Amboli was primarily inhabited by Christians, East Indians and tribal people called Waarlis.

Amboli was laden with green fields and numerous mango and coconut trees.

The name Amboli also stemmed from the fact that there was a massive mango orchard in the neighbourhood.

During the late 1980s and early '90s the area was also notorious for gang rivalries, especially the Amboli village.

A Bollywood film studio "Filmalaya" (owned by Mukherjee-Samarth family) is located on Caesar Road in Amboli.