Emerson Hill is the name of a hill, and the neighborhood upon which the hill is situated, in Staten Island, New York, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. For other uses, see Staten Island (disambiguation) Staten Island, shown in an enhanced satellite image Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located on an island of the same name on the west side of the Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor. ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the worlds major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. ...

The hill is named for Judge William Emerson, brother of Ralph Waldo Emerson; the judge purchased a house on the hill in 1843. The judge's children were tutored by Henry David Thoreau, who lived for a time in nearby Concord. Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was a famous American essayist and one of Americas most influential thinkers and writers. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher who is famous for Walden (available at wikisource) on simple living amongst nature and Civil Disobedience (available at wikisource) on resistance to civil...

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 manned by security personnel, however, it does not officially qualify as a gated community. Entrance to a guard-gated community (Boca Bayou, Boca Raton, Florida) In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences, and controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles. ...

Today Emerson Hill is separated from its northern neighbor Grymes Hill by the Staten Island Expressway, but the two hills were contiguous prior to the building of the expressway in the early 1960s, when a huge section of earth was removed and placed in a remote area of the Staten Island Greenbelt; this relocated mound of earth was then named "Moses Mountain," after noted city planner Robert Moses, who had designed the expressway and laid out its route. The Staten Island Expressway is a 7. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The Staten Island Greenbelt is a system of contiguous public parkland and natural areas in the central hills of Staten Island, New York. ... Robert Moses. ...

The equally exclusive neighborhood of Todt Hill — where private roads also exist — borders Emerson Hill on the south. Todt Hill (elevation 410 ft) is a small mountain ridge on Staten Island, New York. ...