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Staten Island Yankees: Lower Manhattan
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Staten Island was sighted by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano in 1524. According to some authorities it was named Staten Eylandet by the English navigator Henry Hudson in 1609 for the States-General (Staten Generaal), the Dutch legislature; Hudson's sponsor on his voyage of exploration was the Dutch East India Company (see East India Company). After a peace treaty with the local Indians was effected in 1660, the first permanent European settlement was founded. The area passed to the English in 1664, and in 1683 the island was designated Richmond Co., in honor of Charles Richmond, the duke of Richmond (1672–1723). Regular water service to Manhattan began in 1712. The American industrialist Cornelius Vanderbilt began his business career in 1810 with a Staten Island-Manhattan ferry operation.
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Just outside the thick of New York traffic, Staten Island boasts easy access to the Interstate Highway System. Twenty minutes west of the Island are Interstate 80, the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Expressway as well as access roads to Manhattan. Across the Verrazano Bridge to the east, Staten Island is proximate to main arteries serving Nassau and Suffolk Counties. In addition to road shipping route access, Staten Island offers nearby water freight service through the Howland Hook Marine Terminal, located on the Island's North Shore. Howland Hook serves major shipping lines such as Maersk, Sea-Land and Evergreen. Port Ivory, a 371-acre property that abuts the Howland Hook facility, is a designated Free Trade Zone.
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A moderately priced option is to take an express bus from Manhattan to Staten Island. The $5.00 fare is payable with MetroCard, Express Bus Plus MetroCards or coin change. Dollar bills are not accepted.
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