Arlington, Staten Island

Arlington is a neighborhood on the North Shore of Staten Island, in New York City. It is a subsection of the Mariners' Harbor neighborhood, located north of the North Shore Rail Line ROW, and west of Harbor Road. Arlington was given its name by Civil War veteran and resident Commander Moses Henry Leman.

Arlington is the location of the Arlington Terrace Apartments on Holland Avenue.

Transportation

Until March 31, 1953, Arlington was served by the Arlington station of the Staten Island Railway. As of 2013, Arlington is served by the S40, S46, S48 local bus routes (and their rush-hour-only limited-stop counterparts, which are S90, S96, S98 respectively); express bus routes in Arlington are the X12, X42^[1]

Education

Arlington residents are generally zoned for P.S. 44 (in Mariners' Harbor) and I.S. 72 in Heartland Village. Nearby schools also include P.S. 22 and I.S. 51. The local high school is Port Richmond High School.

A branch of the New York Public Library is planned for the community, to be located at 206 South Avenue. It is scheduled for completion in 2011.

Demographics

Arlington consists of the census tract 319.02. As of the 2010 census, the demographics were 54% Black or African American, 9% Nonhispanic White, 2% Asian, and 2% Multiracial. Hispanics of any race made up 31% of the population.^[2]

According to City-data,^[3] the median household income in Arlington was $36,577 in 2009. 25.7% of the population lives below the poverty line, making it one of the poorer communities in Staten Island, though a more working-class area compared to the rest of the city.

Houses along South Avenue in Arlington

The Mariners' Harbor Library on South Avenue, under construction

Notable residents

Debi Rose, New York City Councilwoman. ^[4]

References

↑ "Staten Island Bus Map January 2013" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
↑ "Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census - NYTimes.com". Projects.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
↑ "Arlington neighborhood in Staten Island, New York (NY), 10303 subdivision profile - real estate, apartments, condos, homes, community, population, jobs, income, streets". City-data.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
↑ http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/council_candidates_historic_ru.html

Neighborhoods in the New York City borough of Staten Island

Annadale Arden Heights Arlington Arrochar Bay Terrace Bloomfield Brighton Heights Bulls Head Castleton Castleton Corners Charleston Chelsea Clifton Concord Dongan Hills East Shore Egbertville Elm Park Eltingville Emerson Hill Fort Wadsworth Graniteville Grant City Grasmere Great Kills Greenridge Grymes Hill Hamilton Park Heartland Village Huguenot Lighthouse Hill Livingston Manor Heights Mariners Harbor Meiers Corners Mid-Island Midland Beach New Brighton New Dorp New Springville North Shore Oakwood Old Place Old Town Pleasant Plains Port Ivory Port Richmond Prince's Bay Randall Manor Richmondtown Richmond Valley Rosebank Rossville Sailors' Snug Harbor Saint George Sandy Ground Shore Acres Silver Lake South Beach South Shore Stapleton Stapleton Heights Sunnyside Teleport Todt Hill Tompkinsville Tottenville Tottenville Beach Travis Ward Hill Westerleigh West New Brighton West Shore Willowbrook Woodrow

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Coordinates: 40°38′09″N 74°09′58″W / 40.63583°N 74.16611°W / 40.63583; -74.16611

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