Monthly Archives: March 2016

March 28, 2016

This is the ‘prettiest’ block in Westerleigh, readers say

By Virginia N. Sherry | sherry@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The SILive audience has spoken, naming College Avenue the prettiest block in Westerleigh. Nominations were requested in a story posted June 19, and readers responded enthusiastically. “I have lived in Westerleigh for 41 years,” wrote Jeff Christensen in an email. “When you come up College Avenue toward […]

March 17, 2016

8 things to know about historic Westerleigh on Staten Island’s North Shore

By Virginia N. Sherry | sherry@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Before Westerleigh was developed as a neighborhood of one-family homes in the late 1880s, its bucolic landscape featured farmland and surrounding woods. One well-known, 11-acre farm was located on land bounded by what is now Jewett Avenue, Westcott Boulevard, Constant Avenue, and Margaretta Court. The […]