New Dorp
New Dorp ( Anglicization of Nieuw dorp , New Dutch for Neudorf ) is a district in the Borough of Staten Island , a borough of New York City , or in Richmond County (comparable to a district ) of New York State in the United States of America .
native people
Like the rest of Staten Island, the New Dorp area has been inhabited by Native Americans for over 10,000 years . At the time of the arrival of the first European emigrants in the 17th century, it was inhabited by members of the Raritans and other tribes of the Lenni Lenape (also known as Delaware).
European settlers
The first recorded settlement of European settlers took place in 1671. After the English had taken over the New Netherland colony , they expanded the Dutch settlements along the south coast, called Oud dorp ( old village ), which had arisen ten years earlier.
In the late 19th century, New Dorp became the seat of the famous Vanderbilt family, many of whom found their final resting place in the local Moravian ( Moravian ) cemetery. The Vanderbilts manor was later used as Miller Air Field by the United States Army and became part of the Gateway Recreational Area in the 1970s .
Todays situation
Today the majority of the population is of Italian-American descent and there are many residents of Irish and Polish descent in this area, most of them Catholic .
Rail transport
New Dorp is connected to the rest of the island and the Staten Island Ferry to Manhattan by the Staten Island Railway , an isolated New York light rail line.
partnership
New Dorp has a partnership with Neudorf , a district of Duisburg . The Neudorf Citizens' Association had initiated a “district partnership” with New Dorp.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chronicle of the Duisburg-Neudorf Citizens' Association ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 40 ° 34 ′ N , 74 ° 7 ′ W