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Oakwood & Richmondtown

Oakwood and Richmondtown are in east-central Staten Island, from the base of Lighthouse Hill to Lower New York Bay. Oakwood is mostly one- and two-family homes and garden apartments, with shops along Hylan Boulevard. After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, homeowners in low-lying Oakwood Beach were offered government buyouts so the land could become a storm buffer. The Staten Island Railway stops at Oakwood Heights and Bay Terrace, and local and express buses serve the area. Richmondtown borders Historic Richmond Town, the city's living history village and museum at 441 Clarke Avenue, whose buildings date back as far as the 1660s; St. Patrick's Church on St. Patrick's Place is a city landmark. Great Kills Park borders Oakwood to the south.

Oakwood & Richmondtown has 999 open HPD housing violations, 94 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 543 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 14th most open violations of 17 neighborhoods in Staten Island.

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Open HPD violations
999
94 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
543
108 Class C · 8th in Staten Island
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C94 · 9%Class B545 · 55%Class A360 · 36%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 hazardous108
  • Class B · hazardous262
  • Class A · non-hazardous98

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

Good to know

  • Staten Island Railway stations: Oakwood Heights and Bay Terrace
  • Historic Richmond Town: living history village with structures dating to the 1660s
  • Oakwood Beach homeowners were offered government buyouts after Hurricane Sandy
  • Amundsen Circle is a 1.05-acre park honoring the area's Norwegian heritage
  • St. Patrick's Church, 45 St. Patrick's Place, has been a city landmark since 1968

Before you rent or buy here

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. Bay Terrace station also falls in this NTA and was added. LPC Individual Landmark Sites shows most Historic Richmond Town landmark buildings (e.g., Historical Museum at 303 Center St) in the Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights NTA, with St. Patrick's Church (2/20/1968), Seaman Cottage and Stephens-Prier House in this one, so the text now says Richmondtown borders the village rather than containing its 35-acre core. Address 441 Clarke Ave and 1660s structures from historicrichmondtown.org. Housing, buyouts, Amundsen Circle (1.05 acres) from Wikipedia Oakwood; base of Lighthouse Hill from Wikipedia Richmond Town.

Sources

  1. About Historic Richmond Town · Historic Richmond Town (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Oakwood, Staten Island · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. Richmond Town, Staten Island · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Individual Landmark Sites (NYC Open Data) · NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (accessed October 12, 2026)
  5. MTA Subway Stations (data.ny.gov) · Metropolitan Transportation Authority (accessed October 12, 2026)

General information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Rules change; confirm with the agency or a professional before you act.

“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.