Arbor Hill, Albany, New York
Arbor Hill is a neighborhood in Albany, New York, generally defined as the area from Clinton Avenue north to Tivoli Hollow and the Livingston Avenue Railroad Bridge and from Broadway west to Henry Johnson Boulevard. Both Clinton Avenue and Henry Johnson Boulevard are signed as U.S. Route 9. It was outside Albany's first boundaries as set up in the Dongan Charter of 1686. The original name of the area was Colonie (which is applied now to the current town to the north), and the area was incorporated under that name as a village in 1804; it was annexed by Albany in 1815. There are two sub-neighborhoods in Arbor Hill, Dudley Heights and the Ten Broeck Triangle. "Arbor Hill" was the name given to the Ten Broeck estate; the Ten Broeck Mansion is still an important cultural and historical museum. The neighborhood has other historical and cultural sights such as the Palace Theatre and St. Joseph's Church. Demographically it is predominantly African-American.
Sag Harbor, New York
After the Second World War the neighborhoods of Sag Harbor Hills, Ninevah and Azurest, Eastville and Chatfield's Hill were available to African-Americans. Mrs. Hunter J. Terry (born 1887, died 1968) was a summer visitor here where there was a coastal woodland acreage that she called Azurest. She urged the owners, the Gales, of Huntington, L.I. to develop the land as a peaceful resort. Lots were cheap, although loans were not available at that time. Thus lots and houses are small. The streets Terry Drive, Richards Drive and Meredith Avenue were named for members of her family. The roads Walker and Milton were named for African American whalers. Cuffee Drive was named for an early Native American family. The first homeowners and two generations have lived here near the beach by the time of Mrs. Terry's passing in the late 1960's. Later a few African-American celebrities and prominent New York businessmen made their summer homes there. The communities are friendly and neighborly. However, as of the 2010s, there is pressure from investors who, consolidating lots and planning to build larger houses than is customary, pose a threat to the character of the neighborhoods. In 2016, a collective group was formed to study these impacts on the neighborhoods of Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Subdivisions called known by the acronym SANS. They have begun a survey of the Historic Resources of this area with the hope of becoming listed as a historic district on the State and National Register of Historic Places.