There are actually two waterways.
Arthur Kill and Kill Van Kull
The New York Harbor is between Manhattan and Staten Island, where the Hudson River flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
The Arthur Kill (kill being a creek)
Narrows
The Narrows
The waterway that Richmond Terrace runs parallel to is called Kill Van Kull. Kill Van Kull separates Staten Island from Bayonne, New Jersey, and is transversed by the Bayonne Bridge. The other waterway that separates New Jersey from Staten Island (somewhat perpendicular to Kill Van Kull) is called Arthur Kill.
The major statue everyone seems to associate with Staten Island is the Statue of Liberty, which is located in the waters between Staten Island, New Jersey and Manhattan. You can see the Statue of Liberty fairly close from a trip on the Staten Island Ferry. Other than that, there are no major famous statues of note on Staten Island.
Upper New York Bay is between Staten Island and Lower Manhattan.
yes- but it's called something else What is it called?
No, but you can go through Staten Island. You'd take the Bayonne Bridge from Bayonne, New Jersey, into Staten Island. You'll come off the bridge onto the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Expressway. Follow that until the road splits. Take a left onto the Staten Island Expressway. Follow the Staten Island Expressway to the Verrazano Bridge into Brooklyn.
It carries the Staten Island Expressway 6 lanes of I-278 going into Staten Island,New York and Elizabeth ,New Jersey .
They share a water border, so, technically, the driving time is about 2 minutes. A tidal strait known as Kill Van Kull separates Bayonne, New Jersey from the northwest side of Staten Island. Kill Van Kull is transversed by the Bayonne Bridge. On Staten Island's western side, it is separated from New Jersey by another tidal strait, known as Arthur Kill.
staten island was an island.
Less than half a mile. They share two water borders. Bayonne, New Jersey is directly across a tidal strait of New York Bay, known as Kill Van Kull, from the northwest side of Staten Island. The Bayonne Bridge transverses Kill Van Kull and connects Bayonne to Staten Island. The distance across Kill Van Kull is less than half a mile. Perth Amboy, Sewaren, Carteret, Port Reading, Linden and Elizabeth, New Jersey are directly across a tidal strait known as Arthur Kill from the west side of Staten Island. Again, the distance is less than half a mile.
It did not "hit" State Island per se, as the storm actually struck New Jersey. However, the fringes of Hurricane Sandy likely reached Staten Island on either October 28 or 29, 2012.
The address of the Staten Island Museum is: 75 Stuyvesant Pl, Staten Island, NY 10301-1912
The address of the Staten Island Zoological Society is: 614 Broadway, Staten Island, NY 10310-2827