Accessibility InfoStapleton Playground
Tompkins Ave., Broad St. and Hill St.
Staten Island, 10304
Directions via Google Maps
This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.
The neighborhood of Stapleton was founded in 1836 and named for William J. Staples (1807-1883). Along with Minthorne Tompkins (1807-1881), Staples purchased the land in the northeast corner of Staten Island from the Vanderbilt family. They decided to name the new development Stapleton because Tompkins’ name was already preserved in nearby Tompkinsville (named for Minthorne’s father Daniel Tompkins (1774-1825), Governor of New York and the sixth Vice President of the United States).
Directions to Stapleton Playground
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