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Notable locations in Cranston: Cranston Country Club (A), Edgewood Yacht Club (B), Russo Playground (C), Narragansett Yacht Club (D), Rhode Island Yacht Club (E), Alpine Country Club (F), Howard (G), Pawtuxet Yacht Club (H), Pawtuxet Reservation (I), Governor Sprague Mansion Museum (J), Oak Lawn Branch Cranston Public Library (K), Arlington Reading Room Cranston Public Library (L), Cranston City Hall (M), Cranston Public Library (N), Auburn Branch Cranston Public Library (O), Rhode Island State Institution (P), John Waterman Arnold House (Q), Diocesan Resource Center Office of Religious Education Library (R), Warwick Historical Society Building (S), Knightsville Branch Cranston Public Library (T). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Park N Shop Center Shopping Center (1), Cohoes Commons Shopping Center (2), Garden City Center Shopping Center (3), Reservoir Plaza Shopping Center (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Cranston include: Phillips Memorial Baptist Church (A), Trinity Episcopal Church (B), Saint Davids Episcopal Church (C), Woodridge Church (D), Word of Life Covenant Church (E), Christadelthian Ecclesia (F), First Pentecostal Church (G), First Korean Church (H), Church of the Transfiguration (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Pocasset Cemetery (1), Saint Anns Cemetery (2), Bethany Cemetery (3), Fay Memorial Field (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Tongue Pond (A), Fenner Pond (B), Print Works Pond (C), Stone Pond (D), Bellefont Pond (E), Spectacle Pond (F), Blackamore Pond (G), Dyer Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Pocasset River (A), Furnace Hill Brook (B), Three Ponds Brook (C), Pawtuxet River (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Cranston include: Dyer Avenue Playground (1), Cranston Stadium (2), Meshanticut State Park (3), J L Curran Park (4), Stillhouse Cove Park (5), Oak Lawn Village Historic District (6), Pawtuxet State Park (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Beach: Edgewood Beach (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Post office: Cranston Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Rhode Island State - Legislative Information- Secretary of State- State Capitol- Lib (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 600 New London Avenue) (1), Ocean State Amusements (Amusement & Theme Parks; 60 Webb Street) (2), Mulligans Island (Amusement & Theme Parks; 1000 New London Avenue) (3), Literatour of New England Inc (Tours & Charters; 51 Glen Avenue) (4), Cruise Brothers (Tours & Charters; 950 Wellington Avenue) (5). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Hotels: Days Inn (101 New London Avenue) (1), Hillside Motor Lodge (101 New London Avenue) (2). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Court: Cranston City - Municipal Court (275 Atwood Avenue) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Cranston and their reported violations in the past:
HOLIDAY INN (Population served: 250, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-07-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-07-2005), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-07-2005), St Boil Water Order (NOV-07-2005), St Compliance achieved (DEC-01-2005), St Public Notif received (DEC-01-2005)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-2005 and MAR-2005, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-20-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-20-2005), St Boil Water Order (JAN-20-2005), St Formal NOV issued (JAN-20-2005), St Public Notif received (JAN-31-2005), St Compliance achieved (FEB-03-2005), St Tech Assistance Visit (FEB-03-2005)
ALPINE COUNTRY CLUB (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JAN-1999 and MAR-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (MAR-09-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-09-1999), St Public Notif requested (2 times from MAR-09-1999 to MAR-09-1999), St Formal NOV issued (MAR-09-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-09-1999), St Public Notif received (2 times from MAR-10-1999 to MAR-10-1999), St Tech Assistance Visit (4 times from APR-02-1999 to MAY-10-1999), St Compliance achieved (2 times from MAY-25-1999 to MAY-25-1999)
- OCCT Installation/Demonstration - Between JAN-1999 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-22-1999), St Compliance Meeting conducted (MAY-10-1999), St BCA signed (JUN-01-1999), St Tech Assistance Visit (3 times from JUN-16-1999 to JUL-29-1999)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-24-1998), St Public Notif requested (2 times from AUG-24-1998 to AUG-24-1998), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-24-1998), St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from AUG-24-1998 to AUG-24-1998), St Public Notif received (2 times from AUG-26-1998 to AUG-26-1998), St Compliance achieved (2 times from SEP-30-1998 to SEP-30-1998)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUL-27-1998), St Public Notif requested (2 times from JUL-27-1998 to JUL-27-1998), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-27-1998), St Violation/Reminder Notice (2 times from JUL-27-1998 to JUL-27-1998), St Compliance achieved (JUL-30-1998), St Public Notif received (JUL-30-1998), St Compliance achieved (JUL-30-1998), St Public Notif received (JUL-30-1998)
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Cranston that have no violations reported:
- JPS EXETER PUB-POKRAKA ENTERPRISES, INC (Population served: 100, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- BEL-AIR MOTOR INN, INC. (Population served: 30, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- PASTORE LEISURE CENTER (LADD SCHOOL CAMP (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Cranston compared to Rhode Island state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
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Banks with branches in Cranston (2007 data):
- Citizens Bank of Rhode Island: 10 branches. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $13,877.6 mil, Deposits: $9,214.7 mil, headquarters in Providence, RI, positive income, Consumer Lending Specialization, 81 total offices, Holding Company: Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc, The
- Sovereign Bank: Western Cranston Branch, Cranston In-Store Branch, Cranston Branch, Edgewood Branch. Info updated 2006-12-07: Bank assets: $89,506.4 mil, Deposits: $51,244.7 mil, headquarters in Wyomissing, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 860 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
- Bank Rhode Island: Plainfield Pike Branch, Park Avenue Branch, Atwood Avenue Branch. Info updated 2006-09-28: Bank assets: $1,477.5 mil, Deposits: $1,016.7 mil, headquarters in Providence, RI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 16 total offices, Holding Company: Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc.
