The Greenbelt consists of more than 2,800 acres of public and private land in central Staten Island, and includes natural areas, traditional parks, and 36 miles of trails you can hike. We offer environmental education programs to schools and the general public in our community.

The Urban Park Rangers are your ambassadors to the natural world. Urban Park Rangers welcome school children through The Natural Classroom. This program is an inquiry-based hands-on program that encourages educators to bring students to parks to explore the natural world with the Rangers. With guidance from the Rangers, teens in Rangers Conservation Corps (RCC) restore natural habitats, reintroduce native species, and monitor and protect endangered plants and animals.

NYC Parks is the steward of more than 30,000 acres of land — 14 percent of New York City — including more than 5,000 individual properties ranging from Coney Island Beach and Central Park to community gardens and Greenstreets. We operate more than 800 athletic fields and nearly 1,000 playgrounds, 1,800 basketball courts, 550 tennis courts, 65 public pools, 51 recreational facilities, 15 nature centers, 14 golf courses, and 14 miles of beaches. We care for 1,200 monuments and 23 historic house museums. We look after 666,000 street trees, and five million more in parks. We are New York City's principal providers of recreational and athletic facilities and programs. We are home to free concerts, world-class sports events, and cultural festivals.

The NYPL Dongan Hills Library is an inclusive and diverse space where everyone has access to free services and free resources.

We inspire lifelong learning by creating learners, we advance knowledge by providing free materials and information and we strengthen our communities by promoting full citizenship and participation in society.

Everyone is welcome at our library!

Our mission is to provide a vibrant, regional cultural destination that offers dynamic programming in arts, education, horticulture, agriculture, and recreation for diverse cultures and all ages while ensuring a well-managed campus for all residents of Staten Island and surrounding communities. Snug Harbor's Spring Break and Summer Break youth programs offer a hands-on experience learning about the outdoors and unique spaces like the campus wetlands, Heritage Farm, and New York Chinese Scholar's Garden.The NYC Compost Project at Snug Harbor offers compost-related workshops and classes, runs the Master Composter Certificate Program, provides technical composting support, distributes DSNY compost & mulch, develops urban farms, and tables at public events throughout all five boroughs. The NYC Compost Project also operates neighborhood-based food scrap drop-off opportunities and ensures that those food scraps are composted locally. Please check our website for upcoming events such as natural dying, self care workshops, art making with compost and more.

This is a Museum designed for children to explore.  We have 12 hands-on exhibits that harness children's curiosity and imagination including House About It - a construction site with tools, building materials, a conveyor belt and corkscrew slide,  Pets & People with a veterinary office and animals to care for, Bugs and other Arthropods - with live insects to examine and a floor to ceiling "ant" climber to build their gross motor skills, and Great Explorations where visitors learn about different climates and can experiment with wind current simulation made of pneumatic tubes and valves.   Block Harbor is an exhibit dedicated to babies and toddler with an incredible assortment of soft and hard building blocks, books, puzzles, and a ship to play in.  We have a Walk in! Workshop where we highlight different ways to make art each month.  Also, throughout the year, guest artists and experts visit to guide visitors in cooking, dancing, and science workshops.

We are located in Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanic Garden with plenty of parking and off the S40 bus line.  Please check our website for the current hours and any updates before setting out.>

For upcoming events - please check our web calendar: https://www.sichildrensmuseum.org/calendar