Hidden New York
ENES

Staten Island

18 lesser-known places in Staten Island, with history, curiosities, a map and tours nearby.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

18 places

The Alice Austen House, also known as Clear Comfort, in Rosebank on Staten Island
Historic house

Alice Austen House

Alice Austen House · Dutch colonial home and photography museum

Gravestones at the Baron Hirsch Cemetery in Graniteville, Staten Island
Cemetery & worship

Baron Hirsch Cemetery

Baron Hirsch Cemetery · Jewish immigrant plots on Staten Island

Battery Weed, the four-tiered stone fort at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island
Island, fort & lighthouse

Battery Weed

Battery Weed · a four-tier stone fort at the Narrows on Staten Island

Furnished bedroom inside the Conference House in Tottenville, Staten Island
Historic house

Conference House

Conference House · the stone manor of the 1776 peace talks

Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, a former military installation on The Narrows
Island, fort & lighthouseFilmed here

Fort Wadsworth

Fort Wadsworth · Staten Island’s harbor fortress on The Narrows

The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, a Gothic Revival cottage in Rosebank, Staten Island, photographed in 2008
Historic house

Garibaldi-Meucci Museum

Garibaldi-Meucci Museum · Staten Island home of Meucci and Garibaldi

The Christopher House at Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island
Historic houseFilmed here

Historic Richmond Town

Historic Richmond Town · a Staten Island village in time

Hoffman Island in Lower New York Bay off Staten Island
Island, fort & lighthouse

Hoffman Island

Hoffman Island · quarantine island and seabird refuge off Staten Island

The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art on Lighthouse Hill in Staten Island
Historic house

Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art

Jacques Marchais Museum · a Himalayan monastery on Staten Island

Kreischer House, a wood-frame Queen Anne mansion with a corner tower and verandas in Charleston, Staten Island
Historic houseFilmed here

Kreischer House

Kreischer House · Queen Anne mansion of a Staten Island brick family

The Arthur Kill vertical-lift railroad bridge beside the Goethals Bridge
Tunnel, bridge & industry

Old Goethals Bridge

Old Goethals Bridge · the 1928 Staten Island bridge, now gone

Robbins Reef Light rising out of the mist in New York Bay
Island, fort & lighthouse

Robbins Reef Light

Robbins Reef Light · the harbor lighthouse kept by a widow for decades

Sailors’ Snug Harbor on the North Shore of Staten Island
Historic house

Sailors’ Snug Harbor

Sailors’ Snug Harbor · Greek Revival campus built for retired sailors

Brick buildings of the Seaview Hospital complex on Staten Island
Ruins & abandonedFilmed here

Seaview Hospital

Seaview Hospital · a vast tuberculosis complex on Staten Island

The Greek Revival Seguine Mansion on Lemon Creek, Staten Island
Historic house

Seguine Mansion

Seguine Mansion · an 1838 Greek Revival house on Lemon Creek

Aerial view of the islands of New York Bay, with the quarantine islands off Staten Island
Island, fort & lighthouse

Swinburne Island

Swinburne Island · ruined quarantine hospital, now a seal haul-out

Engraving of William H. Vanderbilt and the Vanderbilt tomb at New Dorp, Staten Island
Cemetery & worship

Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum

Vanderbilt Family Cemetery · Gilded Age mausoleum, private site

The clapboard Voorlezer’s House in Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island
Historic house

Voorlezer’s House

Voorlezer’s House · Dutch-era “schoolhouse” on Staten Island