Rosebank, Staten Island

[1] Later, the big farms and estates were divided into small parcels, and, soon after 1880, Italian immigrants began settling in the area.

The neighborhood once had a federal quarantine station for incoming immigrants (closed in 1971) and was the home of noted photographer Alice Austen, one of Staten Island's best-known historic figures.

When Giuseppe Garibaldi, in exile from Italy, visited the United States, he stayed for a time at Meucci's home.

Eventually, Rosebank's Eibs Pond Park would serve as a filming location for Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917),[2] as well as an Italian Prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.

The archdiocese's decision to close it, despite its relatively high enrollment, had to do with the fact, according to Amy Padnani of Silive.com, that it was one of Staten Island's oldest Catholic educational facilities and therefore, "some speculate, the school was chosen [for closure] because of infrastructure problems".

Hylan Boulevard, New York City's longest commercial roadway, begins in Rosebank, en route to Tottenville, about 14 miles (22.5 km) away.