Indicators
Education
The statistics presented here reflect the kind of information that city, state and federal authorities increasingly rely on to evaluate the performance of individual schools and that parents use in making decisions about where to rear and/or educate their children.
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Health
On an island that once had five hospitals, only two remain. It is important to closely assess the delivery of health promotion and health care services to the diverse groups on Staten Island.
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Economy
Staten Island sits in the center of world's largest regional economy, and the island's possibilities and problems are tied to this fact. The retail, social services, healthcare and education sectors have flourished, providing services to the growing numbers of local residents.
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Housing and Land Use
Since the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in 1964, Staten Island has offered affordable homes for the working and middle-class residents of Brooklyn. In many neighborhoods, older, more traditionally suburban-style housing sits alongside newer, more concentrated townhouse development.
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Transportation
As the name suggests, Staten Island is surrounded by water. Getting on and off a crowded island can be a challenge. Staten Islander workers, on average, have among the longest commutes in the nation -- a trip to work for the average worker taking mass transit often involves multiple transfers from bus, to rail to ferry.
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Social Services
Staten Island has only recently begun to experience a significant influx of immigrant and ethnic minority populations. This influx has resulted in challenges to the social services on the Island, which have to respond to the diverse cultures and language communities increasingly found the New York Metropolitan area.
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CSI-SIP WORKING PAPER
"The Staten Island Social Capital Community Benchmark Study: Poll Findings and Survey," Dr. Richard Flanagan, April 2007.
ABOUT CSI/CUNY
The College of Staten Island (CSI) is a senior college of The City University of New York (CUNY), offering Master's, Bachelor's, and Associate's degrees in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies to more than 12,000 students.
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ABOUT SI INDICATORS
The Staten Island Indicators website provides viewers with data about the measurable aspects of life on the Island. We have collected this information from many sources, including the US Census Bureau, the NYC Departments of Planning and Health, the NYS Department of Labor, as well as other government and not-for-profit institutions, including an excellent resource for New York State and City data, InfoShare. The Staten Island Indicators website collects and organizes data from these disparate sources to offer a single source for the uniform presentation of data about Staten Island, in the easily accessible and updateable medium of the World Wide Web.
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SI PROFILED
Staten Island is the smallest borough within the nation's largest city, New York. With dismay and frustration, yet always tinged with pride, Staten Islanders refer to their home as "the forgotten borough." Perhaps that was true in the '60s, '70s, and '80s, but no one can make that claim today. Staten Island is thriving, and is certainly far from an afterthought in municipal affairs.
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SI NEIGHBORHOODS
Staten Island, much like the rest of New York City, is composed of a network of neighborhoods. As important as neighborhoods are to quality of life and group and individual identity, neighborhoods are sometimes difficult to define. Characteristics that typically define neighborhoods include geography, architecture, racial and ethnic homogeneity, and social and economic class homogeneity.
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