Tappen Park is a small park and square in the Stapleton neighborhood on the East Shore of

Staten Island Staten Island ( ) is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located in the city's southwest portion, the borough is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull an ...

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. It is bounded by Bay Street on the east, Water Street on the north, and Canal Street on the south and west. It is named for

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veteran James Tappen. The land that the park is sited on was first purchased by the government in 1867, and it was acquired by the City of New York in 1898. In 2008, the east end of the park facing Bay Street underwent improvements to add a small fountain amidst a round court, as well as new pathways. The renovated park is now reopened. It was listed as part of the

Edgewater Village Hall and Tappen Park Edgewater Village Hall is a historic former village hall situated within Tappen Park, a public park located in Stapleton, Staten Island, New York. The village hall was built in 1889 for the village of Edgewater, which was dissolved nine years l ...

on the

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in 1980.

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