This great vintage photograph from the 1930s show the intersection of Bay Street and Central Avenue on Staten Island. For comparison, here is a Google Street View how the same area looks…
Staten Island is one of our most beautiful boroughs. With wide open and undeveloped lands, the forgotten borough has always been a place where you can find one with Mother Nature. In this…
They call it 'the City that Never Sleeps' for a reason! For this list, we’ll be looking at some of the most notable real-life locations found in scary movies set in the Big Apple. Our…
The World For a Nickel is a 1962 short film which was made available to the public through the release of the Internet Archives 35mm Stock Footage Collection. It is an interesting peek into…
Photographer William Meyers is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal since 2008, but before that he spent a lot of time capturing the beauty often overlooked in the outer boroughs…
Shared by Redditor Perfect_Gas, this great vintage aerial photograph from 1963 shows the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge under construction in 1963, in color. When construction was finished in…
Over the past few years, YouTuber El Exigente has uploaded a ton of vintage film to his page, including this great one showing South Beach on Staten Island as it was back in 1948, in color.…
The Staten Island Ferry transports 22 million people per year with an average of 70,000 passengers per day on weekdays. Ferry service of some sort has existed between St. George on Staten…
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge when it first opened in 1964. The massive 693 foot towers are actually farther apart at the top by 1 and 5/8 inches due…
In a new video released by the MTA, bridge workers are seen inspecting and tagging a dozen Peregrine Falcon chicks that recently hatched atop the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Falcons and other…
