North Shore, Staten Island

The term North Shore is frequently applied to a series of neighborhoods within New York City's borough of Staten Island, USA.

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New York City - Staten Island - USA

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Generally, the North Shore is deemed to consist of the communities located within ZIP Codes 10303, 10302 and 10310 in their entirety, along with all of the area covered by 10301 except Sunnyside, and those parts of 10304 and 10305 that lie north of the Staten Island Expressway. Under this definition, Mariners Harbor, Port Richmond, West Brighton, New Brighton, St. George, Tompkinsville, Stapleton, Clifton, and Rosebank, are included among the North Shore's neighborhoods.

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ZIP Code - Sunnyside - Staten Island Expressway - Mariners Harbor - Port Richmond - West Brighton - New Brighton - St. George - Tompkinsville - Stapleton - Clifton - Rosebank

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The North Shore was the first section of Staten Island to become more or less densely populated, a condition that had been achieved by the beginning of the 20th Century. While its population has never been affluent overall (except in a few areas, such as Ward Hill, Grymes Hill and certain other scattered enclaves), poverty did not start to establish itself as a significant problem until the decades after World War II, concomitant with the construction of several large public housing projects. Crime in the area increased rapidly beginning in the mid-1960s, and drug abuse also became endemic, especially in and around the housing projects, with the crack cocaine epidemic that commenced in the mid-1980s hitting these locations particularly hard. As a result, much of the North Shore is regarded today as "dangerous" by residents of other parts of Staten Island — a stereotype which some claim is exaggerated.

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Ward Hill - Grymes Hill - Poverty - World War II - Public housing - Crime - 1960s - Drug abuse - Crack cocaine - 1980s

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According to the most current U.S. Census data, the population in the neighborhoods typically lumped together as the North Shore is almost evenly split among Whites, African-Americans and Hispanics, which each group comprising slightly more than 30 per cent of the total. They are joined by recent immigrants from such countries as Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

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U.S. Census - Whites - African-American - Hispanic - Sri Lanka - Philippines

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The Kill Van Kull shoreline — stretching from St. George to Mariners Harbor — was once a major manufacturing hub, but today most of its factories are closed. The North Shore also suffered economic blows when the branch of the Staten Island Railway serving it ceased passenger service in 1953, and when the Staten Island Mall opened in 1973, attracting many businesses from Port Richmond, which heretofore had been a prominent commercial district.

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Kill Van Kull - Staten Island Railway - 1953 - Staten Island Mall - 1973

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St. George is the county seat of Richmond County, as Staten Island is alternately known, and is the site of the passenger ferry connecting the island with downtown Manhattan.

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Richmond County - Ferry - Manhattan

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Important landmarks and points of interest located on the North Shore include Wagner College, Sailors Snug Harbor, the Bayonne Bridge, and Silver Lake Park and its public golf course.

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Wagner College - Sailors Snug Harbor - Bayonne Bridge - Silver Lake Park - Golf

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