All about the Staten Island Neighborhood Bulls Head:
Staten Island is broken down into 14 different zip codes from 10301 to 10314 and into 67 different neighborhoods. Throughout this series of blogs, we will be discussing each and every neighborhood on Staten Island as well as breaking down the history, what stands there today and transportation and what community district it falls into. Staten Island is broken up into three different community districts which are: North Shore, Mid-Island, and South Shore.
Today we will be breaking down all the history about the Staten Island neighborhood, Bulls Head. This neighborhood is home to the Mid Shore and to the zip code 10311 and 10314. Bulls Head is a district in Staten Island's central west region, one of the city's five municipalities. It shares boundaries with Graniteville to the north, Westerleigh to the north, Willowbrook to the east, New Springville to the south, and Bloomfield to the west.
The neighborhood's center junction of Victory Boulevard and Richmond Avenue is where the neighborhood got its moniker from a tavern from the 18th century that had a sign with a bull's head on it. Phoenixville was another name for the Bulls Head neighborhood. This pub served as the regional center for the Tories, or supporters of the British throne, during the American Revolution. Bulls Head and the neighboring communities, such as Graniteville to the north and Willowbrook to the east, were predominately made up of farms as recently as the early 1960s. The inauguration of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in 1964, which allowed for the growth of residential areas, resulted in rapid change.
Bulls Head is served by the S44, S59, S62, S89 and S94 are all the local buses. SIM4, SIM4C, SIM8, SIM8X, SIM32 and SIM33 are express buses served by the area. Bulls Head’s schools are the elementary schools, P.S. 60, P.S. 69 and I.s. 7.2. Many residents of Bulls Head are zoned for Port Richmond High School or even Susan E. Wagner High School. In the nearby area is the Todt Hill Library located on 2550 Victory Blvd.
As you may see, Staten Island exudes so much history that is still honored throughout our neighborhoods. Bulls Head is home to many people from Staten Island. The neighborhood is covered in every corner with many food spots, transportation, parks and schools. This neighborhood is worth learning more about and living in. Tom Crimmins Realty, LTD currently has one active listing in Bulls Head, 10 Berglund Avenue.
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