Prall's Island
Prall's Island is an uninhabited island in the
borough of Staten Island in New York City
.
The island is named for a descendant or descendants of early Staten Island settler Arendt Jansen Prall Van Naarden (c. 1647–1725) (in Dutch, Praal), probably his grandson Abraham Prall (1706–1775), a local farmer.bird sanctuary.[2]
See also
- Geography of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary
References
Media related to Prall's Island at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Prall's Island - Historical Sign
- wading bird and gullnesting activity at Prall's Island. Harbor Herons Nesting Survey Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
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