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Old Town, Staten Island

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Staten Island Railway's Old Town Powerhouse at 145 Tacoma Street and North Railroad Avenue. This structure, built in the 1980s, replaced an earlier structure that had been destroyed by fire.
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that likes to refer to Old Town as either Grasmere or Dongan Hills, even though its residents refer to it as Old Town.
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Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (formerly Carmel Richmond Nursing Home), a Roman Catholic
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to the south, South Beach to the east, and Concord to the west. The neighborhood is served by the
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The neighborhood is home to the campus of Staten Island's largest circulation daily, the
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settlement on Staten Island. Originally described as "Oude Dorpe" ('old village' in
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Present-day Old Town is typically described as the neighborhood bordered by
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Welcome to Old Town sign, corner of Old Town Road and North Railroad Avenue
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sits on Old Town Road. The home was established by the sisters of the
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local buses on Richmond Road. Express bus service is provided by the
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children was opened on Quintard Street in the late 1990s.
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Holden's Staten Island: The History of Richmond County.
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Center for Migration Studies, New York. 2002. Pg.17.
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New York City
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Staten Island
East Shore
New Netherland
European
Dutch
South Beach
Walloon
Huguenots
Pierre Billiou

Grasmere
Dongan Hills
Old Town station
Staten Island Railway
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Staten Island Advance
newspaper
Roman Catholic
elementary school

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