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St. George & New Brighton

St. George and New Brighton are on the northeastern tip of Staten Island, where the Kill Van Kull meets Upper New York Bay. The area is Staten Island's civic center and main transit hub. The St. George Terminal links the free Staten Island Ferry to Lower Manhattan with the Staten Island Railway and many bus routes. The St. George Historic District, designated in 1994, protects houses mostly built in the 1880s and 1890s in Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Shingle styles. Borough Hall (1906) stands on Richmond Terrace, and the waterfront ballpark, opened in 2001, is next to the terminal.

St. George & New Brighton has 11,093 open HPD housing violations, 1,847 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 3,288 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 1st most open violations of 17 neighborhoods in Staten Island.

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Open HPD violations
11,093
1,847 Class C
New violations, last 12 months
3,288
778 Class C · 2nd in Staten Island
How serious are the open violations?
Open HPD violations by class
Class C1,847 · 17%Class B6,797 · 61%Class A2,449 · 22%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 hazardous778
  • Class B · hazardous1,547
  • Class A · non-hazardous727

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

Good to know

  • St. George Terminal: free Staten Island Ferry to Lower Manhattan plus the Staten Island Railway
  • St. George Historic District designated July 19, 1994
  • Staten Island Borough Hall (1906), designed by Carrère and Hastings, a city landmark since 1982
  • Waterfront ballpark (now SIUH Community Park) opened in 2001

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. Historic district date (July 19, 1994) and houses mostly built in the 1880s-1890s in Queen Anne/Colonial Revival/Shingle styles from LPC LP-1883. Free ferry to Lower Manhattan from NYC DOT. Borough Hall (1906, Carrere and Hastings) and ballpark (opened 2001, now SIUH Community Park) from Wikipedia; Borough Hall landmark (3/23/1982) from LPC dataset and inside this NTA. No corrections needed to existing claims.

Sources

  1. St. George Historic District Designation Report (LP-1883) · NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (accessed October 12, 2026)
  2. Staten Island Ferry · NYC Department of Transportation (accessed October 12, 2026)
  3. St. George, Staten Island · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
  4. Individual Landmark Sites (NYC Open Data) · NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (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.