STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Gans Mansion at 800 Victory Blvd. in Silver Lake suffered a devastating fire in 1959, destroying the building and forcing the Island’s first Reform congregation to relocate ...
The largest dump in the world, the Fresh Kills landfill, used to sit on Staten Island, the least populated borough of New York City, from 1948 to 2001. Each day, rubbish from the other four boroughs ...