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Great Kills is a neighborhood within the borough of
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in
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. It is located on the island's South Shore, and according to many local geographers, it is the South Shore's northernmost community. It is bordered by Richmondtown to the north, Bay Terrace to the east, Eltingville to the west, and Great Kills Harbor to the south.Philip S. Gutis
"If you're thinking of living in: Great Kills"
''New York Times'', January 12, 1986.
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'' is an archaic Dutch word with various popular translations, including "creek" and "channel". Indeed, many small streams dot the neighborhood, and the name can be interpreted as meaning that a great number of such streams can be found there. As of 2021, the neighborhood is represented in the
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by Great Kills resident
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, in the
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by Michael Reilly and Michael Tannousis, and in the
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by Joseph Borelli. All four are members of the Republican Party. Great Kills is part of Staten Island Community District 3, and its ZIP Codes are 10308 and a small part of 10306. The neighborhood is patrolled by the 122nd Precinct of the
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History

The eastern half of what has been known since 1865 as Great Kills was originally named Clarendon after a British colonial governor, and the western half was named Newtown. For a time, both were known as Giffords, after Daniel Gifford, a local commissioner and surveyor."Crescent Beach Park"
NYC Department of Parks & Recreation. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
The name survives in Giffords Lane and Giffords Glen, which are adjacent to the Great Kills train station that was formerly named Giffords, and also in the Gifford School, P.S. 32. The term "Great Kills" traces back informally at least to 1664, the final year of the Dutch colony of
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, when French settler Jacques Guyon called the area "La Grand Kills". From the 1680s when English colonial government was organized, until 1898 when Staten Island consolidated into New York City, eastern Great Kills was officially part of the town of Southfield, Richmond County, New York, and western Great Kills was officially part of Westfield. Great Kills and Staten Island's other East Shore neighborhoods were mostly rural and dotted with shoreline resorts until the 1950s, after which the
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brought heavy residential growth from
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. The 17th-century Poillon-Seguine-Britton House near Great Kills Harbor was added to the
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in 1984, but was burned in 1989 and demolished in 1996. The
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selected what is now Great Kills Park as a "Historic Aerospace Site" in 2006, to commemorate a pioneering rocket launch in 1933.


Demographics

Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Great Kills was 40,720, a change of -960 (-2.4%) from the 41,680 counted in
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. Covering an area of , the neighborhood had a population density of .Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010
Population Division -
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Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed June 16, 2016.
The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 87.5% (35,649)
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, 0.4% (169)
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, 0.1% (26) Native American, 3.0% (1,233) Asian, 0.0% (8)
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, 0.1% (56) from other races, and 0.8% (331) from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 8.0% (3,248) of the population.Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010
Population Division -
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Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2016.
The entirety of Community District 3, which comprises Great Kills and other South Shore neighborhoods, had 159,132 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 81.3 years at birth. This is about the same as the life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 21% are between the ages of 0 and 17, 26% between 25 and 44, and 29% between 45 and 64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 8% and 16% respectively. As of 2017, the median
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in Community District 3 was $96,796. In 2018, an estimated 11% of South Shore residents lived in poverty, compared to 17% in all of Staten Island and 20% in all of New York City. On average during 2012–2016, one in sixteen South Shore residents (6%) were unemployed, compared to 6% in Staten Island and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of renters who paid more than 30% of their income for housing, was 42% for the South Shore, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 49% and 51%, respectively. , Great Kills and the South Shore were considered middle- to high-income relative to the rest of the city, and not
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Political representation

In the
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, Great Kills is located within
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, represented by Republican Nicole Malliotakis, a former resident of the neighborhood. Great Kills is part of the 24th
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district, represented by Republican
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, and the 62nd and 64th State Assembly districts, represented respectively by Republicans Michael Reilly and Michael Tannousis. In the
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, Great Kills is part of District 51, represented by Republican Joseph Borelli.


