Staten Island icons index
All icons featured in the Iconic Staten Island poster are organized below by category and listed alphabetically. From historic neighborhoods and maritime landmarks to wildlife, local legends, and cultural institutions, each icon tells a story. Together they form a rich visual portrait of Staten Island and its singular place in New York City.
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Architectural Landmarks
- 1 Pendleton Place House
- 33–37 Belair Road House (Woodland Cottage)
- 80 Bay Street Landing
- 121 Herberton Avenue House
- 2876 Richmond Terrace House (Stephen D. Barnes House)
- Audre Lorde Residence
- Bayley Seton Hospital
- Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House
- Conference House
- Corporate Commons Three
- Edgewater Village Hall
- Ernest Flagg Estate (St. Charles Seminary)
- Fort Wadsworth
- Kreischer Mansion
- New York City Farm Colony
- Old Administration Building (Third District U.S. Lighthouse Depot)
- Parsonage #10
- Richmond County Supreme Court
- Richmond University Medical Center
- Sailors’ Snug Harbor
- Seaview Hospital
- Seguine Mansion (Seguine-Burke Mansion)
- Staten Island Borough Hall
- Staten Island Supreme Courthouse
- Staten Island University Hospital
- The Crimson Beech (Cass House)
- The Godfather House (Corleone Family Home)
- Voorlezer’s House
Arts & Cultural Institutions
- Alice Austen House
- Booze History Museum
- Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
- Great Hall at Snug Harbor
- Historic Richmond Town
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
- Music Hall at Snug Harbor
- National Lighthouse Museum
- Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
- NYC Arts Cypher
- Paramount Theatre (former)
- Sandy Ground Historical Society Library & Museum
- Sri Lankan Art & Cultural Museum
- NYSt. George Theatre
- Staten Island Children’s Museum
- Staten Island Museum
- The Noble Maritime Collection
- Universal Temple of the Arts
Bridges, Transportation & Lighthouses
- Arthur Kill Lift Bridge
- Bayonne Bridge
- Fort Wadsworth Light
- Goethals Bridge
- New Dorp Lighthouse
- Outerbridge Crossing
- Prince’s Bay Lighthouse
- Robbins Reef Light (Kate’s Light)
- St. George Ferry Terminal
- Staten Island Bus Service (MTA)
- Staten Island Expressway (I-278)
- Staten Island Ferry
- Staten Island Railway
- Staten Island Range Lighthouse (Ambrose Channel Rear Range Light)
- Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
- West Bank Front Range Light (West Bank Light)
Colleges, Schools, Libraries & Societies
- College of Staten Island, CUNY
- CSI Merrill Avenue Campus (former)
- CSI St. George
- Native Plant Society of Staten Island
- Port Richmond Library
- St. John’s University Staten Island Campus (former)
- Staten Island Academy
- Tottenville Historical Society
- Wagner College
Flora, Fauna & Fungi
- American Bellflower
- American Holly
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab
- Bald Eagle
- Black Cherry
- Common Gartersnake
- Common Green Darner
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Eastern Chipmunk
- Flowering Dogwood
- Foxes
- Gray Treefrog
- Green Frog
- Harbor Seal
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Orange Coneflower
- Owls
- Painted Turtle
- Red Buckeye
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Scarlet Catchfly
- Tulip Tree (Tulip Poplar)
- Turkey Tail Mushroom
- Turkey Vulture
- White-tailed Deer
- Wild Columbine
- Wood Duck
History, Firsts & Local Lore
- 1960 New York Mid-Air Collision
- Aakawaxung Munahanung Archaeological Site (Burial Ridge)
- Birthplace of Modern Chewing Gum
- Cropsey Urban Legend
- Dogs Playing Poker (Cassius Marcellus Coolidge)
- Fictional 1963 Staten Island Ferry Octopus Attack
- First Unionized Amazon Warehouse in the U.S. (2022)
- Home of Etiquette Experts Emily Post and Amy Vanderbilt
- Introduction of Lawn Tennis to America (1874)
- Legend of Pretty Van Pelt
- Pie-in-the-Face Gag (Mabel Normand)
- Polly Bodine (“The Witch of Staten Island”)
- Serpentinite Rock
- Staten Island Boat Graveyard (Tugboat Graveyard)
- Westfield Ferry Disaster (1871)
- Wild Turkeys
- World’s Largest Hummel (“The Merry Wanderer”)
Neighborhoods
- Annadale
- Arden Heights
- Arlington
- Arrochar
- Bay Terrace
- Bloomfield
- Brighton Heights
- Bulls Head
- Butler Manor
- Castleton Corners
- Charleston
- Chelsea
- Clifton
- Concord
- Dongan Hills
- Egbertville
- Elm Park
- Eltingville
- Emerson Hill
- Fort Wadsworth
- Fox Hills
- Graniteville
- Grant City
- Grasmere
- Great Kills
- Greenridge
- Grymes Hill
