Grasmere is the name of a neighborhood located on the East Shore of Staten Island, New York. The term East Shore is frequently applied to a series of neighborhoods along Raritan Bay and within New York City's borough of Staten Island. Staten Island (ˌstætənˈaɪlənd is a borough of New York City situated primarily on the island of the same name The island makes up one of the five boroughs of New York City, the USA's largest city. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Sir Roderick W. Cameron, a founding member of the American Jockey Club, was instrumental in developing the area. He named his summer estate in Staten Island after Grasmere in England's Lake District, his birthplace. Grasmere is a village in central Cumbria, England. It is also the name of the adjacent Lake. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a rural area in North West England. The fact that there are many small lakes and ponds in the vicinity — most notably Brady's Pond — may have reminded him of his home village. The other pond bears his surname, Cameron. Roderick Ave. , another neighborhood street, is also a reminder of this Englishman. His stone manor was built on what is currently Radcliff Rd. He also built three similar, but smaller stone houses (gingerbread-looking) across from his main house (a mote of sorts was built surrounding the back of the house, which has since been remodeled). The gate house to his former estate existed until the mid-1980s on the southeast corner of Steuben St. and W. Fingerboard Rd. , where the X13 express bus stop currently picks up commuters to Manhattan. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Today three "luxury" townhouses stand on the old gatehouse's property. Sir Cameron's shipping company connected Australia to New York Harbor via a three-masted iron barque sailship he purchased in Glasgow, Scotland in 1887. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
The neighborhood has always been one of the most prestigious communities on Staten Island, with the zone around Brady's Pond being particularly affluent. Legend in the neighborhood is that at the bottom of Brady's Pond lays a covered wagon used as a prop in a silent film in the early 20th Century. The name of the film is unknown.
Transportation
The Staten Island Railway stops in the neighborhood, and the distance between the Grasmere train station and that of Clifton to the north is the longest between any two stations on the line. The Staten Island Railway (aka SIR and formerly known as SIRT is a Rapid transit line operating in the Borough of Staten Island, New York City Clifton (Park Hill is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States. Grasmere is also the location of the executive offices of the Staten Island Advance, the island's daily newspaper. The Staten Island Advance is a daily newspaper published in the borough of Staten Island in New York City. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint.
The S78 (to St. George or Tottenville) and S79 (to Brooklyn via the Verrazano Narrows Bridge) make stops along Hylan Boulevard. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is a double-decked Suspension bridge that connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New The S53 (to Port Richmond or to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn) runs along Clove Road.
Trivia; Famous Residents
The film Easy Money with Rodney Dangerfield opens with the exterior of a house on Hylan Blvd. Easy Money is a 1983 comedy Film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Rodney Dangerfield ( November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004) born Jacob Cohen, was an American Comedian near the intersection of Hylan Blvd. , West Fingerboard Rd. and Sand Lane. The house is a few doors down from the S78/S79 southbound Bus Stop across the street from a mini-strip mall between Sand Lane and Linwood Ave.
In music, second drummer of Twisted Sister, A. J. Pero grew up on West Fingerboard Road. Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. Anthony Jude Pero (born October 14, 1959 in Staten Island New York) is the drummer of the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister
In television, One Day At A Time's Glenn Scarpelli grew up on Normalee Road. For the song of the same name see One Day at a Time (song One Day at a Time was a long-running American Situation Glenn Christopher Scarpelli (born July 6, 1966) is a former child actor and singer
The mafioso Aniello Dellacroce resided in Grasmere at the time of his death on December 2, 1985
Aniello John Dellacroce, also known as "Father O'Neil" "The Archangel of Darkness" "The Tall Guy" and "The Pollack" ( March 15