Police and crime

Great Kills is patrolled by the 122nd Precinct of the
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, after shifting out of the 123rd when Staten Island's precinct maps were redrawn on July 1, 2013. The neighborhoods represented by these two precincts were the two safest (out of 69) in a 2010 study of New York's per-capita crime statistics. With a non-fatal assault rate of 25 per 100,000 people (2012–2014), the South Shore's rate of violent crimes per capita was less than half that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 193 per 100,000 people (2015–2016) was also less than half that of the city as a whole. The rate of licensed gun ownership was among the city's highest in the 2010 study, as was the rate of opioid abuse. Like most of New York City, the 122nd Precinct has a substantially lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 88% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported one murder, eight rapes, 63 robberies, 128 felony assaults, 91 burglaries, 373 grand larcenies, and 136 grand larcenies auto in 2022.


Fire safety

Great Kills is served by the
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(FDNY) Engine Company 162, Ladder Company 82, and Battalion 23, located at 256 Nelson Avenue.


Health

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and teenage births are less common in Great Kills and the South Shore than in other places citywide. For the South Shore in 2015, there were 77 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 3.6 teenage births per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). The South Shore has a relatively low percentage of residents who are uninsured. The population of uninsured adults was estimated to be 4%, less than the citywide rate of 12%, though this was based on a small sample size in 2015–2016. The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of
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, was for the South Shore, 12% less than the city average. In 2015–2016, 17% of South Shore adults were smokers, which was higher than the city average of 14%. For the South Shore, 26% of adults were
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, 9% were
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, and 22% had
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—compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28%, respectively. In addition, 17% of children were obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Ninety-five percent of South Shore adults ate some fruits and vegetables every day, which was more than the city's average of 87%. In 2015–2016, 88% of adults described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", more than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket on the South Shore, there were 4 bodegas. During late 2020, Great Kills spent weeks with the highest
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rate of any New York City ZIP Code, and in the center of a State-designated "Orange Zone" cluster of cases. The nearest major hospital is Staten Island University Hospital South Campus in Prince's Bay.


Post office and ZIP Codes

Great Kills generally is coextensive with the ZIP Code 10308, which the
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serves from its Great Kills Station at 1 Nelson Avenue. A small portion of ZIP Code 10306, between Amboy Road and Siedenburg Park, is sometimes considered part of the Great Kills neighborhood.


Education

Great Kills and the South Shore generally have a similar rate of college-educated residents to the rest of the city. While 41% of South Shore residents of age 25+ had a college education or higher in 2012–2016, 8% had less than a high school education and 51% were high school graduates or had some college education. Citywide, 43% of adults had a college education or higher. The percentage of South Shore students achieving at grade level in math rose from 48% in 2000 to 65% in 2011, though reading achievement declined from 55% to 52% during the same time period. For the South Shore, 12% of elementary school students were absent for 19 or more days of the 2016–2017
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, less than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 89% of high school students from the South Shore graduated on time, more than the citywide average of 75%.


Schools

Barnes I.S. 24 in Great Kills is one of Staten Island's public
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s (grades 6–8), named for the local educator and civic activist Myra S. Barnes (1880–1962). Dubbed the "Fighting Lady", she was well known for highlighting Staten Island issues to the New York City government. Firefighter Scott Davidson, lost in the
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of 2001, attended I.S. 24, and is one of 29 local victims memorialized by an eternal flame at St. Clare's, the neighborhood's prominent Catholic church and parochial school. In 2009, ''The New York Times'' reported: "The three public schools in Great Kills, two of them elementary schools .S. 8 and P.S. 32 are among the best in the city." In 2008, ''Today's Catholic Teacher'' magazine selected St. Clare's School as one of twelve nationwide to receive the "Catholic Schools for Tomorrow Award".


