On August 22 the British landed on the shores of Gravesend Bay in southwest Kings County , across The Narrows from Staten Island and more than a dozen miles south from the established East River crossings to Manhattan .
On August 22 , the British landed on the shores of Gravesend Bay in southwest Kings County , across The Narrows from Staten Island , more than 12 miles ( 20 km ) south from the East River crossings to Manhattan .