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Pleasant Plains is a neighborhood located on Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, New York, the most populous city in the United States. It is bordered by Woodrow to the north, the Lower New York Bay to the south, Richmond Valley to the west, and Prince’s Bay to the east.
“Welcome To Pleasant Plains” sign (Amboy Rd. Facing south, corner of Pleasant Plains Ave.; August 2007).
View looking north across Mount Loretto Unique Area with church in distance (July 2008).
Situated on the island’s South Shore, Pleasant Plains has a population of 5,000 according to the 2000 census. It was named by officials of the Staten Island Railroad Corporation, the original owners of what is now known as the MTA Staten Island Railway. When the railroad line was extended to Tottenville in 1860, a station crossing Amboy Road approximately two miles north of Tottenville was named Pleasant Plains. Eventually, the name “Pleasant Plains” was applied to the community which soon sprung up around the station.