Talk:Dongan Hills, Staten Island

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[edit] Berry Houses vs. South Beach Houses

According to the Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 2000 edition, both Dongan Hills and South Beach are listed as being at 40°35' North latitude. However, the Berry Houses are located at the extreme southern edge of Dongan Hills, near the border with Grant City, while the South Beach housing project is situated more or less in the center of that neighborhood, nowhere near the boundary between South Beach and Midland Beach. Therefore the Berry Houses would appear to be the southernmost public housing project on Staten Island; in any event, in colloquial usage among island residents, a locality whose nearest Staten Island Railway station is further away from St. George is considered further "south" — and the closest train station to the South Beach houses would be either the Grasmere or Old Town station, both of these being closer to the St. George station than the Jefferson Avenue station, which is the one closest to the Berry Houses.