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Huguenot Church, early 20th century. Huguenot is a neighborhood on the South Shore of Staten Island, New York City.Originally named "Bloomingview", it was later named for the Huguenots, led by Daniel Perrin, who settled in the area during the late 17th and early 18th centuries to escape religious persecution.
The station opened on June 2, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Annadale to Tottenville. [1] The station's original name was Bloomingview, [1] named after the former town of Bloomingview, which is present day Huguenot. [2]
Daniel Perrin (1642–1719) was one of the first permanent European inhabitants of Staten Island, New York. Known as "The Huguenot", he arrived in New York Harbor from the Isle of Jersey on July 29, 1665, aboard the ship Philip, under the command of Philip Carteret. He lived in Elizabethtown, part of the Elizabethtown Tract (now Elizabeth, New ...
A small group of Huguenots also settled on the south shore of Staten Island along the New York Harbor, for which the current neighbourhood of Huguenot was named. Huguenot refugees also settled in the Delaware River Valley of Eastern Pennsylvania and Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1725. Frenchtown in New Jersey bears the mark of early settlers ...
The house was originally built by Pierre Billiou, a Huguenot who arrived at New Amsterdam fleeing religious persecution in Europe in 1661. He founded Oude Dorp in the same year, and subsequently received a land grant on Staten Island, erecting the original stone section of the house around 1662. [3]
Across Washington Heights, locals bemoaned that their already-scarce curbside parking spaces have further vanished in recent days, with many now burning hours trying to track down a precious spot.
Huguenot, New York may refer to: Huguenot, Orange County, New York , a hamlet in the town of Deerpark Huguenot, Staten Island , a neighborhood in Staten Island
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