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{{short description|Island in Staten Island, New York, United States}}
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{{Infobox island|name=Isle of Meadows|total_islands=1|area_acre=87|area_sqmi=0.136|area_km2=0.352|map_image=Isle_of_Meadows.svg|coordinates=|population=Uninhabited|country=[[United States]]|country_admin_divisions_title_1=State|country_admin_divisions_1=[[New York (state)]]|country_admin_divisions_2=[[New York City]]|country_admin_divisions_title_2=City|country_admin_divisions_title_3=Borough|country_admin_divisions_3=[[Staten Island]]}}[[File:Wpdms nygis isle of meadow.jpg|thumbnail|right|The Isle of Meadows, shown in red, along the western side of Staten Island]]

The '''Isle of Meadows''' (also known as the '''Isle of Meadow''') is a {{convert|87|acre|km2|adj=on}} uninhabited island in the [[New York City]] [[borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[Staten Island]] in the [[United States]]. It is located along the western side of Staten Island, where [[Fresh Kills Landfill|Fresh Kills]] empties into the [[Arthur Kill]]. The island is owned by the city of New York. It is now a nature preserve providing important [[meadow]] and [[salt marsh]] nesting habitat for [[heron]]s, [[ibis]]es, and [[egret]]s, and is not open to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=Isle of Meadows Preserve |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/greening/nature-preserves/site?FWID=8 |access-date= |work=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]}}</ref>

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