New York (city)/Staten Island
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Staten Island is the most rural of the five boroughs of New York (city). Although still predominantly residential in nature, the borough has changed significantly since the opening of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in 1964.
Staten Island is home to the Fresh Kills Landfill - about 2200 acres of household waste piled from 90 to 200 feet high - which was closed several years ago.
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Get In
Staten Island can be reached by bridge from Brooklyn and New Jersey, and by ferry from Manhattan. The Verazano-Narrows Bridge connects with Brooklyn ,but has a high toll (US$9.00) A more moderately priced option is to take an express bus from Manhattan to Staten Island. The fare payable with MetroCard is US$5.00. Change is also accepted, but carring $5.00 in change (fare boxes ONLY accept change) is not really good idea. The X1 and X10 routes run along Broadway in Manhattan.There is frequent service (about every 6-30 minutes) and run daily from early morning to past Midnight.
Get Around
The Staten Island Railway (operated by the MTA, which also runs the subways, and the majority of buses) is somewhat a hybrid of a railroad, and a subway line. While it uses subway-type equipment, it is legally a railroad, as defined by a FRA waiver. Fares are the same as a subway ride (US$2.00), and runs 24 hours. Unlike the subway, it runs on a set schedule, from every 15 minutes during weekdays, to every hour overnight. Fares are only collected at St. George Ferry Terminal, leading many to exit at the penultimate stop, Tompkinsville, and walking up Bay Street a short distance to the ferry.
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Harbor Cultural Center
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