Libraries

The
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(NYPL) operates two locations nearby. The Great Kills branch is located at 56 Giffords Lane. The branch was opened in 1927 as a one-story building and was replaced by the current three-story building in 1954. Fully renovated in 2005, it currently has a lower level for community events, a first floor for adults, and a second floor for children's collections. The Richmondtown branch is located at 200 Clarke Avenue, just outside Great Kills. It opened in 1996 and contains two floors: a first floor for adults and a second floor for children.


Recreation

The neighborhood is home to the Great Kills Little League, one of eight Little Leagues on Staten Island, and winner of the state baseball championship in 2011. Another thousand neighborhood children participate in sports teams organized through St. Clare's Church and its spin-off Great Kills Soccer Club. St. Clare's cheerleading squad won a Northeast divisional championship in 2016. Located right beside the Great Kills Little League is the Great Kills Swim Club. This is a private club that belongs to over 500 families and competes in swimming and diving with other swim clubs in the borough. The Great Kills Swim Club is the site of the 2015 movie '' Staten Island Summer'' written by comedian
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, who was a lifeguard there as a teenager. The neighborhood also plays a key role in the 2009 Dutch film ''Great Kills Road''. Great Kills was the site of the first middleweight boxing championship, when Nonpareil Jack Dempsey defeated George Fulljames in 1884 for the title. At the southeastern corner of the neighborhood is Great Kills Park, part of the
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. The park includes a beach, trails, fishing and bird-watching areas, sports fields, and the Nichols Marina, with several private marinas nearby. The shorefront has required extensive work after heavy damage from
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in 2012.


Transportation

Great Kills is served by the
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and numerous local and express buses. The railway serves the neighborhood via the Great Kills station, located at Giffords Lane near Amboy Road. Express train service between Great Kills and the St. George Ferry Terminal is maintained during the morning and evening weekday rush hours, while local trains serve the station 24/7. Local buses are the , and
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express buses are the . Parallel to Amboy Road, the neighborhood's other major commercial streets are Arthur Kill Road and
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.


Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Great Kills include: * Stephen Caracappa (1941–2017), detective convicted of eight murders * Alfred C. Cerullo III (born 1961), politician and actor *
Roy Clark Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer, musician, and television presenter. He is best known for having hosted '' Hee Haw'', a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark wa ...
(1933–2018), country musician, co-host of ''
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''"Famous Staten Islanders from all walks of life"
''Staten Island Advance'', April 23, 2012.
* Helen Clevenger (1917–1936), NYU student who was murdered in North Carolina * Romi Cohn (1929–2020), rabbi, mohel and real estate developer *
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(born 1993), comedian best known for ''
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'' * Edmund J. Dobbin (1935–2015), priest, president of
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* Joey Faye (born Joseph Antony Palladino, c.1909–1997), comedian * Vincent Fanelli (1883–1966), professional harpist *
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(born 1993), baseball pitcher *
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(born 1965), politician * Zack Granite (born 1992), baseball outfielder * James Guyon Jr. (1778–1846), politician * Daniel Paul Higgins (1886–1953), architect *
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(born 1964), politician * Nicholas LaPorte (1926–1990), politician *
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(born 1982), director and screenwriter of horror films including the ''
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'' series * Nicole Malliotakis (born 1980), politician * Thomas John McDonnell (1894–1961), priest, bishop *
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(born 1972), actress * Ralph Munroe (1851–1933), yacht designer and pioneering settler of
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* Kevin O'Connor (born c.1947), basketball executive * Garry Pastore (born 1961), actor, brother of Eric Blackwood *
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(born 1991), actor and film producer *
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(born 1986), ''
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'' cast member *
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(born 1951), homicide detective involved in 20 overturned convictions *
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(1921–2004), celebrity photographer *
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(born 1970), actor * Robert A. Straniere (born 1941), politician"Weddings: Jamie Straniere, Douglas L. Chaet"
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References


External links


"Vintage Photos of Great Kills"
''Staten Island Advance'', June 24–29, 2016. * Ted Doerzbacher

''Staten Island Advance'', January 19, 2014. {{authority control Neighborhoods in Staten Island Populated coastal places in New York (state)