A community portal about Staten Island with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Situated on an island of the same name that is the most geographically...
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A community portal about Staten Island with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Situated on an island of the same name that is the most geographically separate of the city's boroughs, Staten Island is the least populated of the five boroughs.
Staten Island Home sales soar to 2 year high. With 290 home sales last month on Staten Island, November 2009 records the highest sales total in nearly 2 years. The sales volume jump is 50% higher than in November 2008, when there were just 196 home sales. Median home price drops to 360,000 for the month, but falls within yearly average range. Read Full Story
Economy’s devastating impact on a Staten Island institution has the approximately 150 acre Boy Scout camp pondering its sale. The stage is being set for historic fight over its survival.
For many long time Staten Islanders, Pouch Camp a unique part Staten Island’s idyllic past. Seeing the camp sold off would have many hearts hanging heavy and create strife among residents, civic organizations, and preservation groups whom will demand local politicians and the city to keep this camp... Read Full Story
The street says Main, but nothing about this section Main Street is. As a matter of fact, this tree lined section of Main Street in Tottenville is just about as suburban a street as you’ll find on Staten Island. Consequently, our latest listing, a 3000+ square foot, two family Center Hall Colonial located at 487 Main St. in Tottenville, Staten Island surely fits the bill for upscale suburban living. So, what will you find as you arrive at the home? Well, as you walk through the homes front... Read Full Story
323 Colony Avenue, announced a price reduction to 389,000. The home has almost no competition at this price.
323 Colony Ave, in Staten Island’s Mid-Island Section is practically new construction only built in 2005. The best part about this home is, unlike new construction you don’t have to worry about additional closing costs, saving you thousands. Not to forget mentioning, when you add on the 4 additional years tax of abatement the savings go even further. With a price of just $389,000... Read Full Story
For those unfamiliar with Sunnyside, Staten Island it sits in the valley at the foot of Grymes Hill on Staten Island’s North Shore . In this sales report, A home selling for $495,000 on 412 Little Clove Road had the captured the crown for the highest priced sale over the summer. Two midrise Condos which sit on the corner of Clove Rd. and Howard Ave. also sold June through August of this year. Now there is some who will dispute whether or not the Condos on Howard Ave, are in Sunnyside as... Read Full Story
As I take a look at what these last 2 years have brought, and writing this blog taught me more about my own ingenuity than I could have ever been consciously aware of. I have heard everything from “you have a little too much time on your hands” to “how do you keep up doing that?” My answer is, its now part of my identity. In a very practical definition of what I mean , its like where those old neighborhood nicknames derived from. For instance, Joey “bag of donuts” got his nickname because... Read Full Story
When the New York City Department of Finance puts out these reports it doesn’t give Ft. Wadsworth town classification. I’m not sure why, but for the purposes of this report, I’m not about to go diving through the record books, at least not yet. For the record there maybe a couple of Grasmere properties thrown in there as well like one sale on Hillbrook Ave., which is located in the Hills of Grasmere Development, but was recorded by the city as a Rosebank property . Anyhow, if you live in... Read Full Story
July and August of this year was quite busy months in real estate and great kills was not the exception to the rule. Quite a number of sales took place in Great Kills in both July and August, more than doubling last year’s July and August sales totals. As you can see below a majority of the sold Great Kills homes fell between $450,000 and 550,000 , which is about average for this neighborhood.Butlike many communities around Staten Island, great kills also features some high end homes... Read Full Story
One of Staten Island’s luxury home communities rests in Dongan Hills Colony . The difference in this community is that luxury residences are exclusive to the area, although many sub-divisions within Dongan Hills Colony are. What does that mean for home buyers? Well, modestly priced older homes are part of the housing mix here, so finding an older home at reasonable price is very possible. The best part is these homes can have some considerable upside potential due to the overall... Read Full Story
If you took a straw poll outside of Staten Island, few if any would recognize these two communities as places to be considered luxury home communities. Not to mention, it’s probably not likely most folks here on Staten Island would consider either neighborhood luxury home communities . Well, I’m here to tell you each community offers up some of Staten Islands best luxury homes. However, when in comparison to areas like Todt Hill and Southeast Annadale, each neighborhood may not be all... Read Full Story
