Stapleton
Worth seeing in and around Stapleton
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.
3.5 km · bridge in New York City · Wikipedia - 02Todt 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.
4 km · mountain · Wikipedia - 03Staten 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.
2 km · museum in Staten Island, New York · Wikipedia - 04Postcards
Postcards is an outdoor sculpture in St. George, Staten Island, New York City, United States.
2.2 km · memorial (sculpture) · Wikipedia - 05Saint George Terminal
St. George Terminal (also known as St.
1.9 km · ferry, railway, bus, and park and ride transit center in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City · Wikipedia - 06Wagner 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.
1.9 km · private college in Staten Island, New York, United States · Wikipedia - 07Staten 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.
3.2 km · suburban zoo in West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York City · Wikipedia - 08Robbins Reef Light
The Robbins Reef Light Station is a sparkplug lighthouse located off Constable Hook in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, along the west side of Main Channel, Upper New York Bay. The tower and integral keepers quarters were built in 1883.
3.6 km · lighthouse in New Jersey, United States · Wikipedia - 09Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, formerly known as the Garibaldi Memorial, is a c. 1840 Gothic Revival cottage in the Rosebank section of Staten Island, New York.
1.3 km · house museum in Staten Island, New York · Wikipedia - 10Fort Wadsworth Light
Fort Wadsworth Light is a 1903 lighthouse built atop Battery Weed on Staten Island in New York Harbor. The light illuminates the Narrows, the entrance to the harbor.
3 km · lighthouse in New York, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Stapleton
- Airports
- Newark Liberty (EWR), 11 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 24 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 25 km
- Stations
- Clifton, 800 m · Grasmere, 2.6 km · Tompkinsville train station, 1.2 km · Old Town, 3.5 km · Arrochar, 3.1 km
- Philadelphia → Stapleton119 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · $11–15
- Hartford → Stapleton172 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · $16–22
- Albany → Stapleton227 km · quickest by road, 4h 17m · $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 Stapleton
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 Stapleton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inNY Waterway operates four ferry routes connecting Jersey City to Manhattan.
- Get inThe other two ferry routes leave from Exchange Place, and connect to World Financial Center and West 39th Street in Midtown.
- Get aroundThe Via fleet of minivans and SUVs holds multiple passengers and offers wheelchair accessible rides.
- Get aroundOff road shared use trails can be found along the Hudson River waterfront and in Liberty State Park.
- Get aroundThe East Coast Greenway, a bike path that runs from Maine to Florida, cuts through Jersey City from Newark, eastward through Lincoln Park and city streets, to the ferries and to the riverfront walkway running north.
From Wikivoyage: Jersey City, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Stapleton
Stapleton is 9 km from Staten Island, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- The Narrowsstrait in New York City, USA2.9 km
- New Brightonneighborhood on Staten Island, New York2.2 km
- Tompkinsvilleneighborhood on Staten Island, New York City, USA1.1 km
- Silver Lake, Staten Islandneighborhood of Staten Island in New York City1.5 km
- West New Brightonneighborhood on Staten Island, New York City, USA3.1 km
- Arrochar, Staten IslandNeighborhood of New York City3.1 km