All about the Staten Island Neighborhood Grant City:
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, Grant City. This neighborhood is home to the Mid-Island and to the zip code 10306. Midland Beach is located to the east of Grant City, while Todt Hill is separated from Grant City by a tall cliff to the west of Richmond Road. Grant City's nearest southern neighbor is New Dorp. To the north is where Dongan Hills are located.
Although the war itself proved to be so unpopular on Staten Island as the island was the scene of anti-draft riots in July 1863, the neighborhood received a new name in honor of Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant shortly after the conflict began. The community was formerly known as Frenchtown. Many of the streets bear the names of historical figures, including Fremont Avenue and even Lincoln Avenue , Adams Avenue, Colfax Avenue, and Greeley Avenue. Numerous more streets that were initially named after historical persons have had their names changed.
The 1950s saw the construction of many modest one-family houses in Grant City, with a larger boom period following the official opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in November 1964, which made getting to the island from Brooklyn considerably simpler.
Grant City is served by many local buses around the surrounding streets. S51 and S81 along Midland Avenue & Lincoln Avenue. While along Richmond Avenue, S74,S76, S84, S86 and SIM15 run. Along Hylan Blvd, the S78, S79 as well as express buses SIM1, SIM1C, SIM5, SIM6, SIM7 and SIM10. On top of all of the the neighborhood also is served by the Grant City Station on the Staten Island Railway. For the neighborhood, the elementary schools nearby are P.S 38, P.S. 41, P.S. 52, P.S. 11.
As you may see, Staten Island exudes so much history that is still honored throughout our neighborhoods. Grant City 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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