Talk:Green Island, New York

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Green Island is also the origin of the phrase "A Pier Six Brawl". I wonder if I can find enough references to merit squeezing this into the article... anyone? Santavez 04:10, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Green Island an island?

According to the Green Island Bridge article, Green Island "is no longer an island". To me, this says that it was once an island. Does anyone know anything about this? --Mediabrat 22:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

It's almost a year later, but to answer mediabrat's questioin- yes it was an island, and yes it is no longer technically an island, though Center Island is still an island and is a part of the village/town of Green Island. A branch of the Mohawk River used to flow down and cut off Green Island from the mainland, it was the southern of I believe 5 branches of the Mohawk delta that curve around the various islands (Van Schaick, Green, Peebles, Goat, etc etc). A detailed old map can be seen in a book titled hudson-mohawk gateway by Phelan. Remnants of this old river route include a small creek along parts of i-787 and a large pond that can be seen near i-787 and dyke ave. Salt Kill in Colonie used to flow into this branch. Some maps such as mapquest often mislabel these branches of the Mohawk as part of the Hudson, but from the way the water flows it most definitely branches of the Mohawk through its delta outlet into the Hudson.Camelbinky 18:00, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleaning up the Green Island mess

This article jumps around so often it fails to appear encyclopedic.

Why is the ZIP code 12183 interjected here? Why is the Town of Webb mentioned? Nobody cares about the largest town, 200 miles away from Green Island and located in the Adirondack Park. The article should focus on JUST Green Island, with a link to NYS Political Subdivisions article for citation puposes.

Also, the category expressly created to pay homage to Congressman Mike McNulty should be relocated toward the end of the article.216.170.144.5 12:52, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

No mention of the Troy dam? Green Island bridge current and previous? Current industrial success in the northern part of the village? What a shame! Camelbinky 18:00, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Every town, city, village that has residents of note has a section and ince McNulty is probably the only resident of note I see why he's listed (he's a congressman for pete's sake!) and I dont think its only to pay homage to him and find that insulting to say it was! If your congressman was from your town you'd want it mentioned too. Since Green Island is the smallest town it makes sense to me to mention what the largest town is, maybe thats just me but if someone tells me what the smallest of something is I automatically think "whats the largest then?" The ZIP code should be mentioned seeing as how its the ZIP code for just Green Island and nothing else.Camelbinky 14:21, 23 July 2007 (UTC)