New Brighton: Snug Harbor's 83 acres, a bus ride from the ferry
Home to Snug Harbor — 83 acres of former sailors’ housing from 1833, now a museum complex and nine gardens, reached by the S40 from the ferry.
New Brighton has no rail, which is the first thing anyone will tell you and the last thing that should stop you. The S40 bus from the St. George ferry terminal gets you there, and what it gets you to is Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden — 83 acres that started in 1833 as a retirement home for sailors.
It has been repurposed without being erased. The grounds now hold the Staten Island Museum, the Noble Maritime Collection and nine botanical gardens, and the original architecture is still the point. It's the strongest single reason to get off the ferry and keep going instead of turning around at St. George like most day-trippers do.
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