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Sailors' Snug Harbor, also known as Sailors Snug Harbor and informally as Snug Harbor, is a collection of architecturally significant 19th-century buildings on Staten Island, New York City. The buildings are set in an 83-acre (34 ha) park along the Kill Van Kull in New Brighton , on the North Shore of Staten Island. [ 4 ]
The Sailors' Snug Harbor station is a former station on the abandoned North Shore Branch of the Staten Island Railway. [1] It had two tracks and two side platforms.Located in the Livingston section of Staten Island north of Richmond Terrace, the station was approximately 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from Saint George Terminal. [2]
The Staten Island Children's Museum is a children's museum on the grounds of Sailors' Snug Harbor on Staten Island, New York. [1] The museum opened in 1976 following community and government support for the project.
In 1831, Sailor's Snug Harbor used the money from the Greenwich Village leases to purchase a 160-acre complex on Staten Island for $16,000, to use as the home for the sailors. [9] [10] According to Randall's will, this “snug harbor” was to be a marine hospital for “the purpose of maintaining aged, decrepit, and worn-out sailors.”
The garden was finally constructed with the support of many partners, including the Staten Island Botanical Garden, the City of New York, the Landscape Architecture Company of China, the Metropolitan Chinese American Community, various private foundations, and hundreds of individuals and corporate donors. After a long series of collaborations a ...
Staten Island Borough Hall: March 23, 1982: Staten Island Family Courthouse (Staten Island Children's Courthouse), 100 Richmond Terr January 30, 2001: Staten Island Lighthouse: January 17, 1968: Staten Island Savings Bank Building: September 19, 2006: Stephens House and General Store, Historic Richmond Town August 26, 1969
Snug Harbor Restuarant operating partners Jeff Yaniak and Bryan Carey pose in front of a bar at Snug Harbor. Snug Harbor is currently open 5-9 p.m. Friday, 12-9 p.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m. to 8 p ...
Sailors Snug Harbor. Sailors' Snug Harbor was built in 1833 by a wealthy New Yorker named Robert Richard Randall. Designed as a place for retired sailors, Snug Harbor was the first establishment of its kind in the United States. The 83-acre (340,000 m 2) park-like setting is located on the North Shore of Staten Island along the Kill Van Kull.