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RESIDENTIAL - SINGLE FAMILY - SEMI-ATTACHED FOR SALE IN PORT RICHMOND

92 ST JOSEPHS AVE

THIS HOUSE FOR SALE CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE TOMCRIMMINSREALTY.COM AS WELL AS NYC.FLEXMLS.COM (MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE)

This large semi-attached home features 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (2 full,1 half), a formal dining area with a large eat-in kitchen leading to the deck through the sliding doors, and a finished basement with a door to the yard. The driveway can park up to 5 cars, and the home is located near shopping, local and express buses, and it's a quick ride to the Goethals and Bayonne Bridge. 

Tom Crimmins Realty! It’s more than just buying and selling houses. It’s about turning houses into homes and giving those homes a community worth living in. A place we…

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17 Dryden Ct, Port Richmond Staten IslandFantastic location on a residential block with no thru-traffic in Port Richmond, Staten Island. 3 bedroom Colonial semi-attached house.

Private yard with pool & trex decking makes it a joy for entertaining and family fun. Full finished basement with high ceilings, 3/4 bathroom, and more makes this home a wise choice!

Contact the Realtors to the Heroes: Adam Bronko and Tony Vega for more information.

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218 Decker Ave, Port Richmond, Staten IslandYou'll love this charming Colonial, corner property on an over-sized lot with meticulously landscaped trees and shrubs in Port Richmond, Staten Island. Four bedrooms, formal dining and living rooms, eat in kitchen, sunroom, new roof and windows, high ceilings and wood trim. Convenient public transportation, including express buses to NYC, New Jersey and Staten Island Ferry., Lively, well established community with nearby shopping.

Call Patricia Paolillo to set up a showing appointment for this Port Richmond, Staten Island home at (347) 424-7051.

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In late March of 1886, the Richmond County Advance was first published.

Almost 30 years later,  John J. Crawford, a printer, and James C. Kennedy, a businessman, put their minds together and created the four-page weekly paper. This became the forerunner to the Staten Island Advance. There were nine newspapers on the Island at the time, but the Advance surpassed all others. The paper wanted to provide "a live, independent, local newspapers, devoted to the interests of Staten Island."

Its name changed to Daily Advance before it became known as the Staten Island Advance.

National Prohibition Park. Courtesy of Library of Congress

July 1888, Prohibition Park in Westerleigh became a model community for temperance supporters.

In…

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Veterans Park is the oldest park on Staten Island. First mapped in 1836; thirty years later, the town became known as Port Richmond. In 1898, this open area was named Port Richmond Park.

In the 1920s, a police booth was built in the park courtesy of the Police Department and Parks. In 1949, the park was renamed by local law as a tribute to American veterans. Once an iron fenced property, it is now open for the public.

A granite water fountain stands in the Park as a monument honoring Eugene G. Putnam in 1915. Putnam was the school principal of P.S. 20 for over 15 years. 

The Park has a second monument; a bolder with a plaque comemorating  John Sullivan is located on the Park Avenue side. In the summer of 1777, he was an American Revolutionary War…

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