Prince's Bay, Staten Island

Prince's Bay is a neighborhood located on the South Shore of New York City's borough of Staten Island.

The community's United States Post Office officially bears the name "Princes Bay Station" according to the USPS web site and directory.

Prince's Bay's ZIP Code is 10309, which it shares with other South Shore neighborhoods including Charleston, Pleasant Plains and Richmond Valley.

Development in the area accelerated when the southern terminus of the Staten Island Railway was moved from Eltingville to Tottenville in 1860.

A large factory, operated by the S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Company, was once located along the shoreline at the foot of Seguine Avenue; at one point, the plant was the largest employer in all of Staten Island, but closed in 1972.

In the late 1970s a small shopping center, known as the Prince's Bay Trade Mart, was opened in the former factory complex; but its remote location and inability to compete with the larger and already-established Staten Island Mall doomed the project to failure, and it closed a few years later.

Prince's Bay and other communities on Staten Island's South Shore were once popular locations for summer homes, most of which were owned by residents of other boroughs, particularly Manhattan; however, these declined when the surrounding waters became increasingly polluted during the middle third of the 20th Century.

Although designated a New York City Landmark by the NYC Preservation Committee (currently marked as endangered by the LPC),[2] it seems that the local landlord, Leo Tallo, wishes to demolish it to build more townhouses.