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Meiers Corners is a neighborhood on
Staten Island
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, one of the five boroughs of
New York City, United States.
Location
Meiers Corners is sometimes confused with the adjacent neighborhood of
Westerleigh
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; however, Westerleigh is generally understood to mean the area immediately west of
Castleton Corners
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Castleton Corners (or Four Corners) is an upscale neighborhood of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City. It is in a region of the island often referred to as the North Shore, Staten Island.
Description ...
that is also north of
Victory Boulevard, while Meiers Corners is south of that line. The name "Meiers Corners" is also applied to the commercial district where Watchogue Road, Jewett Avenue, Victory Boulevard and Bradley Avenue all meet, and where three city bus routes terminated until the early 1980s.
History
The area is named for a prominent 18th-Century
Dutch resident named Joachim Meier, who lived at the Martling-Cozine House — one of the oldest private homes still standing on Staten Island until it was demolished in 1981. The house stood near the corner of Watchogue Road and Bradley Avenue.
South of Victory Boulevard, the altitude gradually increases, and the south end of the neighborhood is situated on a high plateau (sometimes referred to as
Manor Heights) where can be found
Susan E. Wagner High School
Susan E. Wagner High School is a New York City public school located at 1200 Manor Road in Staten Island, New York. The school is owned and run by the New York City Department of Education. It opened in September 1968, and was named in honor of ...
. Opened in 1968, the school was named for the late wife of former mayor
Robert F. Wagner Jr., and was built to meet the increased demand for classroom space caused by the borough's population surge that accompanied the opening of the
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in 1964.
Demographics
The area along Bradley Avenue has the highest percentage of Asians on Staten Island, at roughly 24% of the population.
Transportation
Meiers Corners is served by the local bus routes and the express bus routes.
References
Neighborhoods in Staten Island
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