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Freshkills Park (South)

This area is the southern part of Freshkills Park on Staten Island's west shore, a park being built on top of the former Fresh Kills Landfill, which took New York City's municipal waste from the late 1940s until it closed in 2001. It is parkland and wetland, not a residential neighborhood. The whole park covers about 2,200 acres, almost three times the size of Central Park, within an area bordered by Victory Boulevard, Signs Road, Travis Avenue and Arthur Kill Road. On the south side, Owl Hollow Fields near Arden Avenue and Arthur Kill Road has four synthetic-turf soccer fields, two of them lit. NYC Parks lists new South Park turf fields and a comfort station among its capital projects.

Freshkills Park (South) has 8 open HPD housing violations. Inspectors issued 5 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 17th most open violations of 17 neighborhoods in Staten Island.

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Open HPD violations
8
0 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
5
0 Class C · 17th in Staten Island
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C0 · 0%Class B0 · 0%Class A8 · 100%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months
By class
  • Class C · immediately hazardous0
  • Class B · hazardous0
  • Class A · non-hazardous0

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 16, 2026

Good to know

  • Freshkills Park covers about 2,200 acres, almost three times the size of Central Park
  • Fresh Kills Landfill closed in March 2001, then briefly reopened for World Trade Center recovery
  • Owl Hollow Fields (completed 2013) has four synthetic-turf soccer fields
  • The park plan includes restoring 360 acres of wetlands
  • North Park Phase 1, in the park's northern section, opened on October 15, 2023

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Check the buildingLook up any address for violations, complaints and owner.Read the violation classesWhat A, B and C mean and how fast owners must fix them.Work out your budgetThe 40× income rule most NYC landlords use.

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Re-checked 2026-10-12. 2,200 acres, boundary streets and South Park capital projects (synthetic turf fields, comfort station) from NYC Parks; 360 acres of wetlands from Freshkills Park Alliance. Landfill dates (1948-2001, closed March 22, 2001, reopened after Sept 11), Owl Hollow (four turf fields, two lit, completed 2013) and North Park Phase 1 (opened Oct 15, 2023) from Wikipedia. Earlier text implied North Park, Schmul Park and the New Springville Greenway are in this southern section; they are in the north or along Richmond Avenue, so that was rewritten. Removed unverified claim that the interior opens only for scheduled programs.

Sources

  1. Freshkills Park · NYC Parks (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Freshkills Park Alliance · Freshkills Park Alliance (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Freshkills Park · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)

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“Open” counts every HPD violation not yet recorded as corrected, including old ones owners never certified, so totals can exceed the number of apartments. Statistics: NYC Open Data (HPD violations, 311 service requests, DCP PLUTO) and rent-stabilized counts from DOF tax bills (via JustFix), updated Oct 16, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.