This is a timeline of
Staten Island .
17th century
18th century
1713 –
St. Andrew's Church built.
[7]
1727 – Richmond village becomes seat of Richmond County, New York.
[2]
1740 –
Moravian Cemetery established.
[8]
1749 – Population: 2,154
1763 – Moravian Church built.
[7]
1774 – Staten Island elects not to send a representative to the
First Continental Congress , the only county in New York State to decline.
1776
1777 – August 22:
Battle of Staten Island occurs.
[2]
1783
November 25: British military occupation ends.
[1]
December: British evacuation complete.
1786 – Population: 3,152
1787 – First Woodrow Methodist congregation established and church built, called "Mother Church of Staten Island".
1788 – Towns of
Castleton ,
Northfield ,
Southfield , and
Westfield established.
[3]
[9]
1792 – Reformed Dutch Church incorporated.
[7]
1794 –
Cornelius Vanderbilt is born.
1799 –
Quarantine established (NY Marine Hospital) over fierce opposition; ultimately burned in 1858.
[3]
19th century
1800s–1840s
1850s–1890s
20th century
1900s–1940s
1950s–1990s
1950 – Population: 191,555.
1953 – March 31: Passenger service discontinued on the
North Shore Branch and the
South Beach Branch train lines.
1956 –
Staten Island Community College (later College of Staten Island) founded.
[35]
1957 –
Queen Elizabeth visits the Island by train en route from Washington DC to Manhattan, the first Royal to visit since
William IV during the American Revolution.
1958 –
Historic Richmond Town (museum) established.
1959 –
Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge opens to
Elizabethport, New Jersey .
1960 – December 16: One of the two planes in the
1960 New York mid-air collision crashes into Staten Island.
[36]
1961 –
Monsignor Farrell High School opens.
1962 – Archaeology Society of Staten Island founded.
[37]
1963
1964
1965 –
Willowbrook Parkway opens.
1966 –
Staten Island Register newspaper begins publication.
[18]
Robert T. Connor becomes Borough President.
Hylan Plaza shopping centre in business.
1970 – Population: 295,443.
1971
1972
1973
1975 – "Borough of Richmond" becomes "Borough of Staten Island."
[39]
1976 –
Arthur Kill Correctional Facility and
College of Staten Island established.
Staten Island Children's Museum opens.
1977 – Preservation League of Staten Island
[40] and
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art founded.
Anthony Gaeta becomes Borough President.
1978 – Northfield Community Local Development Corp. founded.
1979 –
Fort Wadsworth transferred to US Navy from US Army.
1980 – Population: 352,029.
1981
1982 –
New Dorp High School relocates to new building south of Hylan Boulevard near Miller Field.
1984
1988 – Staten Island AIDS Task Force founded.
[42]
1989 – The remaining unfinished portion of the
Richmond Parkway proposed by
Robert Moses and defeated by public outcries, is officially demapped, solidifying the establishment of
Staten Island Greenbelt . US Supreme Court abolishes
NYC Board of Estimate , propelling
Staten Island secession movement .
1990
1992 –
RZA ,
GZA , and
Ol' Dirty Bastard form the
Wu-Tang Clan out of the
Clifton and
Stapleton sections of the Island. Along with
Inspectah Deck ,
Raekwon the Chef,
U-God ,
Ghostface Killah ,
Method Man , and
Masta Killa .
1993 – November 2: Voters approve
secession of Staten Island from New York City in a non-binding referendum.
[44]
1994 – Staten Island Conservatory of Music founded.
[45] Naval Homeport is closed due to
BRAC .
1997 – Staten Island Ferry becomes free.
1999 –
The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden and
College of Staten Island Baseball Complex open.
Staten Island Yankees baseball team established.
21st century
See also
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Further reading
Published in the 19th century
William Darby (1834),
"Richmond County" , A new gazetteer of the United States of America (2nd ed.), Hartford: E. Hopkins
Charles H. Sweetser (1868),
"Seaside Resorts: Staten Island" , Book of Summer Resorts , New York: Evening Mail Office,
OCLC
6043819
John Jacob Clute (1877),
Annals of Staten Island, from its discovery to the present time , New York: C. Vogt,
OL
24554570M
John Disturnell, ed. (1877),
"Staten Island" , Summer Resorts and Watering Places ... within fifty miles of the city of New York , New York: J. Wiley & Sons
Selden C. Judson (1886),
Illustrated Sketch Book of Staten island, New York, its industries and commerce , New York: S.C. Judson,
OL
24505964M
Reau Campbell (1889),
Rides and Rambles on Staten Island , New York: C.G. Crawford,
OL
23330352M
Gustav Kobbé (1890),
Staten Island: a Guide , New York: G. Kobbé,
OL
23340017M
Daniel Van Pelt (1898), Leslie's History of the Greater New York , vol. 2, New York, U.S.A: Arkell Pub. Co.,
OCLC
1850560
chapter 20 : Richmond, or Staten Island: Olden Times
chapter 21 : Richmond, or Staten Island: Present Century
Trow's Business and Residential Directory of the Borough of Richmond, City of New York . NY: Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. 1899.
Published in the 20th century
"Borough of Richmond" , Appleton's Dictionary of New York and Vicinity (27th ed.), Appleton, 1905
Ernest Ingersoll (1906),
"Greater New York: Staten Island" , Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to New York City, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and other districts included in the enlarged city (20th ed.), Chicago: Rand, McNally,
OCLC
29277709
Richmond Borough Association of Women Teachers. (1909),
Staten Island and Staten Islanders , New York: Grafton Press,
OL
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"Staten Island" .
Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 801–802.
Frank Bergen Kelley; City History Club of New York (1913),
"Borough of Richmond" , Historical Guide to the City of New York (2nd ed.), New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company,
OCLC
4723529
Calvin D. Van Name (1921),
Staten Island: a report by the President of the Borough of Richmond to the Mayor ,
OL
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Federal Writers' Project (1939).
"Richmond" . New York City Guide . American Guide Series. NY: Random House.
hdl :
2027/mdp.39015008975883 .
Richard Briffault (1992).
"Voting Rights, Home Rule, and Metropolitan Governance: The Secession of Staten Island as a Case Study in the Dilemmas of Local Self-Determination" (PDF) . Columbia Law Review . 92 (4): 775–850.
doi :
10.2307/1122970 .
JSTOR
1122970 .
External links
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