Explore Staten Island’s Stapleton, from neighborhood favorites to unique curated events. Start with the best-known things to do, then check out "What's happening" for upcoming limited events in Stapleton.
These special events are sourced from the web and social media, then carefully curated based on cool and unique events you might enjoy doing in Stapleton.
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Children get the historic rooms at Stapleton Library, while teens and adults have collections in Andrew Berman’s glass-walled addition. You can browse for a book and settle in to read while taking in two distinct approaches to a neighborhood library. The original 1907 Carnegie building is brick and limestone; the contemporary extension opens the reading space to daylight.
Artists make work during residencies at Staten Island Makerpark, then display their projects outdoors. You can explore changing sculpture and murals at the Front Street and Thompson Street corner, east of the library. Reused industrial materials connect the artwork to the fabrication happening across the street at MakerSpace NYC.
Instructors at MakerSpace NYC teach the processes behind some of the neighborhood’s industrial craft. You can build an outing around a scheduled Staten Island workshop in MIG welding, plasma cutting, raku or blacksmithing. The workshop supports wood and metal fabrication, with hands-on instruction that lets you work on a piece or concentrate on learning a particular process.
Lakruwana Restaurant’s Saturday and Sunday buffet lets you put several Sri Lankan curries on one plate, with rice, greens and crisp papadam alongside. Small portions give you room to compare vegetable curries and textures without committing the meal to a single main.
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3 things worth doing in the next 7 days · Friday, October 16th – Thursday, October 22nd
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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 DJs | Fri, Oct 16 | Pastavino, StapletonStapleton · Staten Island | WeekendsPrice not listed |
 Movie Under the Stars: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie | PG | Fri, Oct 16 | Lawn (in Naples Playground), Naples PlaygroundStapleton · Staten Island | 7:15 pm |
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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| DJs | Sat, Oct 17 | Pastavino, StapletonStapleton · Staten Island | WeekendsPrice not listed |
No events listed for Sunday, October 18 yet.
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| Trivia | Mon, Oct 19 | Pastavino, StapletonStapleton · Staten Island | MondaysPrice not listed |
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Hear DJs at Pastavino.
🚇 Stapleton (SIR) · 2 min walk
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Watch The Super Mario Galaxy Movie outdoors on the lawn at Naples Playground.
🚇 Grasmere (SIR) · 6 min walk
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Play trivia at Pastavino.
🚇 Stapleton (SIR) · 2 min walk
🍴 Eat nearby · 4 places, closest 2 min walk
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A Staten Island bowling alley on Hylan Boulevard with open lanes to the public seven days a week — you can reserve a lane ahead or check live scores.
4.6★ from 1,841 Google reviews
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The fountain itself is six life-size bronze dolphins set on the boardwalk at Sand Lane, with wave-shaped rails and water jets; at night fiber-optic cables light it green, blue and white.
4.5★ from 1,124 Google reviews
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An Italian-American fine dining room on Staten Island open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and a Sunday brunch.
4.3★ from 577 Google reviews
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A Turkish-Mediterranean restaurant and café where the draw is the Turkish breakfast — menemen, simit and borek, with baklava or Turkish delight after — served alongside cold meze like hummus, eggplant and red pepper salads, yogurt-cucumber and spinach dips and olives.
4.6★ from 469 Google reviews
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4.4★ from 469 Google reviews
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A public golf course on Victory Boulevard in Staten Island, open all year with no membership required.
4★ from 313 Google reviews
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4.8★ from 203 Google reviews
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A branch of the city's public library system, with a renovated interior and room to spread out.
4.6★ from 101 Google reviews
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A garden center growing and selling plants out of its greenhouses, alongside gardening supplies.
4.5★ from 96 Google reviews
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4.2★ from 72 Google reviews
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A theater space that doubles as a photo studio and puts on performances, open mics and exhibitions.
4.8★ from 66 Google reviews
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5★ from 63 Google reviews
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A sports complex with a pool and an athletic center.
4.4★ from 61 Google reviews
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5★ from 58 Google reviews
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Silver Lake Park was Staten Island's answer to Central Park, and the tennis courts sit within about 206 acres of trails and open space.
4.5★ from 57 Google reviews
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Wagner College's theatre department stages a full season of student productions in its Main Stage and Stage One spaces, so a family visit means seeing a show.
5★ from 56 Google reviews
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4.5★ from 51 Google reviews
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4.9★ from 46 Google reviews
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The Stapleton site is a 6,000 sq ft industrial fabrication shop with 35-foot ceilings and overhead cranes, plus 27,000 sq ft of outdoor space across the street at MakerPark.
4.9★ from 31 Google reviews
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Along Stapleton’s waterfront, one restaurant focuses on a pizzeria meal while the other makes its pasta in house daily.
For time outdoors beyond MakerPark, you can choose between Stapleton’s former village center and a park along the harbor.
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