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The regional guide and A–Z directory below are based on a collaboratively edited Wikipedia inventory of Staten Island neighborhoods, while address-specific planning information should be checked through the NYC Department of City Planning.
Staten Island neighborhoods at a glance
There are two practical ways to navigate Staten Island place names:
- Browse by broad region to see where a place is generally associated within the borough.
- Browse alphabetically when you already know the name and want to locate it quickly.
The North Shore, Mid-Island, and South Shore framework provides a convenient overview, but the underlying inventory does not establish fixed or universally accepted boundaries. Some places appear in more than one regional grouping, and its alphabetical list differs from its regional table.
This guide therefore treats the inventory as a starting point rather than a definitive municipal record. Inclusion does not, by itself, establish whether every entry is a distinct neighborhood, historic place, development, industrial area, or another type of local name.
The sections below provide:
- a regional quick-reference table;
- an alphabetical directory of listed place names;
- notes on overlapping and uncertain entries; and
- a method for checking an address against official NYC planning geography.
Quick reference: North Shore, Mid-Island, and South Shore
The table reproduces selected regional associations from the cited inventory. Each row is intended for general orientation, not as a boundary definition.
| Broad region | Selected neighborhood examples | Classification note |
|---|---|---|
| North Shore | Arlington, Clifton, Concord, Elm Park, Fort Wadsworth, Grymes Hill, Livingston, Mariners Harbor, New Brighton, Port Richmond, Saint George, Stapleton, Tompkinsville, West New Brighton | A broad orientation only; some place names also appear in other regional groupings. |
| Mid-Island | Arrochar, Bloomfield, Bulls Head, Dongan Hills, Grant City, Grasmere, Midland Beach, New Dorp, New Springville, Oakwood, Richmondtown, South Beach, Todt Hill, Travis | A general association rather than a fixed neighborhood-boundary system. |
| South Shore | Annadale, Arden Heights, Bay Terrace, Charleston, Eltingville, Great Kills, Greenridge, Huguenot, Pleasant Plains, Prince’s Bay, Richmond Valley, Rossville, Sandy Ground, Tottenville | A broad orientation only. The cited material does not support treating these examples as a complete South Shore inventory. |
As a first-pass map, this framework associates Saint George and Port Richmond with the North Shore, New Dorp and Richmondtown with Mid-Island, and Annadale and Tottenville with the South Shore. It does not determine the precise edge of any neighborhood or settle every local use of a place name.
A–Z directory of Staten Island place names
The following directory reproduces the main alphabetical list in the Wikipedia inventory. It is designed for name recognition and quick reference, not as an official or exhaustive NYC neighborhood register.
A
- Annadale
- Arden Heights
- Arlington
- Arrochar
B
- Bay Terrace
- Bloomfield
- Brighton Heights
- Bulls Head
C
- Castleton Corners
- Charleston
- Chelsea
- Clifton
- Concord
D
- Dongan Hills
E
- Egbertville
- Elm Park
- Eltingville
- Emerson Hill
F
- Fort Wadsworth
G
- Graniteville
- Grant City
- Grasmere
- Great Kills
- Greenridge
- Grymes Hill
H
- Hamilton Park
- Heartland Village
- Huguenot
J
- Jefferson
L
- Lighthouse Hill
- Livingston
M
- Manor Heights
- Mariners Harbor
- Meiers Corners
- Midland Beach
N
- New Brighton
- New Dorp
- New Springville
O
- Oakwood
- Old Place
- Old Town
P
- Pleasant Plains
- Port Ivory
- Port Richmond
- Prince’s Bay
R
- Randall Manor
- Richmond Valley
- Richmondtown
- Rosebank
- Rossville
S
- Saint George
- Sandy Ground
- Shore Acres
- Silver Lake
- South Beach
- Stapleton
- Stapleton Heights
- Sunnyside
T
- Todt Hill
- Tompkinsville
- Tottenville
- Tottenville Beach
- Travis
W
- Ward Hill
- West New Brighton
- Westerleigh
- Willowbrook
- Woodrow
Use this directory to confirm spelling or locate a familiar name. It does not define boundaries or determine whether residents, postal addresses, property records, and planning agencies will use the same label for a particular location.
Overlapping and inconsistently listed places
The regional classification becomes less straightforward around informal dividing lines. Castleton Corners, Graniteville, Meiers Corners, and Willowbrook appear in more than one broad regional grouping. Those overlaps illustrate why North Shore, Mid-Island, and South Shore should not be treated as three mutually exclusive areas with precisely fixed edges.
The inventory’s alphabetical list and regional table also differ:
| Place name | Listing difference | Practical treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Park Hill and Ocean Breeze | Appear in the regional table but not as separate entries in the main A–Z list | Recognize the names without assuming why the two lists differ. |
| Teleport and Historic Richmond Town | Appear in the regional table but not as separate entries in the main A–Z list | Treat them as local place names whose exact geographic type would require additional sourcing. |
| Hamilton Park | Appears in the main A–Z list but not in the regional table examined for this guide | Do not infer that it falls outside all three broad regions. |
| Jefferson | Appears in the main A–Z list but not in the regional table | Treat it as unverified here because the accompanying Wikipedia article is unavailable. |
There is a separate source-linking problem involving Sandy Ground: the regional table’s link for that entry leads to Rossville. This may be a linking error or an attempted geographic association, but it does not establish that Sandy Ground and Rossville are interchangeable names.
These inconsistencies do not establish that one version of the list is correct and another is wrong. They show that a single collaboratively maintained inventory cannot determine whether every entry has the same status or geographic meaning. For general orientation, it is reasonable to retain the documented name while acknowledging uncertainty. For planning, zoning, property, or address-specific research, use an official map-based search instead.
How to verify a neighborhood, address, or planning district
The NYC Department of City Planning maintains Community District Profiles for all 59 community districts, each represented by a community board. The tool can be searched by district, neighborhood, or address and provides maps, community-board information, statistics, land-use and zoning data, and downloadable indicators.
To check a location:
- Open Community District Profiles.
- Search for a neighborhood or, preferably, an exact street address.
- Select the relevant community district from the results.
- Review the district map and community-board information.
- Consult the land-use, zoning, statistics, and downloadable-data sections as needed.
An exact address is the more practical search when you need administrative or zoning context.
One data limitation is important: the tool states that its census-based information is populated with 2010 Census data, while information that does not depend on census data is described as up to date by NYC Community District Profiles. Readers seeking newer census information should continue to the city’s NYC Population FactFinder.
In short, use the regional framework and A–Z directory to browse neighborhoods in Staten Island, but use an exact-address search when you need an official planning location. Community District Profiles can identify the relevant administrative geography, while Population FactFinder is the appropriate next step for newer census information.