Historic haunted places in Staten Island, NY. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
The oldest story at this waterfront cottage concerns a British soldier said to have taken his own life here over a lost love during the Revolutionary War, long before the Austen fa…
Stories about this historic Jewish cemetery are quiet ones: visitors and workers describe indistinct shadowy shapes in its wooded corners and a steady sense of being watched. Neigh…
Grounds and exterior open to the public; interior during services or by appointment.
Founded in 1712, this church was featured on Syfy's Ghost Hunters, and the claims most often repeated are footsteps in the empty building and an organ that plays by itself. An oral…
Historic house museum in Conference House Park; grounds free, guided tours offered.
This 1680 stone manor saw British occupation during the Revolutionary War, and former caretakers and visitors say soldiers from that era never fully left. The usual report is of tr…
Open to the public (free; part of Gateway National Recreation Area).
Visitors to this long-serving harbor fort describe a soldier in a dark uniform walking a fixed path through the lower fortifications, passing straight through walls and parked cars…
Part of Historic Richmond Town museum village (admission; seasonal ghost tours and paranormal events ticketed separately).
Of all the old buildings at Historic Richmond Town, this house carries the richest ghost tradition: figures in period dress, voices and footsteps with no source, and sounds like a …
Grounds open to the public (free); Vanderbilt family section closed to visitors.
Most of the stories here gather around the Vanderbilt mausoleum, closed to outsiders since a young woman was crushed by its heavy iron gate in 1967. Witnesses describe a glow by th…
The inn's ghost is Martha Mesereau, who is said to have kept watch at her window for a husband who went off to the Civil War and never returned, dying soon after the news reached h…
Open to the public (grounds mostly free; some museums and gardens ticketed).
For nearly 150 years this campus was a retirement home for old sailors, and thousands of them died here, many buried in its own cemetery. Visitors describe brief glimpses of men in…
Performance venue on the Snug Harbor campus; open for events and seasonal ghost tours.
Campus rangers call the 1892 Music Hall the busiest spot at Snug Harbor, reporting water bottles thrown inside the locked hall and shadow figures in the performance space. A former…
Exterior viewing (historic building in Historic Richmond Town; former restaurant closed since 2008).
While this 1855 parsonage ran as a restaurant, drivers on Arthur Kill Road reported a woman in a bonnet and old-fashioned clothes standing at an upper window late at night beside a…
The local legend says two teenagers killed in a car crash near the park still walk its paths around 2 a.m., calling out for their parents. No names, accident or newspaper report ha…