STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island has a rich history.
On S.I. Rewind, we revisit the borough’s past.
Fresh Kills Landfill. Sanitation truck dumps its load at landfill Staten Island Advance
For this episode, we take you back to the smell we all remember so vividly: Fresh Kills landfill. Or, as many of us affectionately refer to it: the “Staten Island Dump.”
Crane at Fresh Kills Landfill Staten Island Advance
Check out this video and let us know if you can still remember that pungent smell you’d notice while driving around the borough in the summertime.
Fresh Kills Landfill. A bill approved by the House could make the Fresh Kills landfill the destination for a lot more city trash, but it isn't likely to win final congressional approval. Staten Island Advance
FRESH KILLS LANDFILL HISTORY
The Fresh Kills landfill, better known as the “dump,” closed its gates in 2001.
Opening in 1948, Fresh Kills was the city’s dumping ground for 53 years.
This 1993 photo shows sanitation trucks at landfill with the World Trade Center in the background. (Staten Island Advance Photo/Mike Falco)
Over the years, the landfill became notoriously known as the “Staten Island Dump” and was New York City’s only operating landfill receiving residential garbage by the early 1990s.
Eventually, on March 22, 2001, the last barge carried 505 tons of garbage to Staten Island.
Fresh kills landfill for fresh kills on March 9, 2004.
Now, the New York City Parks Department is using the 2,200 acres to create one of the largest parks in the city.
Deputy Borough President Ed Burke hold up the Staten Island Advance newspaper from March 20, 2001 at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Fresh Kills landfill closure at Freshkills Park on March 22, 2021. (Staten Island Advance/ Alexandra Salmieri)
Take a look at the landfill’s transformation to sprawling park over the past 20 years here.
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