Staten Island NY Attractions

Staten Island Ferry
St. George Ferry Terminal, 1 Bay Street Staten Island NY 10301
(Outdoors/Recreation)
Arrives at the Whitehall Terminal at 1 Whitehall Street at South Street in Lower Manhattan. Has been a municipal service since 1905, and currently carries over 19 million passengers annually on a 5.2-mile run between the St. George Terminal in Staten Island and the Whitehall Terminal in lower Manhattan. ...Site ...Search ...Map

Alice Austen House Museum Alice Austen
2 Hylan Blvd Staten Island NY 10305
(Suffrage / WRANYS)
"Alice Austen (1866 - 1952) was one of America's earliest and most prolific female photographers� Though she is best known for her documentary work, Austen was an artist with a strong aesthetic sensibility.� Furthermore, she was a landscape designer, a master tennis player, and the first woman on Staten Island to own a car.� She never married, and instead spent fifty years with Gertrude Tate.� A rebel who broke away from the ties of her Victorian environment, Alice Austen created her own independent life." �1900+/- House ...Search ...Map
GPS: 40.6151414,-74.0630312

Alice Austin House Alice Austin
2 Hylen Blvd. Rosebank-Staten Island NY 10305
(Suffrage / WRANYS)
A photographer, Austen's work challenged Victorian traditions while providing examples of everyday society in late 19th and early 20th century America. Her work often mocked Victorian mores by dressing female subjects in men's clothing and even showing women smoking in public--an illegal act during the Victorian age. Her photography captured more common experiences than other photographers' work, and her photos were often displayed in prominent shows. � House ...Search ...Map
GPS: 40.6151414,-74.0630312

Alice Austen House Museum
2 Hylan Blvd Staten Island NY 10305
(Women's Rights and Heritage / Museums / WRANYS & Related Organizations) ...Site ...Search ...Map
GPS: 40.615135,-74.063036