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[[File:Hylan Blvd New Dorp jeh.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.2|[[Hylan Boulevard]] in the [[New Dorp]] neighborhood]]
The term '''East Shore''' is frequently applied to a series of neighborhoods along the [[Lower New York Bay]] and the [[Raritan Bay]] and within [[New York City, New York|New York City's]] borough of [[Staten Island]].
==Location==
Precise parameters vary, but the most commonly-used definition of the East Shore is that it stretches from the [[Verrazano-Narrows Bridge]] and the [[Staten Island Expressway]], or some line slightly south of this, on the north, to the southern property lines of the Staten Island Unit of the [[Gateway National Recreation Area]] (formerly known as Great Kills Park) and United Hebrew Cemetery on the south, and from the [[Lower New York Bay]] on the east to the western boundaries of [[ZIP Code]]s 10304, 10305 and 10306, on the west. Not only the term "East Shore," but the entire concept itself, is often attributed to [[New York Telephone]]'s East Shore [[Central office|Central Office]] (now officially known as the East Staten Island Central Office), which has served this part of the island since the 1920s (the northern boundary of this office's territory is situated, on average, about ¾ mile south of the Staten Island Expressway, which was not built until the early 1960s). Such Staten Island neighborhoods as [[Arrochar, Staten Island|Arrochar]], [[South Beach, Staten Island|South Beach]], [[Grasmere, Staten Island|Grasmere]], [[Dongan Hills, Staten Island|Dongan Hills]], [[Grant City, Staten Island|Grant City]], [[Midland Beach, Staten Island|Midland Beach]], [[New Dorp, Staten Island|New Dorp]], [[Oakwood, Staten Island|Oakwood]], [[Old Town, Staten Island|Old Town]], [[Historic Richmond Town|Richmondtown]], and [[Bay Terrace, Staten Island|Bay Terrace]], along with part of [[Todt Hill]], are usually reckoned as belonging to the East Shore, although all of Arrochar and most of South Beach and Grasmere do not qualify using the telephone company's criteria. Sometimes the communities of [[Rosebank]], [[Shore Acres]], and [[Fort Wadsworth]] are also described as East Shore neighborhoods.▼
Precise parameters vary, but the most commonly used definition of the East Shore is that it stretches from the [[Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge]] and the [[Staten Island Expressway]], or some line slightly south of this, on the north, to the southern property lines of the Staten Island Unit of the [[Gateway National Recreation Area]] (formerly known as [[Great Kills Park]]) and United Hebrew Cemetery on the south, and from the [[Lower New York Bay]] on the east to the western boundaries of [[ZIP Code]]s 10304, 10305 and 10306, on the west.
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Like all of Staten Island except for the [[North Shore, Staten Island|North Shore]], the East Shore was mostly farmland until residential home construction burgeoned after [[World War II]]. Many small, one-family homes sprung up on the East Shore in the 1950s, with the rate of new home construction accelerating rapidly after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which links Staten Island with [[Brooklyn]], opened in November 1964. The opening of the bridge brought a wave of transplants from Brooklyn, especially from neighborhoods such as [[Flatbush, Brooklyn|Flatbush]], which many white (especially [[Italian-American]]) families sought to leave because [[African-American]]s were relocating there from the [[U.S. Southern States|Southern States]]. This factor has contributed to the East Shore becoming the most politically [[Conservatism|conservative]] locality on Staten Island, and for that matter, in all of New York City. Since the early 2000s the trend has been for white Americans of [[Eastern European]] ancestry to immigrate to the community. Today, thriving communities of [[Russians]], [[Poles]], and [[Albanians]] exist on the East Shore. The area is currently transitioning from [[Italian-American]] and [[Irish-American]] to [[Russian-American]], [[Polish-American]], and [[Albanian-American]]. There is also an emerging [[Chinese-American]] population, which is centered in Arrochar.▼
==History==
The commercial core of the East Shore can be found in New Dorp, at the region's geographic center, which is close to [[New Dorp Lane]]. [[Hylan Boulevard]], a major commercial boulevard, connects all the East Shore neighborhoods with each other. Points of interest located on the East Shore include Historic Richmond Town, the nearby Tibetan Museum on [[Lighthouse Hill, Staten Island|Lighthouse Hill]], [[Moravian Cemetery]] (where members of the [[Vanderbilt family]] are buried) and a significant portion of the [[Staten Island Greenbelt]]. Also the beautiful woodcutters {{Who|date=May 2009}} estates.▼
▲Like all of Staten Island except for the [[North Shore, Staten Island|North Shore]], the East Shore was mostly farmland until residential home construction burgeoned after [[World War II]]. Many small, one-family homes sprung up on the East Shore in the 1950s, with the rate of new home construction accelerating rapidly after the
==Places of interest==
▲The commercial core of the East Shore can be found in New Dorp, at the region's geographic center, which is close to [[New Dorp Lane]]. [[Hylan Boulevard]], a major commercial boulevard, connects all the East Shore neighborhoods with each other. Points of interest located on the East Shore include [[Historic Richmond Town]], the nearby [[Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art|Tibetan Museum]] on [[Lighthouse Hill, Staten Island|Lighthouse Hill]], [[Moravian Cemetery]] (where members of the [[Vanderbilt family]] are buried) and a significant portion of the [[Staten Island Greenbelt]]
The [[East Shore Seawall]], also known as Staten Island Multi-Use Elevated Promenade, is {{convert|5.2|mi}} long combined [[seawall]] and walkway proposed for the East Shore. It would run along [[the Narrows]] and [[Lower New York Bay]] between [[Fort Wadsworth]] at the north and [[Great Kills Park]] to the south.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Projects-in-New-York/South-Shore-of-Staten-Island/US/|title=New York District Website > Missions > Civil Works > Projects in New York > South Shore of Staten Island|website=www.nan.usace.army.mil}}</ref><ref name = ESS>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/news/2019/09/east-shore-seawall-site-work-has-started-heres-a-timeline.html|title=Initial East Shore Seawall site work has started|date=September 25, 2019|website=silive}}</ref>
==See also==
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==References==
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[[Category:Neighborhoods in Staten Island]]
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