Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto
Located in Clifton Staten Island, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto is a national historic district located at 36 Amity Street in Rosebank, Staten Island, New York. It is a historic Roman Catholic grotto designed and constructed by the local Italian American community. Work on the distinctive concrete and stone folk art structure was begun in 1937 and continues to the present. The property includes the grotto, a frame meeting hall dated to about 1920, and contributing landscape features and ancillary structures and objects.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto
Clifton
Clifton is an older neighborhood on Staten Island’s North Shore. It’s situated along Upper New York Bay, bordered by Stapleton to the north, Rosebank to the south, Concord to the southwest, and Van Duzer Street to the west. Known for its history and scenic views, Clifton was once home to parts of the Vanderbilt estate and the original headquarters of the National Institutes of Health. Residents enjoy its quiet, residential feel and picturesque vistas of the bay, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and Manhattan skyline.