The "forgotten borough" offers many recreational, cultural, and historical attractions to both residents and visitors alike. Staten Island is the third-largest borough of New York City (with an area of 60 square miles). It is the least populated of the five boroughs; in 1990 it contained only about 5 percent of the City's population.

Staten Island is the most geographically separate of the city's boroughs. We are not connected to Manhattan by any direct tunnel, bridge, or subway. We are connected to Brooklyn by the Verrazanno-Narrows Bridge, and to lower Manhattan by the Staten Island Ferry.

Quick Facts

Quick Facts about Staten Island:

Population 459,737 (US Census estimate 7/2003)
Median Age 35.9 years
Median Houshold Income $55,039
Total Housing Units = 169,035
Homeownership Rate= 64% Own, 36% Rent
10,000 businesses
2,000 Developable Commercial and Industrial Acres
40 Cultural Institutions

Quality of Life

In addition to being a City business location, Staten Island is a great place to call home. The Island boasts more parkland than any other Borough, as well as beaches, cultural attractions and fast access to entertainments from apple-picking in New Jersey to a Broadway show.

A family-oriented Borough, Staten Island boasts ample residential choices, excellent schools and the safety of close knit, town-based communities. Over 1,500 new units of housing are built every year on Staten Island. Housing stock ranges from town-house units starting at $75,000 to one-family luxury detached units worth over $1 million.

Accessibility

Just outside the thick of New York traffic, Staten Island boasts easy access to the Interstate Highway System. Twenty minutes west of the Island are Interstate 80, the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Expressway as well as access roads to Manhattan. Across the Verrazano Bridge to the east, Staten Island is proximate to main arteries serving Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

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