Island. The school was named...
in Heartland Village (Source: http://maps.nycboe.net) NYC Department of Education website. P.S. 44 is located on 80 Maple Parkway and its current principal is Joseph Miller. P.S 44. has small class sizes, however the downside of P.S. 44 it is a somewhat worn building and furnishings. It offers grades Pre-K to fifth grade, and as of 2006 it had 69 full time teachers and 5 part time teachers, and has a total of 860 students enrolled, which makes the teacher student ratio 1:13.
In 2008, it was announced that Mariners Harbor would get its own branch of the New York Public Library
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...
, on a vacant lot along South Avenue. It will be the 13th branch on Staten Island. The library was the winner of the Award for Excellence in Design from New York City's Public Design Commission. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2009 and the library is expected to open in 2011.
Transportation
Mariners Harbor is served by the S40/S90 buses along Richmond TerraceRichmond Terrace
Richmond Terrace is primary east-west artery that runs through the St. George, New Brighton, Randall Manor, Port Richmond, Mariners Harbor, Elm Park, and Livingston neighborhoods of New York City, in the borough of Staten Island, New York....
and South Avenue, the S48/S98 buses along Forest Avenue
New York State Route 439
New York State Route 439 was an east–west state highway on Staten Island in New York, United States. The western terminus of the route was at the Goethals Bridge, where it continued into New Jersey as its Route 439. Its eastern terminus was at the Staten Island Ferry terminal in the St....
and South Avenue, and the S46/S96 buses along Grandview Avenue/South Avenue and Brabrant Street. It is also served by the X12/X42 and X30 express buses to Manhattan along Forest Avenue
New York State Route 439
New York State Route 439 was an east–west state highway on Staten Island in New York, United States. The western terminus of the route was at the Goethals Bridge, where it continued into New Jersey as its Route 439. Its eastern terminus was at the Staten Island Ferry terminal in the St....
.