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33-579: Kill 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 New York State Senate by Great Kills resident Andrew Lanza , in the New York State Assembly by Michael Reilly and Michael Tannousis , and in

66-582: 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. 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,

99-775: A country or territory's gross household disposable income per capita (including social transfers in kind). According to the OECD , 'household disposable income is income available to households such as wages and salaries, income from self-employment and unincorporated enterprises, income from pensions and other social benefits, and income from financial investments (less any payments of tax, social insurance contributions and interest on financial liabilities). 'Gross' means that depreciation costs are not subtracted.' This indicator also takes account of social transfers in kind 'such as health or education provided for free or at reduced prices by governments and not-for-profit organisations.' The data shown below

132-474: A former resident of the neighborhood. Great Kills is part of the 24th State Senate district, represented by Republican Andrew Lanza , and the 62nd and 64th State Assembly districts, represented respectively by Republicans Michael Reilly and Michael Tannousis . In the New York City Council , Great Kills is part of District 51, represented by Republican Joseph Borelli . Great Kills is patrolled by

165-485: 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. The neighborhood is home to the Great Kills Little League, one of eight Little Leagues on Staten Island, and winner of

198-406: A pioneering rocket launch in 1933. 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 2000 . Covering an area of 2,076.96 acres (3.25 sq mi; 840.52 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 19.6 inhabitants per acre (12,500/sq mi; 4,800/km). The racial makeup of the neighborhood

231-461: 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 air pollutant , was 0.0066 milligrams per cubic metre (6.6 × 10 oz/cu ft) for the South Shore, 12% less than

264-498: 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

297-643: Is Staten Island University Hospital South Campus in Prince's Bay . Great Kills generally is coextensive with the ZIP Code 10308, which the United States Postal Service 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. Great Kills and the South Shore generally have

330-538: Is a measure of income received by the household sector. It includes every form of cash income, e.g., salaries and wages , retirement income, investment income and cash transfers from the government. It may include near-cash government transfers like food stamps , and it may be adjusted to include social transfers in-kind, such as the value of publicly provided health care and education. Household income can be measured on various bases, such as per household, per capita , per earner, or on an equivalised basis. Because

363-868: 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 household income 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

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396-692: Is found in areas of Dutch influence in the Netherlands ' former North American colony of New Netherland , primarily the Hudson and Delaware Valleys . Examples of the freestanding use of "kill" are: "Kill" is also joined with a noun to create a composite name for a place or body of water: The single 'l' spelling of 'kil' is the norm in modern Dutch geographical names, e.g. Dordtsche Kil , Sluiskil , or Kil van Hurwenen . It can occasionally be found in North America. Household income Household income

429-450: Is published by the OECD and is presented in purchasing power parity (PPP) in order to adjust for price differences between countries. *Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred; if data is unavailable for 2022, figures for 2021, 2020 or 2019 are shown. The median equivalised disposable income is the median of the disposable income which is equivalised by dividing income by

462-547: Is served by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Engine Company 162, Ladder Company 82, and Battalion 23, located at 256 Nelson Avenue. Preterm 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

495-547: The New York City Council 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 New York City Police Department . The eastern half of what has been known since 1865 as Great Kills was originally named Clarendon after

528-467: The 122nd Precinct of the NYPD , 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

561-569: The 1950s, after which the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge brought heavy residential growth from Brooklyn . The 17th-century Poillon-Seguine-Britton House near Great Kills Harbor was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, but was burned in 1989 and demolished in 1996. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics selected what is now Great Kills Park as a "Historic Aerospace Site" in 2006, to commemorate

594-460: 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". The New York Public Library (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

627-457: The borough. The Great Kills Swim Club is the site of the 2015 movie Staten Island Summer written by comedian Colin Jost , 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

660-606: 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. Great Kills

693-467: 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 obese , 9% were diabetic , and 22% had high blood pressure —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

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726-577: The final year of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam , 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

759-620: 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 September 11 attacks 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 [P.S. 8 and P.S. 32], are among

792-584: 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 S54 , S74 , S78 , S79 and S84 , and Manhattan express buses are the SIM1 , SIM5 , SIM6 , SIM7 , SIM9 and SIM10 . Parallel to Amboy Road,

825-523: The neighborhood's other major commercial streets are Arthur Kill Road and Hylan Boulevard . People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Great Kills include: Kill (body of water) A kill is a body of water, most commonly a creek , but also a tidal inlet , river , strait , or arm of the sea . The term is derived from the Middle Dutch kille ( kil in modern Dutch ), meaning "riverbed" or "water channel". It

858-406: The number of people or earners per household can vary significantly between regions and over time, the choice of measurement basis can impact household income rankings and trends. When taxes and mandatory contributions are subtracted from household income, the result is called net or disposable household income. A region's mean or median net household income can be used as an indicator of

891-605: 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. As of 2018, Great Kills and the South Shore were considered middle- to high-income relative to the rest of the city, and not gentrifying . In the United States House of Representatives , Great Kills is located within New York's 11th congressional district , represented by Republican Nicole Malliotakis ,

924-436: The purchasing power or material well-being of its residents. Mean income ( average ) is the amount obtained by dividing the total aggregate income of a group by the number of units in that group. Median income is the amount that divides the income distribution into two equal groups, half having income above that amount, and half having income below that amount. The list below represents a national accounts-derived indicator for

957-414: The same time period. For the South Shore, 12% of elementary school students were absent for 19 or more days of the 2016–2017 school year , 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%. Barnes I.S. 24 in Great Kills is one of Staten Island's public intermediate schools (grades 6–8), named for

990-658: The southeastern corner of the neighborhood is Great Kills Park , part of the Gateway National Recreation Area . 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 Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Great Kills is served by the Staten Island Railway and numerous local and express buses. The railway serves

1023-531: 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

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1056-523: Was 87.5% (35,649) White , 0.4% (169) African American , 0.1% (26) Native American , 3.0% (1,233) Asian , 0.0% (8) Pacific Islander , 0.1% (56) from other races , and 0.8% (331) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.0% (3,248) of the population. 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

1089-444: 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 coronavirus 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

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