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1808 - Staten Island "became the borough of Richmond in Greater New York". [2] 1812 - War of 1812. [2] 1817 – Richmond Turnpike Company ferry begins operating to New York City. 1823 – Population: 6,135. [11] c.1825 – Old Staten Island Dyeing Establishment incorporated. [12] 1826 – Agricultural Society organized. [13]
From 1800 to 1858, Staten Island was the location of the largest quarantine facility in the United States. Angry residents burned down the hospital compound in 1858 in a series of attacks known as the Staten Island Quarantine War. [35] In 1860, parts of Castleton and Southfield were made into a new town, Middletown. The Village of New Brighton ...
November 21: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island opens. Bridge at the time is the longest in the world. Center for Migration Studies of New York established. New York State Theater and Shea Stadium open. Pennsylvania Station rebuilt. Staten Island wins the Little League World Series. Steeplechase Park closes. 1965
The Battle of Staten Island was a failed raid by Continental Army troops under Major General John Sullivan against British forces on Staten Island on August 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War.
National Register of Historic Places in Staten Island (2 C, 18 P) New York State Register of Historic Places in Richmond County (3 P) Pages in category "History of Staten Island"
Map of the Marine Hospital grounds. The Quarantine was on a large site in the former town of Castleton, overlooking Upper New York Bay near the border of today's St. George and Tompkinsville. The site is now occupied by the Staten Island Coast Guard Station and the National Lighthouse Museum. [5] [6] The Quarantine comprised over a dozen buildings:
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Fort Richmond was named for Richmond County, in which Staten Island is located. Fort Tompkins was named for Daniel D. Tompkins, New York's governor in the War of 1812. Fort Morton was possibly named for Major General Jacob Morton, commander of the New York state militia in the War of 1812.