Chelsea is a small neighborhood located on the
West Shore of
Staten Island in
New York City
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. It is bordered on the north by South Avenue, on the east by the
William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge, on the south by Meredith Avenue, and on the west by the
Arthur Kill.
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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
peanut
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s for the passengers using the ferries to travel between New York and
New Brunswick
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.
In the 1950s, there were plans for
Consolidated Edison 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
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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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
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