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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. 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.
The portion of the museum that houses the food court area and the great explorations exhibits is the old snug harbor barn, where the livestock was originally kept to feed the residents of Sailors Snug Harbor. When the museum was developed, a modern walkway was built connecting the two structures to create one museum building.
Sailors' Snug Harbor of Boston was established in 1852 as a retirement home for sailors. It was similar to the much larger Sailors' Snug Harbor on Staten Island . Today, it is a nonprofit organization funding charitable initiatives in fishing communities and for the elderly in eastern Massachusetts.
Sailors' Snug Harbor – Building "C" Interior, First Floor Interior: October 12, 1982: Sailors' Snug Harbor – Chapel, First Floor Interior: October 12, 1982: Tompkinsville (Joseph H. Lyons) Pool Bath House, First Floor Interior: September 16, 2008
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 ...
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.”
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