Prall Playground, West Brighton Staten Island
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In the middle of the twentieth century, a school building was constructed in the neighborhood of West Brighton. On April 28, 1960, the school was named for Anning Smith Prall. Born on Staten Island, Prall served as president of the New York City Board of Education for three terms in 1919, 1920, and 1921. Anning Smith Prall also served as a member of the House of Representatives and president of the Federal Communications Commission in later years. Intermediate School 27 was named for him twenty-three years after his death.
Intermediate School 27 is located above the corner of Elizabeth Street and Clove Lake Place. Two parcels of land and Forest Avenue form its northern boundary. Shortly after the naming of the school, the parcel to the northwest…
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ten acres of land that were transformed into an outdoors sports recreation park. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation acquired this land around the 1970s.
women were once residents of Staten Island. A good example would be Joseph Manna Park, which honors Seaman First Class Radioman Joseph Manna. Joseph Manna was an Italian immigrant who came to the United States and volunteered for the Second World War in 1941, at the age of seventeen. Unfortunately, the ship on which he had become a radioman sank on October 11, 1942.