ABOUT THE GUIDE
About LOCAL Staten Island
Local Staten Island is an independent guide from Local City Network.
Explore Staten Island
Browse local businesses and guides, save places that interest you, and follow the linked sources for details that may change before a visit.
What the Staten Island guide covers today
- 219 published independent businesses: 63 places to eat and drink, 36 independent shops, 4 arts and culture listings, 74 beauty and fitness listings and 42 local service businesses. Most common kinds: gift shop (15), hair salon (15), mexican restaurant (14).
- Events from 24 local calendars, including Staten Island Museum, Wagner College, CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College. Events
- 51 historic places from the National Register and Wikidata. Historic places
- 134 parks, playgrounds and dog parks mapped from OpenStreetMap. Parks
- 86 public schools in 10 districts. Schools
- 8 animal shelter and animal services locations near Staten Island. Lost and found pets
Keeping the guide useful
Business representatives can request listing updates. If you spot an error, send a correction. Changes are reviewed before publication.
How we choose places
The directory focuses on local restaurants, shops and cultural places. Inclusion is not an award, endorsement or a claim that we visited a business.
Check dates show when information was reviewed, not a promise that it is unchanged today. See the sources and photo credits for more detail.
Your information
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We are an independent local guide, not the municipal government or official tourism organization. Listings do not imply endorsement or a paid relationship.