Staten Island, New York (U.S.)

Borough of Staten Island

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by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 12 June 2001, modified by Richard Knipel, 15 July 2004

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From: Staten Island Chamber of Commerce

OFFICIAL FLAG OF STATEN ISLAND:
The flag is on a white background in the center of which is the design of a seal in the shape of an oval. Within the seal appears the color blue to symbolize the skyline of the borough in which two seagulls appear colored in white.

The green outline represents the countryside of our borough with white outline denoting the residential areas of Staten Island. Below is inscribed the words Staten Island in gold. Under our borough name are five wavy lines of blue to symbolize the water surrounding us on all sides. Gold fringe outlines the flag.

Staten Island became a Borough in 1977, when the Former Borough of Richmond changed its name. Even before that, there was interest in a Staten Island flag and a contest was held in 1971 that created the elements that were finally used in the present flag. The contest design had the emblem in a rectangular form and a sun in place of the two seagulls.

The present flag was adopted in early 2002 (I'm still looking for the exact date) and has the Borough emblem in an oval form centered on a white flag. It consists of the island and it's buildings as seen from the St