Spooky Misery Hill (Oyster Bay, Babylon, Huntington: house, school, live)

[tannin li x]

has anyone ever heard of Misery Hill... friends were planning to go there late at night for some frights.. what is it , is it scary ,where is it ???

thanksss if you can help

[ClarkStreetKid]

You may be thinking about Mount Misery and here's some info on one of my favorites places on the Island.

Mt. Misery / Sweet Hollow Rd.

[Walter Greenspan]

Might Mt. Misery be in Melville?


For those who may not be familiar with Melville:

First called Sunsquams by the Indians, and in the 17th century was named Samuel Ketcham's Valley, after one of the early settlers, and, still later, the area became known as Sweet Hollow, Melville is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the southwest part of the Town of Huntington, in the west part of Suffolk County, along the Huntington/Babylon town line and the Huntington/Oyster Bay town line, and the Suffolk/Nassau county line.

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of Melville in the Town of Huntington is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of West Hills and the Hamlet of South Huntington; on the east by the Hamlet of Dix Hills; on the south by the Hamlet of Wheatley Heights, the Hamlet of Wyandanch and the Hamlet of East Farmingdale in the Town of Babylon (the Huntington/Babylon town line); and, on the west by the Hamlet of Old Bethpage and the Hamlet of Plainview in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County (the Huntington/Oyster Bay town line and the Suffolk/Nassau county line).





The Hamlet of Melville has a different border than does the "Melville, NY 11747" ZIP Code postal zone (i.e., a place can have a "Melville, NY 11747" mailing address and not be in the Hamlet of Melville and a place can have other than a "Melville, NY 11747" mailing address and be in the Hamlet of Melville): places that have a "Melville, NY 11747" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Melville are in the Hamlet of West Hills, the Hamlet of South Huntington, the Hamlet of Wheatley Heights and the Hamlet of Wyandanch; and, at the same time, there are places in the Hamlet of Melville with a "Wyandanch, NY 11798" mailing address.


For a good set of town-by-town maps showing all the villages and hamlets in each of LI's 13 towns (3 in Nassau County and 10 in Suffolk County): http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html

[Walter Greenspan]

Or, might Mt. Misery be in West Hills?


For those who may not be familiar with West Hills:

West Hills is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the southwest part of the Town of Huntington, in the northwest part of Suffolk County, along the Huntington/Oyster Bay town line and Nassau/Suffolk county line.

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of West Hills in the Town of Huntington is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Cold Spring Harbor and the Hamlet of Huntington Station; on the east by the Hamlet of Huntington Station and Hamlet of South Huntington; on the south by the Hamlet of Melville; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Woodbury in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County (the Huntington/Oyster Bay town line and the Suffolk/Nassau county line).





West Hills is one of those many villages and hamlets on Long Island where none of the places in the community have the hamlet name in their mailing address: places in the Hamlet of West Hills have a "Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724", "Huntington, NY 11743", "Huntington Station, NY 11746" and "Melville, NY 11747" mailing address.


For a good set of town-by-town maps showing all the villages and hamlets in each of LI's 13 towns (3 in Nassau County and 10 in Suffolk County): http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html

[sean sean sean sean]

It's in West Hills. IMHO it's only as spooky as you want it to be....I love driving through there too, though.

[BreatheRhetoric]

Its really not much unless you engulf yourself with all the stories associated with the area. Then your mind just plays tricks on you.

[kaiyaque]

I grew up mostly in Oyster Bay and Manhasset, though I have lived in MA for 38 years, now. I remember the tales of Mount Misery very well, although I never went there. I heard about it from the guys in my first rock band. They were mostly from Bethpage and Levittown. It was a make-out destination back in the 1960s. I first heard the stories of the hook on the door handle and the skinned body of the boyfriend hanging over the car as having occurred there. I have since found that both stories are old and widespread, but it sure kept me form going there to make out!

[nancy thereader]

That same story was told when I was going to school in Northern Wisconsin. Only it was supposed to have happened there in Superior on an icy January night.

[ClarkStreetKid]

I miss driving and walking around up there. I need a road trip.

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by ClarkStreetKid

You may be thinking about Mount Misery and here's some info on one of my favorites places on the Island.

Mt. Misery / Sweet Hollow Rd.

When I was a kid I was friends with some kids who lived on Mt. Misery Road. Their parents named their house "Mount Joy."