Egbertville is the name of a neighborhood located immediately inland from, but classifiable within, the
East Shore of the
borough
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History
In the Middle A ...
of
Staten Island in
New York City
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. Originally named Stony Brook as the island's first
county seat
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, then renamed after a family that owned a farm there in the 18th century, Egbertville was known for a time as Morgan's Corner, from 1838. Soon after this, many
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
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families arrived in the area, leading to its being referred to (somewhat jokingly) by such names as Tipperary Corners, New Dublin, and Young Ireland.
Egbertville is at the center of the
Staten Island Greenbelt, with the park system's administrative offices being located there.
Richmond Creek flows through a ravine, named the Egbertville Ravine after the neighborhood, as it skims the eastern base of
Lighthouse Hill. The community's main thoroughfare is Rockland Avenue, which provides a shortcut between
New Dorp
New Dorp is a neighborhood on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York City, United States. New Dorp is bounded by Mill Road on the southeast, Tysens Lane on the southwest, Amboy and Richmond Roads on the northwest, and Bancroft Avenue on the n ...
on the East Shore and the busy
New Springville section of
Mid-Island.
The
Jacques Marchais Center of Tibetan Art and
Moore-McMillen House are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Egbertville is served by the local buses.
References
Neighborhoods in Staten Island
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