Staten Island Meeting

Upcoming Events

There will also be a Zoom cohort, for those who cannot attend in person (visit https://statenislandquakers.org/contact/ to request link)

Sunday – June 15 -- hybrid – in person at ETG Book Cafe in Tompkinsville -- and online (scroll down for the link). Meeting for worship begins at 10:10 am, scheduled to run 45 minutes. Social time to follow with a children’s story and Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business. (ending by 12:15, 12:30 at the latest).  

Sunday – July 6 – Meeting will be hybrid – in person at Fort Wadsworth Beach and online. Summary directions: Meeting will be about 275 yards NE’ly from the NE end of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk. Geodetic coordinates: 40.5957, -74.0583

Specific Directions

By car:

From South Beach parking lot (the most NE’ly lot at South Beach) Just SE/o the corner of Ocean Ave & Drury. Permanent well-maintained restrooms are 300 yds WSW of the parking lot.

Walking directions to meeting place

Starting from the end of the Boardwalk, walk NE'ly along the bikeway/walkway 132 yds to Fort Wadsworth Sign.

Walking directions from the Fort Wadsworth sign:

Continue walking N’ly along the bikeway/walkway as it curves left, for 106 yds until the bikeway/walkway ends at USS N Carolina Rd. Turn right and walk NE’ly along USS N Carolina Rd 194 yards to a path on your right, leading through the woods to the beach.

The trailhead isn’t marked, but it’s open enough to be an obvious path. 

(Note: If you reach USS Tennessee Ave, you've overshot the path by 155 yards. Walk back along USS N. Carolina Rd and look for the trailhead on your left.)

You'll know you've gotten the right path if you see a tree with gnarly roots across the street.

Walk 53 yds along the path through the woods to the beach. When you reach the sand, look for 3 large pieces of driftwood next to each other (the longest about 12 ft long), lying more or less parallel to the shoreline.

By bus: 

Take S51 to Father Capodanno Blvd @ Robin Rd. Walk SE’ly -- toward the beach -- on Ocean Ave. Turn left onto walkway/bikeway near the boardwalk and walk about 132 yds to Fort Wadsworth Sign. Then see walking directions (above), starting from the sign.

Or S53 to McClean @ Ocean Ave (or, if coming from Brooklyn, to McClean @ Lilly Pond Ave and walk W’ly half a block to Ocean Ave). Walk SE’ly on Ocean Ave to Father Capodanno Blvd, then follow the walking directions immediately above under S51.

By bicycle:

If you’re coming from Brooklyn, note that there are bike racks on S53 buses. There are bike racks near the South Beach parking lot (as identified above), as well as other stationary objects (like sign posts) suitable for locking with a cable lock or chain. Or you can just follow the walking directions given above and chain or cable-lock your bike to one of the light standards near the tree with gnarly roots (referenced above) or just take your bike to the meeting site, though I don’t especially recommend that, since the wind can blow sand into your drive train. Locking your bike to a tree is not recommended.