Neighborhood · Staten Island

Tottenville & Charleston

Tottenville and Charleston sit at the southwestern tip of Staten Island, bordered by the Arthur Kill on the west, Raritan Bay on the east and the New York Bight to the south. Tottenville is the southernmost neighborhood in New York City and New York State and keeps many large 19th-century Victorian houses. Charleston mixes single-family homes and newer semi-detached enclaves with commercial and industrial land, including the Bricktown Centre shopping area. The Staten Island Railway ends at Tottenville station, with Arthur Kill station (opened 2017) just north; the S59, S74, S78 and S84 local buses and SIM2, SIM25 and SIM26 express buses serve the area. Open space includes Conference House Park, site of the 1776 peace conference, and the 265-acre Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve.

Tottenville & Charleston has 692 open HPD housing violations, 60 of them Class C (immediately hazardous). Inspectors issued 143 new violations here in the last 12 months. That's the 16th most open violations of 17 neighborhoods in Staten Island.

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Open HPD violations

692

60 Class C

New violations, last 12 months

143

15 Class C · 15th in Staten Island

How serious are the open violations?

Open HPD violations by class

Class C60 · 9%Class B371 · 54%Class A261 · 38%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 hazardous15Class C · immediately hazardous: 15
Class B · hazardous50Class B · hazardous: 50
Class A · non-hazardous24Class A · non-hazardous: 24

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

Good to know

Tottenville station is the southern terminus of the Staten Island Railway
Arthur Kill station opened in January 2017, replacing Atlantic and Nassau stations
Conference House Park holds the house where 1776 Revolutionary War peace talks took place
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve covers 265 acres of wetlands, ponds, sand barrens and woodlands
The Kreischer House at 4500 Arthur Kill Road is a designated landmark
Part of City Council District 51

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Fact-checked October 12, 2026

Re-verified 2026-10-12. Clay Pit Ponds 265 acres and habitats from NY State Parks. Tottenville southernmost in NYC/NYS, water borders, Victorian heritage, SIR terminus, Arthur Kill station (opened Jan 21, 2017, replacing Atlantic and Nassau), S59/S78 and SIM2/SIM25/SIM26, Conference House 1776 talks from Wikipedia (Tottenville). Charleston housing, Bricktown Centre, S74/S78/S84 buses and Kreischer House (4500 Arthur Kill Rd, designated landmark) from Wikipedia (Charleston). Added Raritan Bay border and fuller bus list. Council District 51 confirmed on council.nyc.gov/district-51 (lists Tottenville and Charleston).

Sources

Council District 51 · New York City Council (accessed October 12, 2026)
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve · New York State Parks (accessed October 12, 2026)
Tottenville, Staten Island · Wikipedia (accessed October 12, 2026)
Charleston, Staten Island · 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 15, 2026. Heat season runs October 1 to May 31; season-to-date counts compare the same dates.