West New Brighton, Staten Island

Worth seeing in and around West New Brighton, Staten Island

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.

1. 01
   Statue of Liberty

   The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and its metal framework built by Gustave Eiffel.

   8.3 km · monument in New York · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Verrazzano-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.

   6.4 km · bridge in New York City · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bayonne 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.

   2.7 km · arch bridge connecting Staten Island, NY with Bayonne, NJ · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Fresh 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.

   9.1 km · landfill site · Wikipedia
5. 05
   To the Struggle Against World Terrorism

   To the Struggle Against World Terrorism is a 10–story sculpture by Zurab Tsereteli that was given to the United States as an official gift from the Russian government as a memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. It stands at the end of the former Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, New Jersey.

   4.8 km · sculpture by Zurab Tsereteli · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Todt 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
7. 07
   Statue of Liberty National Monument

   The Statue of Liberty National Monument is a United States national monument comprising Liberty Island and Ellis Island in the states of New Jersey and New York. It includes the 1886 Statue of Liberty by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and the Statue of Liberty Museum, both situated on Liberty Island, as well as the former immigration station at Ellis Island, which includes the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital.

   8.8 km · United States national monument · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Staten 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.

   3.1 km · museum in Staten Island, New York · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Gowanus Canal

   The Gowanus Canal is a 1.8-mile-long canal in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the westernmost portion of Long Island. Once a vital cargo transportation hub, the canal has seen decreasing use since the mid-20th century as domestic shipping declined.

   9.9 km · canal in Brooklyn, New York City · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Wagner 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.

    2.7 km · private college in Staten Island, New York, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to West New Brighton, Staten Island

Airports

Newark Liberty (EWR), 8 km · LaGuardia (LGA), 26 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 28 km

Stations

Ellis Island, 9.4 km · Newark Liberty International Airport, 8 km · New York Harbor, 6.7 km · Port of New York and New Jersey, 6.7 km · AirTrain Newark, 9 km

• Philadelphia → West New Brighton, Staten Island

  117 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · $11–15
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• Hartford → West New Brighton, Staten Island

  173 km · quickest by road, 3h 48m · $16–23
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• Albany → West New Brighton, Staten Island

  226 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · $20–28
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