what to see in staten island new york?
Third County Courthouse Staten Island Museum The Christopher House Staten Island Zoo Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Voorlezer's House Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden Staten Island Children's Museum The Stephens-Black House
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 MTV has also broadcast coverage originating from the network 's Times Square studios at One Astor Plaza . For 2011 , MTV also held its own ball drop in Seaside Heights , New Jersey , the setting of its popular reality series Jersey Shore , featuring cast member Snooki lowered inside a giant " hamster ball " . Originally , MTV planned to hold the drop within its studio in Times Square , but the network was asked by city officials to conduct the drop elsewhere . 

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 In New York Harbor there are three smaller islands : 

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 New York , lookin ' down on Central Park , where they say you should not wander after dark 

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 In the late 19th century , Mackinac Island became a popular tourist attraction and summer colony . Much of the island has undergone extensive historical preservation and restoration ; as a result , the entire island is listed as a National Historic Landmark . It is well known for its numerous cultural events ; its wide variety of architectural styles , including the famous Victorian Grand Hotel ; its fudge ; and its ban on almost all motor vehicles . More than 80 percent of the island is preserved as Mackinac Island State Park . 

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 York Island was occupied principally on the southern tip ( what would now be considered Lower Manhattan ) by New York City , on the western tip by Greenwich village , and in the north by the village of Harlem . The sparsely @-@ populated center of the island featured a few low hills , principally Indianburg and Crown Heights . Ferry services connected the island to the surrounding lands , with the primary ferry to the mainland of Westchester County ( now the Bronx ) crossing the Harlem River at King 's Bridge near the northern tip of the island . The island was bordered by two rivers , on the west by the Hudson River and on the east by the East River , which separated the island from Long Island . Kip 's Bay was a cove on the eastern shore of the island , extending roughly from present @-@ day 32nd to 38th Streets , and as far west as Second Avenue . The bay no longer exists as such , having been filled in , but in 1776 , it provided an excellent place for an amphibious landing : deep water close to the shore , and a large meadow for mustering landed troops . Opposite the bay on Long Island , the wide mouth of Newtown Creek , also surrounded by meadowlands , offered an equally excellent staging area . 
