Old Mill Road
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Old Mill Road is a current dead-end street in Richmondtown, Staten Island
Richmondtown, Staten Island
Richmondtown, is a neighborhood on Staten Island in New York City, New York, in the United States.Originally known as Coccles Town because of the abundance of oyster and clam shells found in the waters of the nearby Fresh Kills, Richmondtown gained its present name in 1728 when the village now...

, that formerly stretched approximately 0.6 mile (0.965604 km) from Richmond Hill Road
Richmond Hill Road
Richmond Hill Road is a major east-west artery in central Staten Island, New York City. It is approximately long, and runs through the neighborhoods of Richmondtown, Lighthouse Hill, Heartland Village, and New Springville....

 (adjacent to St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
St. Andrew's Church (Staten Island, New York)
The Church of St. Andrew is an historic Episcopal church located at Arthur Kill and Old Mill Roads on the north side of Richmondtown in Staten Island, New York....

), to the original alignment of Forest Hill Road
Forest Hill Road
Forest Hill Road is a primary north–south artery through the eastern-most neighborhoods of Staten Island's West Shore.Notable landmarks include the Young Israel of Staten Island, the back of the former Willowbrook State School Forest Hill Road is a primary north–south artery through the...

. The section of roadway currently opened to vehicular traffic only stretches for about 184 feet. The rest of the route survives only as a nature trail. Ruins of two retired mills (the namesakes of the road) are said to be visible somewhere along the trail.
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