The park’s history is rooted in its past as the Fresh Kills Landfill, which operated from 1948 to 2001. What initially opened as a temporary landfill became the largest in the world by 1955.

Two notorious topics of discussion on Staten Island in the 1980s and 1990s were the mob affiliations of some residents and the large landfill called Fresh Kills (now being converted into a park).

Jennifer Esposito was up close and personal as she shared details about her difficulties while making her directorial debut ...

Take Fresh Kills in New York, for instance—a name that once evoked the image of seagulls circling over mountains of garbage. At over 2,200 acres, it was the largest landfill in the world ...