Midland Beach
Midland Beach is a neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City.
Midland Beach is a neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City. It lies along the east-central coast of the island, in the area known locally as the "Mid-Island, Staten Island" or the "East Shore".
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Worth seeing in and around Midland Beach
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. It spans the Narrows, a body of water linking the relatively enclosed New York Harbor with Lower New York Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only fixed crossing of the Narrows.
5.5 km · bridge in New York City · Wikipedia - 02Bayonne Bridge
The Bayonne Bridge is a steel through arch bridge that spans the Kill Van Kull between Staten Island, New York, and Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. It carries New York State Route 440 and New Jersey Route 440, with the two roads connecting at the state border at the river’s center.
8.7 km · arch bridge connecting Staten Island, NY with Bayonne, NJ · Wikipedia - 03Fresh Kills Landfill
The Fresh Kills Landfill was a landfill covering 2,200 acres in the borough of Staten Island in New York City, United States. The name comes from the landfill's location along the banks of the Fresh Kills estuary in western Staten Island.
7.9 km · landfill site · Wikipedia - 04Todt Hill
Todt Hill is a 401-foot-tall hill formed of serpentine rock on Staten Island, New York. It is the highest natural point in the five boroughs of New York City and the highest elevation on the entire Atlantic coastal plain from Florida to Cape Cod.
3.6 km · mountain · Wikipedia - 05Luna Park
Luna Park was an amusement park that operated in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States, from 1903 to 1944. The park was located on a site bounded by Surf Avenue to the south, West 8th Street to the east, Neptune Avenue to the north, and West 12th Street to the west.
9.8 km · 1903 Coney Island amusement park · Wikipedia - 06Staten Island Museum
Staten Island Museum is Staten Island’s oldest cultural institution, and the only remaining general interest museum in New York City. Founded in 1881 by fourteen of New York City’s first “environmental activists”, the Staten Island Museum houses artifacts and specimens from ancient to contemporary periods.
8.1 km · museum in Staten Island, New York · Wikipedia - 07Wagner College
Wagner College is a private college in Staten Island, New York, United States. It was established in 1883 and, as of the 2023–2024 academic year, it enrolled approximately 1,932 students, including 1,592 undergraduates and 340 graduates.
4.6 km · private college in Staten Island, New York, United States · Wikipedia - 08Staten Island Zoo
The Staten Island Zoo is an 8-acre urban zoo in West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York City. The zoo is open year-round except on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.
6.1 km · suburban zoo in West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York City · Wikipedia - 09Postcards
Postcards is an outdoor sculpture in St. George, Staten Island, New York City, United States.
8.3 km · memorial (sculpture) · Wikipedia - 10Saint George Terminal
St. George Terminal (also known as St.
8 km · ferry, railway, bus, and park and ride transit center in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City · Wikipedia
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Getting to Midland Beach
- Airports
- Newark Liberty (EWR), 14 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 28 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 29 km
- Stations
- Bay 50th Street, 9.5 km · 25th Avenue, 9.5 km · Coney Island-Stilwell Avenue, 9.5 km · 18th Avenue, 8.7 km · 20th Avenue, 8.8 km
- Philadelphia → Midland Beach114 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · $10–14
- Hartford → Midland Beach177 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · $16–23
- Albany → Midland Beach233 km · quickest by road, 4h 21m · $21–29
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Midland Beach
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Midland Beach. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHowever, there are plans to develop a ferry system that will transport passengers to and from Elizabeth to New York.
From Wikivoyage: Elizabeth, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Midland Beach
Midland Beach is 4 km from Staten Island, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Staten Islandborough of New York City, New York, United States of America4.5 km
- Coney Islandcoastal neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA9.4 km
- The Narrowsstrait in New York City, USA5.9 km
- Bensonhurstneighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States8.5 km
- Sea Gategated community in Brooklyn, New York City, United States of America7.3 km
- Arthur Killtidal strait and a kill separating Staten Island, New York City from mainland New Jersey9.7 km