Editing Staten Island (section)

==Nicknames==
Staten Island has acquired a number of nicknames over the decades, some connected to the notion that it is considered an afterthought by other New York City residents. The "Forgotten Borough" was first used nearly 100 years ago in a ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' article that quoted a real estate executive. The phrase was more used during the secession movement of the 1990s, and came into greater use in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/how-staten-island-became-forgotten-borough/321819/ How Staten Island Became the 'Forgotten Borough] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226021440/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/how-staten-island-became-forgotten-borough/321819/ |date=December 26, 2017 }} Retrieved December 25, 2017</ref>

The island has also been referred to as the "borough of parks" due to its vast swaths of protected parkland and green spaces.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> The island has 12,300 acres of protected parkland and over 170 parks.<ref name=":5" /> The hip-hop group [[Wu-Tang Clan]], which originates from Staten Island, coined the nickname "Shaolin Land" (later simply Shaolin) for Staten Island as part of their slang.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From The Slums Of Shaolin: A Wu-Tang Film |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97747569 |access-date=November 18, 2020 |website=NPR.org |language=en }}</ref> Some have also taken to calling the island "The Rock", a moniker more commonly associated with [[Alcatraz Island|Alcatraz]], with this nickname's first appearance in print being a ''New York Times'' article in 2007.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/nyregion/26ferry.html A Day for Peace (and Quiet) on the Ferry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114075249/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/nyregion/26ferry.html |date=January 14, 2018 }} Retrieved December 25, 2017</ref>