Greenridge, Staten Island
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Greenridge is a name sometimes used to denote the western part of Eltingville
, a neighborhood on Staten Island
's South Shore
.
The area's earliest settlers were French
Huguenot
s, who are also responsible for another South Shore neighborhood not far away being named Huguenot. The Dutch
called it Kleine Kill, or Little Creek, and the British
called it Fresh Kills
, into which Richmond Creek
, which forms its western boundary, empties. The area appears to have received its present name (sometimes spelled as two words) about 1876.
In 1921, a highly popular restaurant and amusement place resembling today's Chuck E. Cheese's
opened at the northwest corner of Arthur Kill Road and Richmond Avenue. Known as Al Deppe's, it was forced out of business in the late 1960s when its property was condemned to make way for the proposed Richmond Parkway. However, due to intense opposition — much of it from environmental activists — the section of the parkway that would have passed over the land on which the establishment stood ended up never actually being built. Only the section of the parkway south and east of this point was constructed; overlaying a pre-existing thoroughfare named Drumgoole Boulevard (in honor of the Roman Catholic priest who founded an orphanage
in Pleasant Plains
), it opened in the autumn of 1972.
Greenridge has seen much development — a great deal of it commercial — in recent decades, including the construction of a public transit center in the early 2000s. Many passengers wait there each weekday morning for express buses that take them to their jobs in downtown or midtown Manhattan
.
The transit center (which is technically called the Eltingville Transit Center) is served by the S55, S56, S59, S74/S84, S79, and S89 local buses, as well as the X1, X4, X5, X7, X8, X15, X17, and X31 express buses to Manhattan. The S89 is the first local bus to go across state boundaries, stopping in Bayonne, NJ.
Eltingville, Staten Island
Eltingville is the name of a neighborhood on Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It is on the island's South Shore, immediately to the south of Great Kills and north of Annadale...
, a neighborhood on Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
's South Shore
South Shore, Staten Island
The South Shore is a geographical term applied to the area in the New York City borough of Staten Island, south and east of the island's ridge of hills along the waterfront and adjacent areas from the Narrows to the mouth of the Arthur Kill, although many observers prefer to restrict its scope to...
.
The area's earliest settlers were French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
s, who are also responsible for another South Shore neighborhood not far away being named Huguenot. The Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
called it Kleine Kill, or Little Creek, and the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
called it Fresh Kills
Fresh Kills
Fresh Kills is a stream and freshwater estuary in the western portion of the New York City borough of Staten Island...
, into which Richmond Creek
Richmond Creek (Fresh Kills)
Richmond Creek is a stream in Staten Island, a borough of New York City in the United States. Its upper drainage basin includes the remote forested hills in the center of the island...
, which forms its western boundary, empties. The area appears to have received its present name (sometimes spelled as two words) about 1876.
In 1921, a highly popular restaurant and amusement place resembling today's Chuck E. Cheese's
Chuck E. Cheese's
Chuck E. Cheese's is a chain of family entertainment centers. Chuck E...
opened at the northwest corner of Arthur Kill Road and Richmond Avenue. Known as Al Deppe's, it was forced out of business in the late 1960s when its property was condemned to make way for the proposed Richmond Parkway. However, due to intense opposition — much of it from environmental activists — the section of the parkway that would have passed over the land on which the establishment stood ended up never actually being built. Only the section of the parkway south and east of this point was constructed; overlaying a pre-existing thoroughfare named Drumgoole Boulevard (in honor of the Roman Catholic priest who founded an orphanage
Orphanage
An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans – children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to care for them...
in Pleasant Plains
Pleasant Plains, Staten Island
Pleasant Plains is a neighborhood located on Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, New York, the most populous city in the United States....
), it opened in the autumn of 1972.
Greenridge has seen much development — a great deal of it commercial — in recent decades, including the construction of a public transit center in the early 2000s. Many passengers wait there each weekday morning for express buses that take them to their jobs in downtown or midtown Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
.
The transit center (which is technically called the Eltingville Transit Center) is served by the S55, S56, S59, S74/S84, S79, and S89 local buses, as well as the X1, X4, X5, X7, X8, X15, X17, and X31 express buses to Manhattan. The S89 is the first local bus to go across state boundaries, stopping in Bayonne, NJ.