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P.S. 53 The Barbara Esselborn School

 

P.S. 53 is located at 330 Durant Avenue which is on the corner of Ainsworth and Durant Avenue. P.S. 53 offers grades pre-k to 5th grade, Beth Albano is principal and along side as her assistant principal is Kim Bilotti. P.S. 53 received a rating of 8/10 and test scores at this school are above average! Go Tigers!  This School is located in the town of Bay Terrace. Bay Terrace is bored by Richmondtown, Oak Wood, Great Kills, and Great Kills Harbor. WOW, what great neighborhoods to live in!  Here, at Tom Crimmins Realty we have plenty of listings in this area. Bay Terrace is a quiet place to live and is mostly residental but it has it's perks! Just off Bay Terrace is the infamous Hylan Boulevard! A plethora of…

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This house is located at 1476 Richmond Road in Dongan Hills. It was built around the 1660's, it consists of one and a half stories,7 rooms on the ground floor, and 9 rooms on the second.  This is a Dutch style home but was later rebuilt with more English features. Billiou lived in this house until the year 1702, his daughter Martha Stillwell's husband served as a sheriff, magistrate, and military captain in Staten Island. The Stillwells owned the property from 1677 to 1704. Stillwells son-in-law, Colonel Nicolas Britton, resided in the house from 1704-1748 and became the owner in the year 1709. After Britton died the house was sold to Dongan, in 1749 Joseph Holmes bought the property and the house was used as a pub as well as the residential living…

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The Bennett house is located on Court Place at the corner of Richmond Road, Staten Island, New York. This historical house was built in 1839 and in addition, the rear of the house was added in 1854. The house has a beautiful four columned porch as well as an above ground basement. The first owner was a man named Austin Burke. Burke purchased the lot in the 1830's, and according to the commercial sized oven in the basement, we assumed he was a baker. Though Burke only occupied the property for a few years.  In 1894 John Bennett, a shipping merchant, and his family purchased the property.  The Bennett family consisted of him, his wife, and their three children. The Bennetts son, Billop S. Bennett, a retired clerk, owned the property from 1895-1917. The…

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