Neighborhood · Staten Island
Todt Hill, Emerson Hill, Lighthouse Hill & Manor Heights
This area covers the wooded hills of central Staten Island. Todt Hill rises 401 feet, the highest point on the Atlantic coastal plain from Florida to Cape Cod; its summit is near Todt Hill Road and Merrick Avenue. Much of the ridge is protected as part of the Staten Island Greenbelt, which has more than 2,800 acres and 35 miles of trails. Elsewhere the hills are residential, and architect Ernest Flagg's house and several of his early 20th-century estate cottages are city landmarks. The Staten Island Lighthouse is a landmark on Edinboro Road, and most of Historic Richmond Town's landmark buildings are also in this area. NYCHA's Todt Hill Houses (502 apartments) is on Manor Road. Buses S74, S76, S84, S86 and SIM15 run along Richmond Road.
Todt Hill, Emerson Hill, Lighthouse Hill & Manor Heights has 1,520 open HPD housing violations, 156 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 376 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 12th most open violations of 17 neighborhoods in Staten Island.
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Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026
- Class C · immediately hazardous71
- Class B · hazardous131
- Class A · non-hazardous91
Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026
Good to know
- Todt Hill is 401 feet high, the highest point on the Atlantic coastal plain from Florida to Cape Cod
- Staten Island Greenbelt: 2,800+ acres and 35+ miles of trails
- Ernest Flagg House (209 Flagg Place) and several Flagg estate cottages are city landmarks
- Staten Island Lighthouse, Edinboro Road, has been a city landmark since 1968
- Buses along Richmond Road: S74, S76, S84, S86 and SIM15
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Re-checked 2026-10-12. Elevation, summit location and bus routes from Wikipedia Todt Hill; Greenbelt 2,800+ acres and 35+ miles of trails from sigreenbelt.org. 'Many houses designed by Flagg' now tied to LPC records: Ernest Flagg House (6/28/1983) and estate cottages (2/10/1987) are in this NTA, as are the Staten Island Lighthouse (1/17/1968) and most Historic Richmond Town landmark buildings (8/26/1969) per the LPC Individual Landmark Sites dataset. NYCHA Todt Hill Houses (502 apartments, Manor Rd, completed 1950) from NYCHA Development Data Book; its lot falls in this NTA. No SIR station in this NTA.
Sources
- Staten Island Greenbelt Conservancy · Staten Island Greenbelt Conservancy (accessed October 12, 2026)
- Todt Hill, Staten Island · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
- Richmond Town, Staten Island · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
- Individual Landmark Sites (NYC Open Data) · NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (accessed October 12, 2026)
- NYCHA Development Data Book (NYC Open Data) · New York City Housing Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)
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“Open” counts every HPD violation not yet recorded as corrected, including old ones owners never certified, so totals can exceed the number of apartments. Statistics: NYC Open Data (HPD violations, 311 service requests, DCP PLUTO) and rent-stabilized counts from DOF tax bills (via JustFix), updated Oct 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.