Westerleigh, Staten Island
Westerleigh is a residential neighborhood in the northwestern part of Staten Island in New York City. Geography Westerleigh is located in the northwest quadrant of the borough and is bounded in the east by Castleton Corners, the west by Willowbrook/Graniteville, the southeast by Meiers Corners, the south by Manor Heights/the Staten Island Expressway, and bounded immediately to the North by Port Richmond. Westerleigh occupies high ground on Staten Island. While not as high as Todt Hill (the city's tallest point), from certain vantage points Westerleigh affords views of Newark, New Jersey, and farther afield on a clear day. The neighborhood has an abundance of coniferous and deciduous trees; including acacia, blue spruce, cedar, chestnut, elm, honey locust, paulownia, pin and royal oak, sweet gum, sycamore, tulip poplar, yew and many types of pine, some of which reach 75 feet (23 m) or more in height. On the neighborhood's southern side near the Staten Island Expressway is Ingram Woods, a remnant of a larger forest that has been preserved as an undeveloped park. History Westerleigh attracted notice when a temperance group, the National Prohibition Campground Association, bought 25 acres (10 ha) of land there in 1877, and named the property Prohibition