{"id":104685,"date":"2026-05-23T13:27:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=104685"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:57:33","slug":"staten-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/staten-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Staten Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A civilian has died and around 36 people have been injured following a fire and 2 powerful explosions at a shipyard on Staten Island in New York City. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Staten Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an island located in <\/span><b>New York City,<\/b> <b>United States.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies in New York Harbor <\/span><b>south of Manhattan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>between New Jersey and Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is connected with Manhattan by the <\/span><b>Staten Island Ferry,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which carries passengers and automobiles; with New Jersey by several bridges; and with Brooklyn by the <\/span><b>Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roughly <\/span><b>triangular<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the island has about 56 km of waterfront and an area of almost 155 sq.km.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Historically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Staten Island was <\/span><b>home to Native American Lenape people before European settlement by the Dutch and English.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located in the geographic center of the island, <\/span><b>historic Richmond town<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> includes 30 <\/span><b>restored buildings dating back to the 17th century,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including houses, farms and schools.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often called the \u201c<\/span><b>Borough of Parks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d because a <\/span><b>large portion of its land <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><b>covered by parks, forests, and green spaces.\u00a0 <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicworld.com\/world-news\/explosion-rocks-staten-island-dockyard-16-injured-including-firefighters-after-basement-fire-turns-disastrous-2026-05-22-125373\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>REP<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staten Island is an island located in New York City, United States. 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