- Bank of America, National Association: West Cranston Branch, Garden City Branch, Cranston Branch. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $1,196,123.8 mil, Deposits: $759,600.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 5839 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
- Centreville Savings Bank: Cranston Branch at 193 Comstock Parkway, branch established on 2000-12-11. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $826.4 mil, Deposits: $569.1 mil, headquarters in West Warwick, RI, positive income, 6 total offices
- Webster Bank, National Association: Cranston Branch at 1215 Park Ave., branch established on 2004-05-15. Info updated 2006-10-31: Bank assets: $16,847.6 mil, Deposits: $12,556.9 mil, headquarters in Waterbury, CT, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 182 total offices, Holding Company: Webster Financial Corporation
- Domestic Bank: at 815 Reservoir Avenue, branch established on 1967-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $271.3 mil, Deposits: $214.3 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Consumer Lending Specialization, 1 total offices
- The Washington Trust Company of Westerly: Cranston Branch at 645 Reservoir Avenue, branch established on 1981-05-26. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,398.3 mil, Deposits: $1,678.6 mil, headquarters in Westerly, RI, positive income, 17 total offices, Holding Company: Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
35 | $151,094 | $51,804 | 2 | $472 |
| Other Government Administration |
33 | $98,696 | $35,889 | 1 | $1,386 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
151 | $675,901 | $53,714 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
183 | $1,054,065 | $69,119 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
30 | $96,978 | $38,791 | 9 | $7,288 |
| Other and Unallocable |
77 | $251,422 | $39,183 | 31 | $19,552 |
| Local Libraries |
30 | $110,817 | $44,327 | 87 | $41,652 |
| Elementary and Secondary - Other Total |
518 | $1,272,156 | $29,471 | 242 | $232,497 |
| Elementary and Secondary - Instruction |
1007 | $6,398,743 | $76,251 | 160 | $319,150 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
4 | $17,816 | $53,448 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
21 | $68,393 | $39,082 | 16 | $2,325 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $4,151 | $49,812 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
5 | $15,673 | $37,615 | 0 | $0 |
| Welfare |
10 | $26,885 | $32,262 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
53 | $178,499 | $40,415 | 0 | $0 |
| Fire - Other |
6 | $20,422 | $40,844 | 1 | $658 |
| Totals for Government |
2164 | $10,441,711 | $57,902 | 549 | $624,979 |
Cranston government finances in 2004:
- Charges - Sewerage: $16,456,000
All Other: $2,658,000
Elementary & Secondary Education - Other: $1,924,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Lunch: $1,484,000
Housing & Community Development: $466,000
- Construction - Elementary & Secondary Education: $2,543,000
General: $1,162,000
Police Protection: $400,000
Parks & Recreation: $194,000
Regular Highways: $75,000
General Public Buildings: $22,000
- Current Operations - Elementary & Secondary Education: $114,556,000
Fire Protection: $31,895,000
Police Protection: $25,076,000
Sewerage: $13,334,000
Regular Highways: $11,130,000
General - Other: $3,997,000
Financial Administration: $3,360,000
Central Staff Services: $2,892,000
Libraries: $2,660,000
General Public Buildings: $1,904,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,828,000
Housing & Community Development: $1,273,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $514,000
Health Services - Other: $33,000
- Employee Retirement - From Local Government: $21,420,000
Total Cash & Deposits: $17,903,000
Benefit Payments: $15,155,000
Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $5,000,000
Total Other Securities: $3,940,000
Local Employee Contribution: $868,000
Interest Revenue: $173,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $804,000
All Other: $477,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $2,984,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $16,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $49,730,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Elementary and Secondary Education: $19,158,000
Other NEC: $7,892,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $39,310,000
Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $19,158,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $8,902,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $9,410,000
Water Utilities: $16,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $9,941,000
Interest Earnings: $507,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $149,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $32,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $44,016,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $22,065,000
End of Fiscal Year: $0
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $43,222,000