- Hamilton Park
- Heartland Village
- Howland Hook
- Huguenot
- Lighthouse Hill
- Livingston
- Manor Heights
- Mariners Harbor
- Meiers Corners
- Midland Beach
- New Brighton
- New Dorp
- New Springville
- Oakwood
- Ocean Breeze
- Old Place
- Old Town
- Park Hill
- Pleasant Plains
- Port Ivory
- Port Richmond
- Prince’s Bay
- Randall Manor
- Richmond Valley
- Richmondtown
- Rosebank
- Rossville
- Sandy Ground
- Shore Acres
- Silver Lake
- South Beach
- St. George
- Stapleton
- Stapleton Heights
- Sunnyside
- Todt Hill
- Tompkinsville
- Tottenville
- Tottenville Beach
- Travis
- Ward Hill
- West Brighton
- West New Brighton
- Westerleigh
- Willowbrook
- Woodrow
Notable People
- Aaron Burr (1756–1836; U.S. vice president and politician)
- Abel Kiviat (1892–1991; Olympic middle-distance runner)
- Albert V. Baez (1912–2007; physicist and X-ray optics pioneer)
- Alice Austen (1866–1952; photographer)
- Allen Jenkins (1900–1974; actor)
- Anna Leonowens (1831–1915; educator and travel writer)
- Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876; Mexican president and general)
- Antonio Meucci (1808–1889; inventor)
- Arthur Anderson (1922–2016; actor)
- Audre Lorde (1934–1992; poet, essayist and activist)
- Bill Richmond (1763–1829; boxer)
- Blackie Lawless (b. 1956; heavy-metal singer and songwriter)
- Buddy Giovinazzo (b. 1957; filmmaker and author)
- Charles Rudolph Wittemann (1884–1967; aviation pioneer and aeronautical engineer)
- Christina Aguilera (b. 1980; singer and songwriter)
- Colin Jost (b. 1982; comedian, writer and actor)
- Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877; shipping and railroad magnate)
- Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825; U.S. vice president and New York governor)
- David Johansen (1950–2025; singer, songwriter and actor)
- Dorothy Day (1897–1980; journalist and social activist)
- Ella Reeve Bloor (1862–1951; labor organizer and political activist)
- Elmer Ripley (1891–1982; basketball coach)
- Emilio Estevez (b. 1962; actor and filmmaker)
- Francesco Scavullo (1921–2004; fashion photographer)
- Frankie Genaro (1901–1966; boxer and Olympic champion)
- Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903; landscape architect)
- Gambino Crime Family (organized crime syndicate)
- Gene Simmons (b. 1949; musician and co-founder of KISS)
- Gianni Russo (b. 1943; actor and singer)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882; Italian general and nationalist)
- Henry Fitch Taylor (1853–1925; painter and arts organizer)
- Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900; landscape painter and architect)
- Joan Baez (b. 1941; singer, songwriter and activist)
- Joanne Woodward (b. 1930; actor)
- Mabel Normand (1893–1930; actor, director and screenwriter)
- Masta Killa (b. 1969; rapper)
- Mother Mary Theodore Williams (1868–1931; Catholic religious sister and founder)
- Paul Newman (1925–2008; actor, filmmaker and philanthropist)
- Pete Davidson (b. 1993; comedian and actor)
- Raekwon (b. 1970; rapper)
- Richard Bayley (1745–1801; physician and public-health official)
- Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863; Union Army officer)
- Ron Dante (b. 1945; singer, songwriter and record producer)
- Roy Clark (1933–2018; country musician and television host)
- RZA (b. 1969; rapper, record producer and filmmaker)
- Sal Vulcano (b. 1976; comedian and television personality)
- Skai Jackson (b. 2002; actor)
- Teddy Atlas (b. 1956; boxing trainer and commentator)
- Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985; science-fiction writer)
- Thomas Adams (1818–1905; inventor and chewing-gum manufacturer)
- Vanderbilt Family (business and philanthropic dynasty)
- Wu-Tang Clan (formed 1992; hip-hop group)
Parks, Gardens, Natural Areas & Cemeteries
- Arbutus Lake
- Arlington Marsh Park
- Bethel Cemetery
- Blazing Star Cemetery (Sleight Family Graveyard)
- Bloomingdale Park
- Brookfield Park
- Brooks Lake
- Cameron Lake
- Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve
- Clove Lake
- Clove Lakes Park
- Carousel for All Children
- Conference House Park
- Crescent Beach Park
- Cunningham Pond
- Deere Park
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach
- Frederick Douglass Memorial Park
- Freshkills Park
- Goodhue Park
- Grasmere Lake
- Great Kills Park
- Greenbelt Nature Center
- High Rock Park
- Hillside Cemetery
- Hoffman Island
- Hybrid Oak Woods Park
- Isle of Meadows
- Lake Cemetery
- LaTourette Park & Golf Course
- Lemon Creek Park
- Mariners Marsh Park
- Martling Lake
- Meredith Woods
