What state of origin does Louis DeSalvio and Staten Island have in common?
Staten Island Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. In the southwest of the city, Staten Island is the southernmost part of both the city and state of New York, with Conference House Park at the southern tip of the island and the state. The borough is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With a 2016 Census-estimated population of 476,015, Staten Island is the least populated of the boroughs but is the third-largest in area at 58 sqmi . Staten Island is the only borough of New York with a non-Hispanic White majority.
Hoffman Island Hoffman Island is a small (11 acre; 0.045 km²) artificial island in the Lower New York Bay, off South Beach, Staten Island. Another, smaller (4 acre; 0.016 km²) artificial island, Swinburne Island, lies immediately to the south. Created in 1873 upon the Orchard Shoals by the addition of landfill, the island is named for former New York City mayor (1866–1868) and New York Governor (1869–1871) John Thompson Hoffman.