水手温暖港湾终于在1833年开放,这是美国第一个商船海员的养老院。该机构开始只有一栋建筑,现在是一排五座希腊复兴神庙式建筑,成为斯塔滕岛新布赖顿海滨的中心。[10] 从1867年至1884年,托马斯·梅尔维尔船长是一位退休的船长、《白鲸记》的作者赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的兄弟,是温暖港湾的院长[11]。1890年,温暖港湾的院长古斯塔夫斯·特拉斯克船长建造了一座新文艺复兴建筑风格的教堂,兰德尔纪念教堂(Randall Memorial Chapel),和旁边的一座音乐厅,都是由罗伯特·吉布森设计。[10] 在19世纪末的顶峰时,大约有1000名退休水手住在温暖港湾,当时纽约最富有的慈善机构之一。其华盛顿广场地区物业产生的盈余,超过养老院每年的花费10万美元[10]。
这里也是斯塔滕岛儿童剧院协会(SICTA)和斯塔滕岛音乐学院(Staten Island Conservatory of Music)的所在地。[21]。
斯塔滕岛植物园
斯塔滕岛植物园拥有广阔的花园,包括白色花园,灵感来自薇塔·萨克维尔·韦斯特(Vita Sackville-West)在西辛赫斯特(Sissinghurst)的著名花园;康妮·格雷茨(Connie Gretz)的秘密花园,有城堡、迷宫和有围墙的秘密花园;以及寄兴园(the New York Chinese Scholar's Garden),这是一个地道的中国园林,有围墙,建于1998年,是著名的苏州园林风格。
纽豪斯当代艺术中心
纽豪斯当代艺术中心(Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art)成立于1977年,展出当地和国际艺术家的作品。该中心还提供驻馆艺术家展览(artist-in-residence exhibitions)和15,000平方英尺(1,400平方米)的画廊空间。[22] 它设在水手温暖港湾建筑上重要的希腊复兴式建筑内。
^Andrew Dolkart & Postal, Matthew A.; Guide to New York City Landmarks, 3rd Edition; New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004. ISBN0-471-36900-4; p.333.
^ 3.03.1Sailors' Snug Harbor. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 11, 2007. (原始内容存档于June 6, 2011).
^About Us. Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden. [2015-03-31]. (原始内容存档于2015-04-02).
^Seth Kugel. Staten Island: Getting Beyond the Ferry. New York Times. November 11, 2007 [July 16, 2008]. (原始内容存档于2015-04-02). The Snug Harbor Cultural Center is its crown jewel. Originally an 18th-century home for "aged, decrepit and worn-out sailors," it now houses the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, the Staten Island Children's Museum and the Staten Island Botanical Garden, where November is orchid and chrysanthemum month, and every month is New York Chinese Scholars Garden month.
^ 6.06.16.26.3Dunlap, David W. Dispute Grows. New York Times. 1987-03-23 [2008-12-18]. Its centerpiece, Building C, was completed in 1833. Over the next 48 years, it was flanked by and joined to four dormitories. These form a symmetrical composition on Richmond Terrace, an eight-columned portico in the center and two six-columned porticoes on either end.
^Sailors' Snug Harbor Board of Trustees. The New York Preservation Archive Project. 2014-02-19. (原始内容存档于February 24, 2014). The property originally belonged to Captain Robert Richard Randall, Revolutionary War soldier and ship master. . . . According to the will, . . . the board of trustees would include the mayor of New York City, President and Vice President of the Marine Society, Senior Ministers of the Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches, Head of the Chamber of Commerce, and Chancellor of the State
^Snug Harbor Cultural Center. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. February 19, 2014 [2019-11-25]. (原始内容存档于2014-07-25). By the time a protracted challenge to his will was settled, the land around the estate had changed dramatically, the city being developed around the area. Opting instead to maximize profits on the Manhattan property, Snug Harbor’s trustees relocated the proposed site to Staten Island . . . .
^ 10.010.110.210.310.410.5Gray, Christopher. The Music Hall at Snug Harbor Cultural Center. A Low-Budget Revival for a Grand 1890 Theater. New York Times. 1996-04-07 [2008-12-18]. (原始内容存档于2023-01-23). Sailors' Snug Harbor was established in 1801 by the will of Robert Randall to care for "aged, decrepit and worn-out" seamen. For this he left most of his estate, including Manhattan property bounded by Fifth Avenue and Broadway and Eighth and 10th Streets. In 1833 the trustees of Sailors' Snug Harbor opened the first in a row of five temple-fronted buildings on the New Brighton waterfront on Staten Island.
^Herman Melville: A Biography, by Hershel Parker, 1996, p. 651
^Lichtenstein, Grace. Boroughing Into Staten Island. Washington Post. 2007-08-26 [2008-12-18]. (原始内容存档于2012-11-04). With 26 buildings to visit, you might be stumped on where to begin. Start at the Noble Maritime Collection museum, which contains one of center's most compelling displays: a houseboat that painter, lithographer and sailor John A. Noble converted into an artist's studio, assembling it from salvaged wooden ship materials over 40 years.
^A Home for Ancient Mariners. New York Sun. 2007-06-28 [2008-12-18]. (原始内容存档于2008-09-05). The sparklingly restored Building D houses the Noble Maritime Collection, an unsung gem among New York museums, comprising the collection of the maritime painter John Noble, including a reconstruction of the amazing houseboat studio from which he recorded harbor life.