The Staten Island Ferry is one of the most popular tourist attractions in New York City. The Ferry offers unparalleled views of historical Ellis Island, lower Manhattan and the infamous Statue of Liberty. Notable residents of Staten Island have included actress Alyssa Milano (Charmed, My Name is Earl), actor Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, The West Wing), actor Paul Newman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cool Hand Luke), and musicians such as Christina Aguilera, Lady GaGa, Gene Simmons of KISS and several members of the Wu Tang Clan.

Population: 443728
Local Newspapers: Staten Island Advance New York Daily News New York Post New York Times
Local Sports Teams: New York Giants (NFL) New York Islanders (NHL) New York Jets (NFL) New York Knicks (NBA) New York Liberty (WNBA) New York Mets (MLB) New York Rangers (NHL)
Local Colleges: College of Staten Island Wagner College St. John's University

Zip Codes associated with staten island, new york: 10301 10302 10303 10304 10305 10306 10307 10308 10309 10310 10312 10314
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Last month, a New York woman pleaded guilty in federal court to a scheme to smuggle more than $3 million in contraband through the Port of Newark. Zia Zia Zhao, 41, wasn't trying to slip a shipment of cocaine or heroin past U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors.

Christian Soto was an ace trumpeter in high school, raised in a family that delights in musical theater. Whenever the school show came around, he loved playing in it - "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" one year, "Hairspray" the next.

A five-alarm blaze that injured 20 firefighters on Staten Island over the weekend was ignited by a child playing with a lighter, officials said Monday. "Per #FDNY Fire Marshals - Saturday's 5-alarm fire at 237 Steinway Ave #StatenIsland, in which 20 Firefighters were injured and five homes were damaged, was accidental, caused by a child playing with a lighter," the FDNY wrote on Twitter.

A 10-year-old girl and her 12-year-old sister flipped an SUV on its side Thursday in Staten Island, New York, on a joyride to a Dunkin' Donuts near their house, police say. The SUV belongs to their father's girlfriend.

Officials in New York say 20 firefighters were injured, four seriously, while fighting a five-alarm fire on Staten Island Saturday night. The fire broke out at a home on Steinway Avenue in New Springville around 7 p.m. on Saturday, the FDNY said.

Twenty firefighters were injured Saturday battling a blaze that engulfed four houses including a fire marshal's on Staten Island. The fire marshal and his family were not at home when the fire started around 7 p.m., according to WLNY .

Twenty firefighters were injured Saturday battling a blaze that engulfed four houses including a fire marshal's on Staten Island. The fire marshal and his family were not at home when the fire started around 7 p.m., according to WLNY .

Twenty firefighters were injured Saturday battling a blaze that engulfed four houses including a fire marshal's on Staten Island. The fire marshal and his family were not at home when the fire started around 7 p.m., according to WLNY .

Firefighters battle a 4-alarm blaze at a home on Steinway Ave. in Staten Island Saturday evening. The blaze began at a three-story house on Steinway Ave. near Klondike Ave. in New Springville just after 7 p.m., authorities said.

The palatial Cornelius Vanderbilt II House on Fifth Avenue survived less than 50 years. By 1927, the crown jewel of an American royal family was rubble - and today it's Bergdorf's.

Keizer resident Brent Bundy, 50, began his sixth cross-country bike ride for breast cancer awareness on June 1. He plans to take the "straightest and legalest" path through the country and arrive in Staten Island, New York in mid-October. Bundy's bike rides began in 2006, two years after his best friend since high school, Gina, died of breast cancer.

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A New York man is facing a charge of Disorderly Intoxication after an incident at a car rental desk at Southwest Florida International Airport. According to a Lee County Port Authority report, on Thursday night an officer was called to the car rental return area, where 53-year-old Danny Rech of Staten Island, New York was causing a disturbance.

Come summer, New York's great musical institutions rush outdoors to prove their democratic credentials. For the Metropolitan Opera, this means leaving its gilded precincts for the city's parks, with a series of free concerts headlined by gifted young singers like the soprano Gabriella Reyes de Ramirez.

Staten Island congressman Dan Donovan and his primary challenger Michael Grimm duked it out once again Thursday, exchanging sharp barbs over Grimm's criminal history and Donovan's office dormitory. Donovan - the incumbent and the apparent underdog - began the night on the attack, bringing up Grimm's tax cheat history in his opening remarks.

Newly released police body camera footage shows the moment troubled Mets great Lenny Dykstra was arrested after allegedly threatening an Uber driver in New Jersey . The footage, released Tuesday by the Linden Police Department, shows both Dykstra and his Uber driver, identified as Brian Lutty, putting the blame on each other to cops during the pre-dawn May 23 incident.

The MTA will begin a staggered rollout of its new fare payment technology in subways along the Lexington Avenue line, from Grand Central to the Barclays Center, and on buses on Staten Island. The MTA's new fare payment system will roll out beginning in May 2019 with commuters able to use specific contactless credit or debit cards or mobile wallets from Apple, Google and Samsung.

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