upholstered balcony seats. Transportation The bus travels to and from the Staten Island Ferry and Staten Island Railway at St. George Terminal, stopping at Snug Harbor's front gate. Additionally, the Sailors' Snug Harbor station was served by the Staten Island Railway's now-defunct North Shore Branch. Although the station closed in 1953, a retaining wall and stairways from the station still exist. In popular culture In an 1898 article in Ainslee's Magazine, "When The Sails Are Furled: Sailor's Snug Harbor," the soon-to-be-famous novelist Theodore Dreiser provided an amusing non-fiction account of the obstreperous and frequently intoxicated residents of Snug Harbor. The American maritime folk song collector William Main Doerflinger collected a number of songs from residents at Sailors’ Snug Harbor which were among those published in his 1951 compilation, "Shantymen and Shantyboys", reprinted in 1972 as "Songs of the Sailorman and Lumberman". In 2004, local performing arts company Sundog Theatre commissioned an original play by Damon DiMarco and Jeffrey Harper about the sailors' life at Snug Harbor. My Mariners was performed at the Harbor's Veteran's Memorial Hall. The 2009 illustrated novel Peter Pigeon of Snug Harbor, by Ed Weiss, is set almost entirely at Snug Harbor – from its days as an old sailors' home to its new incarnation as an arts center. Sailors' Snug Harbor was featured in Ghost Hunters, where TAPS was asked to investigate the paranormal claims there. In January 2013, an episode of Ghost Adventures was filmed at and focused on Sailors’ Snug Harbor and the spirits haunting the area. See also Greenwich Hospital, London, home for retired sailors References Notes Further reading Barnett Shepherd, Sailors' Snug Harbor: 1801–1976, Snug Harbor, 1979. Gerald J. Barry, The Sailors' Snug Harbor, A History, 1801–2001, Fordham Press, 2000. Frances Morrone, A Home for Ancient Mariners , June 28, 2007, New York Sun External links The Trustees of the Sailors' Snug Harbor in the City of New York Snug Harbor Cultural Center Noble Maritime Collection Staten Island Children's Museum Staten Island Museum Sailors' Snug Harbor Archives at SUNY Maritime College Art Lab Photos of Snug Harbor Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York, Sailors' Snug Harbor Inmates Collection Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York, Sailors' Snug Harbor Archives Collection HABS 1833 establishments in New York (state) Art museums and galleries in New York City Botanical gardens in New York City Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New