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  • [ November 27, 2025 ] Great Staten Island Restaurants: Tres Amigos Taqueria & Restaurant Where to Eat & Drink
  • [ November 22, 2025 ] The Mystery of the Tiki Statue/Totem Pole on Staten Island — Solved Arts & Sciences
  • [ November 21, 2025 ] Charlie Azzue Designed Frank-Lloyd-Wright Inspired Buildings on Staten Island Arts & Sciences
  • [ November 16, 2025 ] The Only Frank Lloyd Wright House in NYC Is on Staten Island Arts & Sciences
  • [ November 16, 2025 ] Main Street Coffee in Tottenville & Richmondtown Where to Eat & Drink
  • Where to Eat & Drink

    Great Staten Island Restaurants: Tres Amigos Taqueria & Restaurant

    The only restaurant in the world with a Scott LoBaido American Flag mural on its side. It is on the corner of Main Street and Amboy Road in Tottenville. Tres Amigos Taqueria is relatively new [...]
  • Arts & Sciences

    The Mystery of the Tiki Statue/Totem Pole on Staten Island — Solved

    The mystery of the Easter Island-like Tiki statue — or Totem pole — on Staten Island. It came out of nowhere one year around 2017 on the beach by Sequine Avenue and Lemon Creek Park [...]
  • Arts & Sciences

    Charlie Azzue Designed Frank-Lloyd-Wright Inspired Buildings on Staten Island

    When I was a kid in the 1970’s, our family would go to Clove Lakes Park and my mom would point out the Physicians and Surgeons Building on Victory Boulevard across the street from the [...]
  • Arts & Sciences

    The Only Frank Lloyd Wright House in NYC Is on Staten Island

    The ONLY residential home in New York City designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is on Staten Island. It is named The Crimson Beech, and it is on Lighthouse Hill at 48 Manor Court. It is [...]
  • Where to Eat & Drink

    Main Street Coffee in Tottenville & Richmondtown

    Main Street Coffee started with a cafe on Main Street in Tottenville, Staten Island and has expanded to a 2nd cafe in Richmondtown. It offers espressos and cappuccinos and a pretty big menu of breakfast, [...]

Where to Eat

  • Great Staten Island Restaurants: Tres Amigos Taqueria & Restaurant
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  • Main Street Coffee in Tottenville & Richmondtown
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  • Great Staten Island Restaurants: Lobster House Joe’s
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  • The Hottest Bars & Clubs on Staten Island
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  • Michelin Guide to Best Restaurants on Staten Island
    October 22, 2022 0

Going’s On

  • The Kreischer Mansion — and the Kreischer Factory for Fire-Bricks
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  • New R211 Trains Arrive on Staten Island Railway
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  • Staten Island’s College Newspapers
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    Map of Speed Cameras on Staten Island
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  • First Guys Over the Verrazano Bridge on Nov 22, 1964
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Tottenville Historical Society

Staten Island Forever

Arts & Sciences

  • The Mystery of the Tiki Statue/Totem Pole on Staten Island — Solved
    November 22, 2025 0
  • Charlie Azzue Designed Frank-Lloyd-Wright Inspired Buildings on Staten Island
    November 21, 2025 0
  • The Only Frank Lloyd Wright House in NYC Is on Staten Island
    November 16, 2025 0
  • Scott LoBaido Patriotic Flag Murals on Staten Island
    November 16, 2025 0
  • Historic Richmondtown, Staten Island
    October 12, 2025 0

Films & TV

  • Movies Filmed on Staten Island: “Combat Shock”
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  • The Relentless Patriot — A Film About Artist Scott Lobaido
    November 9, 2024 0
  • Movies Filmed on Staten Island: “Goodfellas”
    March 15, 2024 0
  • Movies Set on Staten Island: “The First Purge”
    March 5, 2024 0
  • Movies Filmed on Staten Island: “The Godfather”
    February 26, 2024 0

Live Music: St George Theater

Classic Staten Island

Secret Staten Island

The Beach

  • The Mystery of the Tiki Statue/Totem Pole on Staten Island — Solved
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  • Oysters Are Coming Back to Staten Island — But Not to Eat (Yet)
    November 17, 2024 0
  • Staten Island Was Once an Oyster Capital
    November 17, 2024 0
  • David Lindeman Covers Marine Biology of Staten Island Beaches
    October 29, 2022 0
  • Staten Island Beach — by Seguine Ave & Lemon Creek Park
    October 23, 2022 0

National Lighthouse Museum

Historic Richmondtown

Snug Harbor Cultural Center

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