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Staten Island, is one of the five boroughs that comprise New York City. It is an Island, only accessible by the bridges, Verrazanono-Narrow Bridge, from Brooklyn. From New Jersey, the Island can be accessed through, The Outerbridge Crossing, Gotthels Bridge and the Bayonne Bridge. The Staten Island Ferry, with views of The Statue of Libery and Ellis Island, connects residents and tourists alike to Manhattan. It is believed that American Inidians inhabited the Island, 5000 years ago. The Italian explorer, Giovanni da Verazanno in 1524. At the duration of the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1667, The New Netherlands Colony ceded the Island to Dutch, Staaten Eylandt, this becoming the more Anglicized, ‘Staten Island’. The towns and villages of the Island dissolved in 1898 and become part of New York City. First being known as the borough of Richmond, Staten Island, and in 1975 it has only been called Staten Island. In 2001, during the rescue and recovery operations of ’911′ The Island was used as a recovery center. Several million tons of garbage and debris from the ‘Ground Zero’ site were brought to Staten Island, from ferries and boats. The majority of the New York City Police and Fire Departments, live on the Island.

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