Prall's
Island is an uninhabited island in the Arthur Kill between Staten
Island, New York, The
0.36-square-kilometer (89-section of land) island is one of the minor
islands that are a piece of the precinct of Staten Island in New York
City. The island is named for relatives of right on time Staten
Island pilgrim Arendt Jansen Prall Van Naarden; most likely his
grandson Abraham Prall (1706–1775) a neighborhood rancher. It was
initially known as Dongan's Island, after New York Governor Thomas
Dongan (1634–1715), who took the workplace in 1688. The name was
later undermined to Duncan's Island. Prall's Island did not grab hold
until the late nineteenth century. The island is currently possessed
by thecity of New York and is kept up by New York City Department of
Parks and Recreation as an issue.
