Neighborhood · Staten Island

New Dorp & Midland Beach

New Dorp and Midland Beach sit on Staten Island's East Shore, with Midland Beach facing Lower New York Bay. New Dorp grew quickly from the 1960s and mixes houses with apartment complexes, while Midland Beach began as a resort and its former summer bungalows are now lived in year-round. The Staten Island Railway stops at Grant City, New Dorp and Jefferson Avenue, and New Dorp Lane is the main shopping street. Miller Field, a former Army airfield next door, is now part of Gateway National Recreation Area. The FDR Boardwalk and Midland Beach line the shore, and the 835-foot Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier opened in 2003. The coast was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy's storm surge in 2012.

New Dorp & Midland Beach has 2,107 open HPD housing violations, 207 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 435 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 9th most open violations of 17 neighborhoods in Staten Island.

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Open HPD violations

2,107

207 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

435

54 Class C · 12th in Staten Island

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C207 · 10%Class B1,179 · 56%Class A721 · 34%Class A here includes a small number of Class I orders.

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

New violations in the last 12 months

By class

Class C · immediately hazardous54Class C · immediately hazardous: 54
Class B · hazardous150Class B · hazardous: 150
Class A · non-hazardous86Class A · non-hazardous: 86

Source: NYC HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations · data as of Oct 15, 2026

Good to know

Staten Island Railway stations: Grant City, New Dorp and Jefferson Av
Miller Field, a former Army airfield, is part of Gateway National Recreation Area
Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier (2003) is 835 feet long
Lane Theater interior, 168 New Dorp Lane, was designated an interior landmark on November 1, 1988

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Re-checked 2026-10-12. Grant City and Jefferson Av stations also fall in this NTA (MTA coordinates vs NTA polygons) and were added. Lane Theater: LPC LP-1696 confirms interior designation Nov 1, 1988 at 168 New Dorp Lane (inside this NTA). Miller Field: NPS confirms Air Coast Defense Station (1921) and Gateway NRA since 1972; Army use per Wikipedia; it is a separate NTA, so described as next door. Bungalows now used year-round, pier (835 ft, Sept 2003) and Sandy (Oct 29, 2012) from Wikipedia Midland Beach; 1960s growth and apartment complexes from Wikipedia New Dorp.

Sources

New Dorp, Staten Island · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
Midland Beach, Staten Island · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
Miller Field · National Park Service (accessed October 12, 2026)
Lane Theater Interior Designation Report (LP-1696) · NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (accessed October 12, 2026)
MTA Subway Stations (data.ny.gov) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.