All about the Staten Island Neighborhood Castleton Corners:
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, Castleton Corners. This neighborhood is home to the North Shore and to the zip code 10301, 10302, 10310 and 10314.
The neighborhood's central junction of Victory Boulevard and Manor Road is indicated by the term "corners" in its name. Originally known as Centerville, this area of Castleton, Staten Island, came to be more commonly known as Castleton Corners after a post office bearing that name opened there in 1872. The term "Castleton" alludes to the Irish village of Cassiltowne, County Kildare, where Thomas Dongan was born. Dongan served as the colonial administrator of the Province of New York after it was taken over from the Dutch in 1682 (who had named it New Amsterdam). The post office was subsequently closed but restored in 1949.
Castleton Hill, which separates Castleton Corners from its eastern neighbor Sunnyside, is notable for the two churches that are located next to one another on its western ridge: the Castleton Hill Moravian Church on one side of Victory Boulevard and St. Teresa's on the other. West Brighton is to the north, and the New York Army National Guard's Staten Island Armory forms the border between the two. Todt Hill climbs to the south, Westerleigh and Meiers Corners to the northwest and southwest, respectively. Despite its moniker, the Todt Hill public housing complex is located in Castleton Corners.
Long the hub of a significant commercial area, the intersection of Victory Boulevard and Manor Road has lost some of its importance in recent years with the advent of the Staten Island Mall in 1973. By the time the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1964, the region was fully developed. Compared to most other communities on the island, Castleton Corners was comparatively unaffected by the sudden increase in population that followed the opening of the bridge..
Castleton Corners is served by the S54, S61, S66, S91 and S93 are all the local bus routes. SIM3, SIM31, SIM32 and SIM34 are express buses served by the area. The former S67 bus route used to run through Castleton Corners was discontinued in 2010 due to low ridership. Castleton Corners’s schools are P.S. 29 and St. Teresa’s School..
As you may see, Staten Island exudes so much history that is still honored throughout our neighborhoods. Castleton Corners 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..
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