300px, Castleton Corners Castleton Corners (or Four Corners) is an upscale neighborhood of

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, one of the five boroughs of

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. It is bounded by Westerleigh in the West, West Brighton in the East, Port Richmond by the North, and Todt Hill/Emerson Hill to the South/Southeast. Castleton Corners is in a region of the island often referred to as the

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Description

The word "corners" in the neighborhood's name refers to the intersection of Victory Boulevard and Manor Road, which forms its core. This part of Castleton, Staten Island was once called Centerville, but became more popularly known as Castleton Corners when a post office by that name was opened there in 1872. "Castleton" refers to Cassiltowne,

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, Ireland, the birthplace of Thomas Dongan, the colonial governor of the

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after it was obtained from the Dutch—who had called it

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—in 1682. The post office later closed, but reopened in 1949, and today it is the general, or main, post office for Staten Island as a whole, its ZIP Code being 10314. Castleton Corners is separated from its eastern neighbor Sunnyside by Castleton Hill, noted for the two churches that stand across from one another on its western ridge—a Moravian church (Castleton Hill Moravian Church) on one side of Victory Boulevard and a

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church (St. Teresa's) on the other. To the north lies West Brighton, with the Staten Island Armory of the

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at the boundary between the two.

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and Meiers Corners lie to the northwest and southwest, respectively, and

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rises to the south. The Todt Hill

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project is actually in Castleton Corners in spite of its name. The corner of Victory Boulevard and Manor Road has long been the center of an important commercial district, although its prominence has declined somewhat in recent decades due to the opening of the Staten Island Mall in 1973. The area had largely been built up by the time the

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opened in 1964. Castleton Corners was relatively unaffected by the dramatic upsurge in population after the bridge's opening, compared with most other neighborhoods on the island.

Education

The schools are P.S. 29 and St. Teresa's School.

Transportation

Castleton Corners is served by the local bus routes and the express bus routes. The former S67 route through Castleton Corners was discontinued in 2010 due to low ridership, and many bus routes through the area were truncated to run a shorter route or only during weekdays.Bus Service Reductions
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References

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