Lenny’s Creation

I visited this museum during the Memorial weekend and was pleasantly surprised that the place existed and how talented the artist was in the community. We had the pleasure of meeting the artist, Mr. Lenny who explained he grew up very poor in the West Indies and used to make his own toys out of different things he found around the house and in his community. He stated he started working as a car mechanic when he came to NYC and started making little objects out of scrap metal and then progressed to larger items. The art work was definitely more impressive after hearing his story and modest beginnings. Mr. Lenny was very humble and didn’t appear to be that motivated in being in the «limelight» to promote his work. He stated he really didn’t sell his art pieces but would occasionally make a piece for commission if he was in the mood to do the work. Mr. Lenny did have some small affordable souvenirs available for purchase including tee shirts, posters and mugs.
My favorite pieces were Michael Jackson, Obama and the ⁹⁄₁₁ memorial. We also saw one of Lenny’s pieces at the Snug Harbor Park. Mr. Lenny is truly an artist to be reckoned with and it was cool visiting his museum and him being there answering our questions and just opening up about his personal journey.
This was like my 3^rd time in Staten Island so I am not familiar with the area but we took the Ferry and then bus 40 to get to his museum. He also had a bathroom for visitors and it was clean. LOL. This is definitely a spot to check out and then you can walk to Staten Island’s gorgeous park, Snug Harbor which is what we did, it was about a 15 minute walk for yall non walkers or the bus was right on the corner.