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[[Image:HomesalongStatenIslandExpwybyYR411.JPG|right|thumb|Homes in Emerson Hill along the Staten Island Expressway|alt=A view from the center of a freeway, looking across to homes on a wooded hill]] |
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'''Emerson Hill''' is the name of a hilly area, and the neighborhood upon which the hill is situated, in [[Staten Island, New York]], one of the five boroughs of [[New York City]], |
'''Emerson Hill''' is the name of a hilly area, and the neighborhood upon which the hill is situated, in [[Staten Island, New York]], one of the five boroughs of [[New York City]], United States. |
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A highly affluent community, the roads on Emerson Hill are technically private, and several gates are found at approaches to the enclave. Since the gates are seldom closed and are not staffed by security personnel, it does not qualify as a [[gated community]]. Emerson Hill is separated from its northern neighbor [[Grymes Hill, Staten Island|Grymes Hill]] by the [[Staten Island Expressway]]. The equally exclusive neighborhood of [[Todt Hill]] — where private roads also exist — borders Emerson Hill on the south. |
A highly affluent community, the roads on Emerson Hill are technically private, and several gates are found at approaches to the enclave. Since the gates are seldom closed and are not staffed by security personnel, it does not qualify as a [[gated community]]. Emerson Hill is separated from its northern neighbor [[Grymes Hill, Staten Island|Grymes Hill]] by the [[Staten Island Expressway]]. The equally exclusive neighborhood of [[Todt Hill]] — where private roads also exist — borders Emerson Hill on the south. |
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Revision as of 02:15, 12 August 2016
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Emerson Hill is the name of a hilly area, and the neighborhood upon which the hill is situated, in Staten Island, New York, one of the five boroughs of New York City, United States.
A highly affluent community, the roads on Emerson Hill are technically private, and several gates are found at approaches to the enclave. Since the gates are seldom closed and are not staffed by security personnel, it does not qualify as a gated community. Emerson Hill is separated from its northern neighbor Grymes Hill by the Staten Island Expressway. The equally exclusive neighborhood of Todt Hill — where private roads also exist — borders Emerson Hill on the south.
The hill is named for Judge William Emerson — oldest brother of Ralph Waldo Emerson — who lived with his wife, Susan, and children William, Haven and Charles in a long, brown shingle house known as The Snuggery. Willie and Haven were tutored in 1843 by Henry David Thoreau, who lived with the Emersons from May through October. It was the only time in his adult life that Thoreau lived anywhere but Concord, Massachusetts.[1]
In 1971, two large mock Tudor homes at the end of Longfellow Avenue served as Casa Corleone for the filming of Francis Ford Coppola's classic movie The Godfather.
References
- ^ Canby, Henry Seidel: Thoreau, Houghton Mifflin (1939), pages 143-148
40°36′16″N 74°07′36″W / 40.60444°N 74.12667°W