STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island was first inhabited by the Lenape Nation in the 1500s, but it really came to be on an August day in 1661 when Peter Stuyvesant authorized land grants to Dutch, French and Belgian settlers at Oude Dorp. 
That 350 years of history — and so much more — has been celebrated in a series of conferences, lectures, tours, re-enactments, the lighting of the Empire State Building and the creation of a living flag.
On Sunday, the si350 Committee, which teamed with a host of borough culturals, wraps it up with a closing ceremony at 3 p.m. at St. John’s University, Grymes Hill. READ MORE …
