Category: Staten Island

Rendering of the final facility. Courtesy of Arthur Kill Terminal. The City Planning Commission (CPC) voted to approve the Arthur Kill Terminal, a project that has been on continuous development since 2018.  The Arthur Kill Terminal is an offshore wind staging port on the South Shore of Staten Island.  According to Arthur Kill’s official website,…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In the continuation of the NYPD’s citywide crackdown on illegally parked trucks, the NYPD was back out Tuesday night on one of Staten Island’s busiest streets on the East Shore. Officers patrolled Capodanno Boulevard, towing illegally parked trucks, the NYPD’s 122nd Precinct said in a post on X, formerly known as…

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — With Juneteenth, June 19, around the corner, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the creation of “More Than a Brook: Brooklyn Abolitionist Heritage Walk,” an interactive audio tour that explores Brooklyn’s history and vital role in the National Abolitionist Movement and the Underground Railroad. Commissioned by the Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC)…

DEAR ABBY: My ex-husband is dying of cancer. I got pregnant shortly before we divorced. I left him because he physically, psychologically and emotionally abused me. I never told him about his son. In fact, I lied and told him the child was someone else’s. I did it to protect our child. Now that my…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The real estate market in New York remains one of the hottest in the country, with various counties across the state drawing serious interest from prospective buyers. Seven New York counties ranked in the top 100 hottest housing markets in the United States in May, according to data from Realtor.com. The…

The city has extended a surplus auction for an old Staten Island Ferry, the Andrew J. Barberi, after no one placed a bid. VillageHero via Wikimedia Commons Not a soul has put up a bid on a decommissioned, infamous Staten Island Ferry boat involved in a deadly crash 20 years ago.  The Department of Citywide…

The PSAL flag football semifinal round is set and once again a trio of Island teams have made it to the top division’s final four. Top-seed Susan Wagner and Tottenville, the two most successful programs in the city since flag began in 2010, find themselves on a collision course for what would be a third…

Three peregrine falcon chicks hatched last week atop the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Marc A. Hermann / MTA Three adorable peregrine falcon chicks hatched this month in a purpose-built nest atop the nearly 700-foot-tall tower of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge. The three chicks hatched in early May in a special box containing their nest atop the Brooklyn…

More than 20 firefighters were injured battling a house fire on Staten Island last year. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Four FDNY firefighters critically hurt in a Staten Island blaze last year announced Monday they are suing New York City over what they called a dangerous policy that puts firefighters and the public in harm’s way.…

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