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312 FILLMORE STREET, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10301 PHONE: 718-447-2204

Sunday Services resumed on September 8th, with a virtual option via Zoom. Find news about us on the Events and Services page, on Instagram and Facebook, and the Friday newsletter to Members and Friends.

Our historic Arts & Crafts building, located one block from Snug Harbor Cultural Center.

Many Staten Islanders know about Robert Gould Shaw and are familiar with names like Curtis High School, the Goodhue Center, Jewett Avenue but do they know that these famous names date back to the families who founded our church, the Unitarian Church of Staten Island?

Many of the founders had roots in New England where they were active in abolitionist groups. George William Curtis and George Francis Shaw, both from New England, ended up on Staten Island, where they became prominent members of the fledgling Unitarian Church of the Redeemer, founded as the result of the merger of two independent liberal churches in West Brighton and Stapleton.

Both George Francis Shaw and George William Curtis were Transcendentalists. They were influenced by the Boston Unitarian ministers, William Ellery Channing and Theodore Parker. Channing and Parker were considered radical by contemporary New England Unitarians, yet the Transcendentalist values they embraced remain surprisingly modern: dedication to racial and gender equality, and social justice. Two famous quotes by prominent Americans that are derived from sermons by Parker: Martin Luther King: "The arc of the moral universe..." and Abraham Lincoln: "...government of the people, by the people, for the people..," espouse the deep beliefs of Transcendentalism. Its influence on the Church of the Redeemer, today known as the Unitarian Church of Staten Island, stretches in an unbroken line from the abolition of slavery to the Black Lives Banner that hangs on the exterior wall of our Parish Hall.

Anti-war activist and Muslim Ghanim Khalil, in dialog with Rabbi Michael Howald.

Church Interior: The Rose Window in our Sanctuary

Carol Bullock, Executive Director of the Pride Center of Staten Island

We are handicapped accessible.

THE CHURCH IS LOCATED 1 BLOCK FROM SNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER, ON THE NORTH SHORE OF STATEN ISLAND. A 15 MINUTE BUS/TAXI RIDE FROM THE SI FERRY TERMINAL IN ST. GEORGE.

DIRECTIONS:
BY TAXI: Drive to 312 FILLMORE ST, corner of CLINTON AVE—a 10 minute drive from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.

BY BUS: From the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, take the S40 BUS towards GOETHALS RD via RICHMOND TERRACE. Get off at corner of CLINTON AVE and RICHMOND TERRACE. Walk one block to 312 FILLMORE ST.

BY CAR: From the VERRAZANO BRIDGE, OUTERBRIDGE or GOETHALS BRIDGE, take the CLOVE ROAD EXIT on RT278. Turn onto Clove Road going toward and crossing VICTORY BLVD. Continue on CLOVE ROAD until you can make a RIGHT on BARD AVE and continue to RICHMOND TERRACE. Turn RIGHT on Richmond Terrace and proceed 4 BLOCKS to CLINTON AVE. TURN RIGHT onto CLINTON AVE and proceed 1 block to FILLMORE ST.

From the BAYONNE BRIDGE, take the first exit (EXIT 13) onto MORNINGSTAR RD. Turn right onto MORNINGSTAR and continue until the road ends at RICHMOND TERRACE. Turn right, going under the overpass, and continue on RICHMOND TERRACE for about 10 minutes, until you reach CLINTON AVE. Turn RIGHT onto CLINTON AVE. Go 1 block to FILLMORE ST. There is ample (and free) street parking.

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