Next time you take the Staten Island Ferry, we recommend you stick around and try some of the borough's best restaurants, all within walking distance of the ferry terminal.

So, we compiled a short list of restaurants to check out near the transportation hub of the North shore - for newcomers and residents alike - all within 10 minutes walking distance from the ferry.

The restaurant’s founder, Lakruwana Wijesinghe, who immigrated to the United States in 1975 from Kiribathgoda, a suburb near Colombo, Sri Lanka’s largest city, designed the chairs and shipped ...