New Brighton, Staten Island

New Brighton
Neighborhood of Staten Island
View of Brighton, Staten Island, New York, an 1857 engraving
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°38′35″N 74°05′35″W / 40.643°N 74.093°W / 40.643; -74.093
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Staten Island
Community District	Staten Island 1[1]
Area [2]
• Total	0.93 km2 (0.361 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	5,795
• Density	6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Economics [2]
• Median income	$49,807
ZIP Codes	10301
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917

New Brighton is a neighborhood located on the North Shore of Staten Island in New York City. The neighborhood comprises an older industrial and residential harbor front area along the Kill Van Kull west of St. George. New Brighton is bounded by Kill Van Kull on the north, Jersey Street on the east, Brighton and Castleton Avenues to the south, and Lafayette Avenue and Snug Harbor Cultural Center to the west. It is adjacent to St. George to the east, Tompkinsville to the south, and West New Brighton to the west.

The village of New Brighton was incorporated in 1866 out of six wards of the town of Castleton. It originally stretched four miles (6.4 km) long and was two miles (3.2 km) wide, encompassing the entire northeast tip of the island from Tompkinsville to Snug Harbor, and included what is now St. George. The current neighborhood includes Hamilton Park, an enclave of Victorian homes built before the American Civil War. The surrounding area includes several older churches such as St. Peter's Church, the oldest Roman Catholic church on Staten Island. The original New Brighton Village Hall, constructed in 1871 on present Fillmore Street, was demolished in 2004. New Brighton public housing includes the Cassidy-Laffayette Houses and the Richmond Terrace Houses on Jersey Street.

New Brighton is part of Staten Island Community District 1 and its ZIP Codes are 10304 and 10301.^[1] New Brighton is patrolled by the 120th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.