Chelsea is a small neighborhood located on the West Shore of

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. It is bordered on the north by South Avenue, on the east by the

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, on the south by Meredith Avenue, and on the west by the

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."Chelsea (ii)" in The area was originally named Pralltown after a family that was granted land there in 1675. During the Revolutionary period it was called Peanutville due to the storage there of quantities of

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s for the passengers using the ferries to travel between New York and

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. In the 1950s, there were plans for

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to build a massive electric plant on of land that it owned in Chelsea. Chelsea is mostly open marsh and is relatively undeveloped, although there are some businesses and one-family houses. It borders on the Teleport and is the site of Staten Island's West Shore Plaza and the

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's Meredith Avenue Bus Depot. Chelsea is served by the local buses and the express bus.

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* Neighborhoods in Staten Island {{StatenIsland-geo-stub