All Other: $9,609,000
General Support: $6,148,000
- Tax - Property: $142,445,000
NEC: $3,196,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $124,382,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,000
4.57% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,943 average adjusted gross income) | Here: |  4.57% | | Rhode Island average: |  5.39% |
0.18% of residents moved from foreign countries ($427 average AGI)| Providence County: | 0.18% | | Rhode Island average: | 0.16% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.65% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($45,262 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.65% | | Rhode Island average: | 6.42% |
0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($439 average AGI)| Providence County: | 0.06% | | Rhode Island average: | 0.08% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Cranston:
- WARV (1590 AM; 5 kW; WARWICK, RI; Owner: BLOUNT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WRNI (1290 AM; 10 kW; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: WRNI FOUNDATION)
- WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WSKO (790 AM; 5 kW; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WPMZ (1110 AM; daytime; 5 kW; EAST PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: VIDEO MUNDO B/CASTING CO., LLC)
- WPRO (630 AM; 5 kW; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WDDZ (550 AM; 5 kW; PAWTUCKET, RI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WHJJ (920 AM; 5 kW; PROVIDENCE, RI)
- WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Cranston:
- WPRO-FM (92.3 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WWLI (105.1 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBRU (95.5 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: BROWN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
- WHJY (94.1 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WWBB (101.5 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WSNE-FM (93.3 FM; TAUNTON, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WDOM (91.3 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: PROVIDENCE COLLEGE)
- WWKX (106.3 FM; WOONSOCKET, RI; Owner: AAA ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING LLC)
- WKKB (100.3 FM; MIDDLETOWN, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSKO-FM (99.7 FM; WAKEFIELD-PEACEDALE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBMX (98.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
- WJMN (94.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WBOS (92.9 FM; BROOKLINE, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
- WCRB (102.5 FM; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: CHARLES RIVER BROADCASTING WCRB LICE)
- WTKK (96.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
- WROR-FM (105.7 FM; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
- WRIU (90.3 FM; KINGSTON, RI; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND)
- WGBH (89.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
- WWRX-FM (103.7 FM; WESTERLY, RI; Owner: FNX BROADCASTING OF RHODE ISLAND, LLC)
- WBUR-FM (90.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY)
TV broadcast stations around Cranston:
- WNAC-TV (Channel 64; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: WNAC, LLC)
- WRIW-LP (Channel 50; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: ZGS PROVIDENCE, INC.)
- WPRI-TV (Channel 12; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: TVL BROADCASTING OF RHODE ISLAND, LLC)
- WJAR (Channel 10; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WSBE-TV (Channel 36; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TELECOM. AUTHORITY)
- WPXQ (Channel 69; BLOCK ISLAND, RI; Owner: OCEAN STATE TELEVISION, L.L.C.)
- WLNE-TV (Channel 6; NEW BEDFORD, MA; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, INC.)
- WCVB-TV (Channel 5; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WCVB HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
- WGBH-TV (Channel 2; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
- WHDH-TV (Channel 7; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WHDH-TV)
- WMFP (Channel 62; LAWRENCE, MA; Owner: WSAH LICENSE, INC.)
- WWDP (Channel 46; NORWELL, MA; Owner: NORWELL TELEVISION, LLC)
- WSBK-TV (Channel 38; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
- WLVI-TV (Channel 56; CAMBRIDGE, MA; Owner: WLVI, INC.)
- WBZ-TV (Channel 4; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
- WGBX-TV (Channel 44; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
- WUNI (Channel 27; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- WFXT (Channel 25; BOSTON, MA; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS INC.)
- WUTF (Channel 66; MARLBOROUGH, MA; Owner: TELEFUTURA BOSTON LLC)
- W40BO (Channel 40; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
- WLWC (Channel 28; NEW BEDFORD, MA; Owner: C-28 FCC LICENSEE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
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