- Merrell Cemetery
- Miller Field
- Moravian Cemetery
- Mount Loretto Pond
- Mount Loretto Unique Area
- New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden
- North Mt. Loretto State Forest
- Ocean Breeze Park
- Ocean View Cemetery
- Ohrbach Lake
- Pralls Island
- Reed’s Basket Willow Swamp Park
- Resurrection Cemetery
- Richmond Parkway
- Ridgway Cemetery
- Saw Mill Creek Marsh
- Sea Turtle Spray Fountain
- Sharrotts Pond
- Shooters Island
- Silver Lake Cemetery
- Silver Lake Park
- Silver Lake Reservoir
- Silver Mount Cemetery
- Silvie Cemetery
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
- Staten Island Cemetery
- Staten Island Greenbelt Trails
- Staten Island Industrial Park
- Staten Island Zoo
- Swinburne Island
- Sylvan Cemetery
- Tappen Park
- Trinity Cemetery
- Van Street Cemetery
- William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge
- Willowbrook Lake
- Willowbrook Park
- Wolfe’s Pond
- Wolfe’s Pond Park
- Woodland Cemetery
Places of Worship
- Albanian Islamic Cultural Center
- Bethel United Methodist Church
- Brighton Heights Reformed Church
- Calvary Presbyterian Church
- Christ Church New Brighton
- Church of St. Andrew
- Church of St. Clare
- Church of St. Peter
- Church of the Holy Child
- Congregation B’nai Jeshurun
- Congregation Temple Emanu-El of Staten Island
- Father Capodanno Memorial Chapel
- Grace Christian Church of Staten Island
- Immaculate Conception Church
- Immanuel Union Church
- MAS Staten Island Community Center
- Masjid Al-Noor Islam Society
- Old Church of St. Joachim and St. Anne (Mount Loretto Church)
- Sacred Heart Church
- St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
- St. John’s Episcopal Church
- St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
- St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church (former)
- St. Patrick’s Church
- St. Paul’s Memorial Church
- St. Paul’s United Methodist Church of Staten Island
- St. Simon’s Episcopal Church (former)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
- St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus Church
- St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church
- Staten Island Hindu Temple (Shree Ram Mandir)
- Woodrow United Methodist Church
Police, Fire & Coast Guard
- FDNY Engine 151/Ladder 76
- FDNY Engine 152/Battalion 21
- FDNY Engine 153/Ladder 77
- FDNY Engine 155/Ladder 78
- FDNY Engine 156
- FDNY Engine 157/Ladder 80
- FDNY Engine 158
- FDNY Engine 159/Satellite 5
- FDNY Engine 160/Rescue 5/Division 8
- FDNY Engine 161/Ladder 81
- FDNY Engine 162/Ladder 82/Battalion 23
- FDNY Engine 163/Ladder 83
- FDNY Engine 164/Ladder 84
- FDNY Engine 165/Ladder 85
- FDNY Engine 166/Ladder 86
- FDNY Engine 167/Ladder 87
- FDNY Engine 168/EMS Battalion 23
- FDNY Ladder 79/Battalion 22
- FDNY Marine 9
- FDNY Squad 8
- NYPD 120th Precinct
- NYPD 121st Precinct
- NYPD 122nd Precinct
- NYPD 123rd Precinct
- U.S. Coast Guard
Public Art, Memorials & Monuments
- Antonio Meucci Statue
- Father Capodanno Memorial
- Father John Christopher Drumgoole Statue
- Fountain of the Dolphins
- Francis the Praying Mantis
- Hari IV (Bill Barrett)
- Korean War Memorial
- Lenape Chief Statue
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto
- Postcards Memorial
- Wu-Tang Clan Mural
Restaurants, Inns & Hotels
- Basilio Inn
- Grand Oaks Country Club
- Holtermann’s Bakery
- Hilton Garden Inn New York/Staten Island
- Killmeyer’s Old Bavaria Inn
- Liedy’s Shore Inn
- LiGreci’s Staaten
Sports & Recreation
- CSI Baseball Complex
- Five Boro Bike Tour
- Gerard Carter Community Center
- Hameline Field at Wagner College Stadium
- Into the Woods Equestrian Center
- Joan & Alan Bernikow JCC of Staten Island
- LaTourette Golf Course
- Richmond County Country Club
- SIUH Community Park
- Spiro Sports Center
- Staten Island Cricket Club
- Staten Island FerryHawks
- Staten Island Recreation & Rodeo Grounds
- Staten Island Skating Pavilion
- Staten Island Stapletons (former NFL team)
- Staten Island Yankees (former minor league baseball team)
Staten Island on Film
- Easy Money (1983 film)
- Goodfellas (1990 film)
- Grace Quigley (1984 film)
- He Knows You’re Alone (1980 film)
- Saturday Night Fever (1977 film)
- School of Rock (2003 film)
- Splendor in the Grass (1961 film)
- Staten Island Summer (2015 film)
- That Kind of Woman (1959 film)
- The Godfather (1972 film)
- The Irishman (2019 film)
- The King of Staten Island (2020 film)
- Trainwreck (2015 film)
- War of the Worlds (2005 film)
- Wonder Wheel (2017 film)
- Working Girl (1988 film)