Old Town, Staten Island

Old Town is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Staten Island, located on its East Shore.

Old Town was established in August 1661 as part of New Netherland, and was the first permanent European settlement on Staten Island.

The Academy of St. Dorothy, a private Roman Catholic elementary school sits on Hylan Boulevard in Old Town.

A Very Special Place, a school for developmentally disabled children was opened on Quintard Street in the late 1990s.

James Oddo, an American politician and member of the New York City Council is a former resident of Old Town.

Welcome to Old Town sign, corner of Old Town Road and North Railroad Avenue
Staten Island Railway's Old Town Powerhouse at 145 Tacoma Street and North Railroad Avenue. This structure, built in the 1980s, replaced an earlier structure that had been destroyed by fire.