Ward Hill is a hill and eponymous neighborhood located in the northeastern part of Staten Island, New York City. Ward Hill is the northernmost of a chain of hills that stretch approximately halfway across Staten Island, which at one point rises to 410 feet, the highest elevation found that close to the seabord south of Maine in the eastern United …Ward Hill is a hill and eponymous neighborhood located in the northeastern part of Staten Island, New York City. Ward Hill is the northernmost of a chain of hills that stretch approximately halfway across Staten Island, which at one point rises to 410 feet, the highest elevation found that close to the seabord south of Maine in the eastern United States.