Grant City Storm Damage

Wow! That was quite a powerful storm, yesterday.

Here are photos of some damage in our community:

South Railroad Avenue - between Hunter Avenue & Adams Avenue


South Railroad Avenue & Adams Avenue:




Lincoln Avenue & Lisbon Place


Bancroft Avenue - between Richmond Road & Kruser Street:


Bancroft Avenue - between Hylan Boulevard & Clawson Street:


Bancroft Avenue & Hylan Boulevard:




Bancroft Avenue - between South Railroad Avenue & Clawson Street:


Jefferson Avenue & Husson Street:


Adams Avenue & Husson Street:


Hamden Avenue - between South Railroad Avenue & Husson Street:


Here's a SI Advance video of an interview with GCCA member Peter Argenziano:

GCCA Member Spotlights Credit Card Injustices

March Newsletter

Birthday Celebration At Local Eatery

GCCA member, Michael Cigliano, celebrated his 70th birthday at John's Restaurant with many of his friends - who also happen to be Grant City community members.

Congratulations Michael!

Pouch Camp Support Letter

The Grant City Civic Association has submitted the following:

We, the members of the Grant City Civic Association (GCCA), would like to make you aware of our recent decision to support the preservation of the land containing the William H. Pouch Scout Camp, centrally located in the Staten Island Greenbelt.

The GCCA was formed in response to the blatant overdevelopment occurring in our community along with the numerous negative side-effects generated by the increase of population density. From this stance, we believe that the complete protection of the William H. Pouch Scout Camp, from development, is of the utmost importance to avoid a repeat of past land-use errors.

The 140 acres of parkland has provided countless hours of recreation for generations of New Yorkers and immeasurable benefits to the already highly stressed ecology of Staten Island. We implore you to make every effort to prevent the loss of an irreplaceable natural component of Staten Island’s infrastructure.

Yours truly,

On behalf of the members of the Grant City Civic Association,

Daniel Kennedy
Secretary, Grant City Civic Association

cc: Governor David A. Paterson, Congressman Michael E. McMahon, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Borough President James P. Molinaro, Senator Andrew J. Lanza, Senator Diane J. Savino, Assemblywoman Janele Hyer-Spencer, Assemblyman Lou Tobacco, Assemblyman Matthew Titone, Assemblyman Michael Cusick,Councilman James S. Oddo, Councilwoman Deborah Rose, Councilman Vincent Ignizio, NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Borough Parks Commissioner Thomas A. Paulo, Greenbelt Conservancy, Editor Staten Island Advance



Reply from Assemblywoman Janele Hyer-Spencer:



Reply from NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe's representative:



Reply from Assemblyman Lou Tobacco:



Reply from Assemblyman Cusick:




SI Advance, March 12,2010:



Reply from Congressman Michael McMahon:



Reply from Staten Island Parks Commissioner Thomas A. Paulo: