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Christ Church is located in New Brighton (in the northeast corner of Staten Island), one of the loveliest areas of the island. We are a few blocks east of Snug Harbor Cultural Center, an 83-acre National Historic Landmark.

Within the Cultural Center you'll find Sailor's Snug Harbor, the Staten Island Botanical Gardens (including the Chinese Scholar's Garden), the Staten Island Children's Museum, the John Noble Museum, and the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art.

The grounds of Snug Harbor offer baseball diamonds, an outdoor concert shell on the south meadow, a seasonal outdoor café, wooded paths, duck ponds, educational centers and more. A block to the west of Snug Harbor is the fabulous R. H. Tugs restaurant, where you can slake your thirst at the bar or have a full, delicious meal on the outside deck directly on the Arthur Kill, where tug boats and ships pass almost close enough to reach out and touch them.

If you walk east from Christ Church along the Terrace (towards the Ferry), you'll pass the home of the "Baby Bombers" Staten Island Yankees, the Class A affiliate of the New York Yankees. Borough Hall and the Staten Island Courts are on your right as you pass the Ferry terminal, where you can catch a ride to Manhattan (the trip takes about half an hour; you'll pass close enough to the Statue of Liberty to get some pretty decent pictures). Right next to the Ferry terminal is the National Lighthouse Museum, a not-for-profit educational foundation dedicated to celebrating this important component of our national maritime heritage. The museum is not yet open to the public, but it's a nice stroll.

From the STATEN ISLAND FERRY by Public Transportation:
Take the # 44 or # 40 Bus from the ferry terminal for a little more than a 1 mile around Richmond Terrace to the Franklin Ave. bus stop. There will eventually be a new Episcopal Church sign on the telephone pole on the corner (we lost the old one in a storm and haven't replaced it yet). There's a big CODY trucking warehouse on that corner. Walk up Franklin Ave. for 1 block and then rest on the corner of Franklin and Van Buren for a second. It's a steep hill, isn't it? It doesn't look that bad when you're on it, but from the Terrace, it almost looks like a wall. Anyway, while you're catching your breath you can look at all the gorgeous houses on Franklin Avenue. Many of them were built in the 1860's through the 1880's. Our neighbors take meticulous care of their homes. Continue up Franklin Avenue past Fillmore (the Church is quite obviously right in front of you on the corner of FIllmore and Franklin). Come into the parish house and rest. Have some coffee or tea. Use the restroom. Then join us in the Church.

Driving from the VERRAZANO BRIDGE:
Take the Verrazanno Bridge to Staten Island. Stay to the extreme right at the tolls and take the BAY ST. exit (this exit ramp curves around to the right and ends on a straightaway leading to Bay Street). The first traffic light you come to is Bay Street. Turn left onto Bay Street and follow Bay St. all the way around, past the Post Office, the Ferry Terminal, and Borough Hall (at the Ferry Terminal, Bay Street becomes Richmond Terrace). Continue along Richmond Terrace past the baseball stadium until you get to Franklin Avenue. Turn left on Franklin. There should be an Episcopal Church sign on the telephone pole, but there isn't, and the CODY trucking warehouse is on your left. Christ Church is two blocks up, on the southwest corner of Franklin and Fillmore. You know, we really ought to replace that Episcopal Church sign on the telephone pole. We recently had Bishop Roskam come out for a visit, and she very nearly became lost forever because that stupid sign is missing. I'd hate to be responsible for losing a Bishop.

Driving from the BAYONNE BRIDGE:
Stay to the right side of the toll plaza. Take the RICHMOND TERRACE exit from 440 South. On the exit ramp from the bridge, you'll come to a stop sign Stay to the right and turn right at the stop sign onto Morningstar Road north. Follow Morningstar to the second traffic light, which will be Richmond Terrace. Turn right on the Terrace and follow it around to Franklin Avenue. Richmond Terrace turns and twists like a worm on a hot sidewalk, so pay attention or you'll get lost, and the indigenous peoples of the island will take your car and your family and sell you as firewood. There should be an Episcopal Church sign on the telephone pole, but there isn't, and the CODY trucking warehouse is on your right, past Franklin. Turn right onto Franklin. Christ Church is two blocks up, on the southwest corner of Franklin and Fillmore.

Driving from the GOETHALS BRIDGE:
Take the Goethals Bridge to the Staten Island Expressway (278 East). Take the SI Expressway to the 440 North exit. Take 440 North to the Richmond Terrace exit. The Richmond Terrace exit curves to the right and the ramp ends on Trantor Place (there are no street signs in the immediate area). Turn left onto Trantor and follow it to the "T" intersection. This is Innis Street. Turn right on Innis and follow it to the light (a couple hundred feet). When the light changes green turn left onto Nicholas Avenue. If you turn left onto Nicholas while the light is red you may not make it to the church. Follow Nicholas all the way down to the "T" intersection, which is Richmond Terrace. Follow Richmond Terrace around until you come to Franklin Avenue. There should be an Episcopal Church sign on the telephone pole, but there isn't, and the CODY trucking warehouse is on your right, past Franklin. Turn right onto Franklin. Christ Church is two blocks up, on the southwest corner of Franklin and Fillmore. Maybe by now the sign has been replaced on the corner of Franklin and the Terrace...

Flying from the OUTER REACHES of the Universe:
Follow your specific coordinate system towards the outer spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, which is a sister to the Andromeda Galaxy, though you may have different local names for each. You'll find us in one of the outer edges of the spiral arms. I can't say exactly which arm, as it depends on when you are planning your trip and from which direction you are making your approach (see map, below).

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Locate the solar system with eight planets and one or more ex-planets (chances are good that we're the only one available). Our star, which we call "the sun" or sometimes "Sol," is a normal main-sequence G2 star and therefore may be hard to distinguish from the others. Again, there are eight planets circling it and several ex-planets (sorry, Pluto) and a belt of asteroids between the third and fourth planets that may have been a planet at one time but is now simply a storage area for what we colloquially call "fiery death objects in the sky." We are the third planet out from the star. We call ourselves "Earth" although to the rest of the universe we may have some different name that we are not privy to (such as "The Idiot Planet" or 'The Planet Where Everyone Hates Each Other and Can't Seem to Live Together in Peace" or something along those lines). We have rather a thick atmosphere consisting mostly of nitrogen gas and oxygen, which as you know in it's pure state is actually quite corrosive. Anyway, make your initial approach to our atmosphere as best suits your particular craft; too steep and you become one of those "fiery death objects in our sky," too shallow and you'll bounce off into space and have to start over again. We have found that in our own (admittedly primitive) space vehicles, that an entry angle of about 6.5 degrees is usually safe.

As you enter our atmosphere the first thing you'll notice is that the surface of our planet is mostly blue. This is due to large amounts of dihydrogen monoxide molecules settling in the lowest points. Only the high points of our planet poke through the dihydrogen monoxide, although once you become familiar with our planet you may not agree that these are the "high points" of the planet (that's a local joke that only we earthlings are likely to appreciate). Christ Church is located on one of the land masses known as North America, in the upper right corner, near an island that looks like a rotting fish, on an island that smells like a rotting fish (parts of it at least) known as Staten Island. (A "fish" is an earth creature that keeps itself confined mostly to the dihydrogen monoxide layer. When it leaves that layer it usually ceases to live and therefore begins to rot and give off a foul odor. If it doesn't die, it usually means that it has evolved into a higher life form, such as a lizard or a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman, although as Christians I'm not sure if we're supposed to believe in that or not. For a complete discussion on the beliefs and rubrics of being an Anglican Catholic, please contact Fr. Howell, above). Once you have located the land mass known as Staten Island, you can follow one of the direction sets above.