Editing Sag Harbor, New York (section)

===African-American history===
The [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|United States Coast Survey]] map from the mid-1830s shows the square symbols for houses in the Eastville area.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Long Island maps and their makers: five centuries of cartographic history.|last=Allen|first=David Yehling|publisher=Amereon House|year=1997|isbn=9780848818043}}</ref> By 1840, the [[St David African Methodist Episcopal Zion Cemetery|St. David A.M.E. Zion]] congregation built a church on Eastville Avenue.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sag Harbor: the Story of an American Beauty.|last=Zaykowski|first=Dorothy|publisher=Sag Harbor Historical Society|year=1991|isbn=978-0848808990|location=Sag Harbor, NY|pages=182–183}}</ref>

Poet and educator [[Olivia Ward Bush-Banks]] (1869–1944) was born in Sag Harbour on February 27, 1869, to parents of African and Montauk descent. Noted Author [[Colson Whitehead]] wrote the book ''[[Sag Harbor (novel)|Sag Harbor]]'' about his childhood in the area.

After the Second World War, African Americans started to settle in what became the neighborhoods of Sag Harbor Hills, Ninevah, [[Amaza Lee Meredith|Azurest]], Eastville and Chatfield's Hill. Mrs. Hunter J. Terry (1887 - 1968) had been a regular summer visitor here, at a coastal woodland acreage she called Azurest. She urged the owners, the Gales of Huntington, L.I., to develop the land as a peaceful resort for African Americans.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mrs. Hunter J.Terry Obituary|date=November 21, 1968|work=Sag Harbor Express}}</ref> Lots were cheap at the time, although loans were not available. 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 [[Paul Cuffee]], a prominent African-American whaler. The first homeowners and two more generations had lived here near the beach by the time Mrs. Terry died in the late 1960s.[https://www.eastvillehistorical.org/] Later a few African-American celebrities and prominent New York businessmen made their summer homes there.

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.<ref name="NYT82516">{{cite news|author1=John Leland|title=Investors Move Next Door, Unsettling a Black Beachside Enclave|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/nyregion/new-neighbors-unsettle-black-enclave-sag-harbor-hills.html|access-date=August 26, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=August 25, 2016|quote=As house prices in the Hamptons soar, Sag Harbor Hills and its neighbors are now luring investors looking for bargains.|author1-link=John Leland (journalist)}}</ref> In 2016, a collective group was formed to study these impacts on the Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Subdivisions, known by the acronym SANS. They have begun a survey of the historic resources of this area, believing they may gain listing as a historic district on the State and [[National Register of Historic Places]], through which they could establish protection for the district. On July 10, 2019
(NP ref#100004217) was listed as the [[Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Beach Subdivisions Historic District]].