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Fresh Kills in the region of New York is located in United States - some 190 mi or ( 306 km ) North-East of Washington , the country's capital .
Local time in Fresh Kills is now 09:38 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/New York " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Philadelphia, Hartford, Boston, Avenel, and Bayonne. While being here, you might want to check out Philadelphia . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Fresh Kills ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Muhammad Nubi (Thomas Hall) USA Revert Islam Turn To Islam
www.turntoislam.com Thomas Hall Muhammad Nubi (Thomas Hall) is an American Revert to Islam. He was a Christian who went church and found nobody could answer the questions he had. He later heard about ..
Superstorm Sandy Puts Staten Island Underwater
Residents in the NYC borough had to be evacuated from rooftops and cars. ..
President Obama Tours Storm Damage in New York City
President Obama discusses the response to Hurricane Sandy after touring parts of New York City affected by the storm. November 15, 2012. ..
Staten Island Ferry : The World For A Nickel - 1960's Travelogue / Educational Documentary
A ride on New York City's Staten Island ferry in the early 1960's. This film has been made available to the general public courtesy the Internet Archives 35mm Stock Footage collection. archive.org ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Richmond Creek (Fresh Kills)
Richmond Creek is a stream in Staten Island, a borough of New York City in the United States. Its upper drainage basin includes the remote forested hills in the center of the island. It empties into the Fresh Kills.
Located at 40.57 -74.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Arden Heights, Staten Island
Arden Heights is a name increasingly applied to the western part of Annadale, a neighborhood located on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York, USA. The name "Arden Heights" is found on most maps of New York City, including Hagstrom's. Arden Heights is bordered by Annadale to the east, Huguenot to the south, the Arthur Kill to the west, and the Fresh Kills to the north.
Located at 40.55 -74.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Fresh Kills
Fresh Kills (from the Middle Dutch word kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel") is a stream and freshwater estuary in the western portion of the New York City borough of Staten Island. It is the site of the Fresh Kills Landfill, formerly New York City's principal landfill. The watershed (basin) of the Fresh Kills drains much of the wet lowlands of the western portion of the island and flows into the Arthur Kill around the Isle of Meadows.
Located at 40.58 -74.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Greenridge, Staten Island
Greenridge is a name sometimes used to denote the western part of Eltingville, a neighborhood on Staten Island's South Shore. The area's earliest settlers were French Huguenots, who are also responsible for another South Shore neighborhood not far away being named Huguenot. The Dutch called it Kleine Kill, or Little Creek, and the British called it Fresh Kills, into which Richmond Creek, which forms its western boundary, empties.
Located at 40.56 -74.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Fresh Kills Landfill
The Fresh Kills Landfill was a landfill covering 2,200 acres in the New York City borough of Staten Island in the United States. The name comes from the landfill's location along the banks of the Fresh Kills estuary in western Staten Island. The landfill was opened in 1947 as a temporary landfill, but eventually became New York City's principal landfill in the second half of the 20th century, and it was once the largest landfill, as well as man-made structure, in the world.
Located at 40.58 -74.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
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