Well kept 4 bedroom semi features 4 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, hardwood floors on the first floor, yard with a 2 tier deck and pool. The home is located on a beautiful dead end block close to Willowbrook Park and the Staten Island expressway in the heart of Bulls Head.
Express buses are located right up the street for an easy 30 minute commute into downtown Manhattan.
BULLS HEAD
Bulls Head is a neighborhood in west-central Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of the USA's largest city, New York.
It is bordered by New Springville to the south, Bloomfield to the west, and Willowbrook to the East, and Westerleigh to the North.
The community received its name from an 18th-century tavern located at the intersection of Victory Boulevard and Richmond Avenue (the neighborhood's central point), from which a sign bearing a bull's head was displayed. During the American Revolution, this tavern became the local headquarters of the faction loyal to the British crown.
As recently as the early 1960s, Bulls Head and the surrounding neighborhoods, such as Willowbrook to the east and Westerleigh to the north, were dominated by farmland. Dramatic change came soon after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1964, opening up the area to residential development.
WILLOWBROOK PARK
Willowbrook Park is one of the most popular of Staten Island’s Greenbelt parks. Its combination of natural wilderness and recreational facilities draws a variety of visitors, particularly in the summer months. The 164 acres of greenery offer a welcome contrast to the bustling neighborhood and traffic-lined streets that surround it.
The Willowbrook area is mentioned in colonial records as early as 1683. Its many streams and waterways attracted early industrialists. By 1760, Willowbrook could boast of at least one sawmill and a number of factories producing metal tools, but most industries closed in the early 20th century when development caused a drop in the water level. It was here that the patriots of the Committee of Safety held their secret sessions during the American Revolution. Willowbrook developed significantly following the opening of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge in 1964. Formerly a sparsely populated, watery landscape, present-day Willowbrook is home to a large number of one and two family housing developments.
The natural features in Willowbrook Park include a large tract of lowland forest where tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera), willows (Salix babylonica) and red maples (Acer rubrum) proliferate, swamps and a red maple swamp.
Among the recreational facilities are ballfields, tennis courts, a boathouse, playgrounds, and an archery range. Willowbrook Lake, the first man-made pond on Staten Island was constructed in 1932 by Parks Commissioner John J. O’Rourke. Stocked with fish, the five acres are also a bird sanctuary. A new feature in the park is the Carousel for All Children, a 94’ structure that opened in May 1999.
Designed by Gabriella Ward and Jonna Carmona-Graf, the carousel has 51 hand-created animals, and panels depicting Staten Island scenes. The carousel is completely accessible to children and adults with disabilities. Begun by citizen efforts in 1993, the greater part of the funds for the $2,216,000 project came from Borough President, Guy V. Molinari. The Greenbelt Conservancy is raising an endowment for its maintenance. In 1989, the park received $1.2 million worth of improvements, including six new tennis courts, gravel for the roads, and an asphalt pedestrian walkway providing handicapped access to the lake.
Willowbrook Park is part of the Greenbelt, the largest Parks sub-system. Established in 1984, it links the large parks of Staten Island in a continuous band of green through the center of the island. Willowbrook is an important beneficiary of this unique institution, which assures the survival of this Staten Island treasure for years to come.
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Offered at $469,999
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