Trash to Treasure Walk on Staten Island
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Kiki B., a longtime Shorewalker, licensed tour guide, and Staten Island resident, will lead you through repurposed art, installations, and murals, ending at a community-built pebble-and-cement grotto from the 1930s.
We’ll begin at the Lighthouse Point Fest at the National Lighthouse Museum next door to the ferry. A donation of $3 includes the Fest as well as entry to the Lighthouse Museum ($7 option for People's Choice Soup Contest), where you can explore the fascinating history of America’s lighthouses and the people who kept their lights shining. You may see one you know!
We’ll pause for lunch at Inspiration Plaza (Minthorne Alley) and hit Bay Street parks. We’ll do a shoreline loop along Front Street to Maker Park and back to Bay for a pause at Ralph’s Ices before ending at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto in Rosebank. Take S78 at Tompkins Ave. (or walk back up to Bay) to ferry.
Walking entire route is approx. 7 miles; one way approx. 4 miles. End time approx. 3:30 p.m. but may vary. Option for a post-walk beer at Mariachi Mexican Cantin (Minthorne Alley).
PLEASE NOTE: Shorewalkers who prefer a fast walk are advised to look for another walk. Important to convene for “trash-to-treasure story” pauses.
MEET: 10:45 a.m. at Whitehall Terminal on the Manhattan side. Hike Leader Kiki will meet the group on the second floor of the terminal next to restrooms. We'll take the 11 a.m. ferry (free). Jean will join the group at 11:25 a.m. on the Staten Island side, at the St. George terminal near the restrooms.
BRING: water, lunch, snacks. Sunscreen and hat strongly recommended.
HIKE LEADER: Kiki Black 929-425-4212 (text only)
Jean Jamate (917) 558-1649
Take the Great Saunter Fall Challenge. Register here to walk 32 miles over 16 days, starting Oct. 3. Help Shorewalkers support our parks by donating $10 to participate, with all fees going to Riverside Park Conservancy. This walk will count for 7 miles of your total.