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Fresh Kills Landfill

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Fresh Kills Landfill
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Fresh Kills Landfill

Summary

Fresh Kills Landfill is a landfill[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of landfill entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,403 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fresh Kills Landfill is located in Staten Island[3].
  • Fresh Kills Landfill is in the country of United States[4].
  • Fresh Kills Landfill's instance of is recorded as landfill[5].
  • Fresh Kills Landfill was followed by Freshkills Park[6].
  • Fresh Kills Landfill's Commons category is recorded as Fresh Kills Landfill[7].
  • April 1948 marks the founding of Fresh Kills Landfill[8].
  • Fresh Kills Landfill was dissolved in March 22, 2001[9].
  • Fresh Kills Landfill's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 40.57667, 'longitude': -74.18733}[10].
  • Fresh Kills Landfill's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/nyregion/freshkills-garbage-dump-nyc.html[11].
  • Fresh Kills Landfill's native label is recorded as Fresh Kills Landfill[12].

Body

Geography

Fresh Kills Landfill is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Staten Island[3].

Designation and Status

Fresh Kills Landfill's instance of is recorded as landfill[5].

History and Context

April 1948 marks the founding of Fresh Kills Landfill[8].

Why It Matters

Fresh Kills Landfill ranks in the top 3% of landfill entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,403 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1948-04-00T00:00:00Z
    Located in → —
    Instance of → landfill
    Country → United States
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 158892044, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/158892044 in United States"
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