Stapleton, Staten Island

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Stapleton
Neighborhood of Staten Island
Former Edgewater Village Hall
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°37′37″N 74°04′41″W / 40.627°N 74.078°W / 40.627; -74.078
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Staten Island
Community District	Staten Island 1[1]
Area [2]
• Total	5.62 km2 (2.171 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	37,669
• Density	6,700/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
	Neighborhood tabulation area
Economics [2]
• Median income	$58,373
ZIP Codes	10304
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917

Stapleton is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City, United States. It is located along the waterfront of Upper New York Bay, roughly bounded on the north by Tompkinsville at Grant Street, on the south by Clifton at Vanderbilt Avenue, and on the west by St. Paul's Avenue and Van Duzer Street, which form the border with the community of Grymes Hill.

Stapleton is one of the older waterfront neighborhoods of the borough, built in the 1830s on land once owned by the Vanderbilt family. It was a long-time commercial center of the island, but has struggled to revive after several decades of neglect following the 1964 construction of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which shifted the commercial development of the island to its interior.

Stapleton is part of Staten Island Community District 1 and its ZIP Code is 10304.^[1] Stapleton is patrolled by the 120th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.