Richmond Valley is a neighborhood located on the South Shore of

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, one of the five boroughs of

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, the largest city in the

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. Richmond Valley is bordered on the north by Pleasant Plains, to the south by

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, to the west by the

Arthur Kill The Arthur Kill (sometimes referred to as the Staten Island Sound) is a tidal strait in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary between Staten Island (also known as Richmond County), New York, and Union and Middlesex counties, New Jersey. It ...

, and to the east by the

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. Once considered part of

, Richmond Valley gained a separate identity when the Richmond Valley (Staten Island Railway station) was opened soon after the railroad was extended to Tottenville in 1860. Today the neighborhood is noted chiefly for being the site of the terminus, on the Staten Island side, of the

Outerbridge Crossing The Outerbridge Crossing, also known as the Outerbridge, is a cantilever bridge that spans the Arthur Kill between Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Staten Island, New York (state), New York, United States. It carries New Yor ...

, which connects the island to

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, across the

. The neighborhood is represented in the

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, in the

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by Michael Reilly, and in the

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. All three are members of the Republican Party.

Transportation

Richmond Valley is served by the station of the same name on the

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. The local bus serves Arthur Kill Road. Express bus service to and from

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is provided by the along Amboy Road.

References

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