Neighborhood Risk Rankings · Staten Island / Port Richmond
Port Richmond.
13 buildings ranked by open violation count. Browse the rankings, then audit any address to see what a listing won't tell you.
Highest count
458.
Worst single building in Port Richmond.
Buildings ranked
13
From NYC PLUTO seed
Visible risk signals
1,809
DOB + HPD combined
Median signal count
91
Per building, mid-pack
Highest-signal building
458
Worst single BBL
Port Richmond occupies Staten Island's North Shore on the Kill Van Kull waterfront, opposite Bayonne, NJ. The housing stock is one of the borough's older mixes — Victorian and turn-of-the-century single-family homes on the hillsides, deep pre-war walk-up apartment stock along Port Richmond Avenue and Bennett Street, and a meaningful tier of converted industrial loft buildings near the waterfront. Port Richmond historically served as Staten Island's commercial center before St. George took that role; the compliance picture reflects the older housing stock — heat, plumbing, lead — plus a meaningful illegal-conversion tier. The list below ranks Port Richmond buildings by current open HPD violations.
Ranked by open violations
13 Port Richmond buildings worth a closer look.
Rankings start with visible maintenance-risk signals. Open any address to review the full audit: violations, permits, filings, fines, flood exposure, and neighborhood context.
Port Richmond FAQ
Frequently asked about Port Richmond buildings.
Are Port Richmond walk-up apartments a compliance concern?
Yes — pre-war Port Richmond walk-ups (mostly along Port Richmond Avenue, Bennett Street, and the side streets between Castleton and Forest Avenues) carry meaningful open-violation counts. The compliance pattern is typical pre-war walk-up: heat and hot water in winter, plumbing in older buildings, lead paint in pre-1978 stock. The audit's class breakdown matters more than the headline count.
Is Port Richmond in a FEMA flood zone?
Yes — the Kill Van Kull waterfront strip (Richmond Terrace and the adjacent industrial parcels) sits in FEMA Zone AE. The inland residential hillside is mostly outside high-risk zones. The audit pulls FEMA designation per BBL; for any property within a few blocks of Richmond Terrace, flood history is essential before signing.
Are Port Richmond Victorian homes a good buy?
Port Richmond's Victorian and turn-of-the-century single-family homes (mostly on the hillside between Forest Avenue and Castleton Avenue) average meaningfully lower open-violation counts than the apartment stock. The main risks are unpermitted prior renovations and historic-district considerations. The audit's DOB permit history catches most of these before signing.
Are Port Richmond apartments rent-stabilized?
Many pre-1974 6+ unit Port Richmond apartment buildings are rent-stabilized through standard rules. The audit's DHCR check shows the specific building's status. Port Richmond is one of the few Staten Island neighborhoods with meaningful stabilized supply.
What's the compliance picture for waterfront loft conversions?
A handful of former industrial buildings along Richmond Terrace and the Kill Van Kull have been converted to residential lofts in the 2000s-2010s. Most have clean CO trails today, but a few carry layered DOB filings tied to the conversion process. The audit's DOB permit history and CO check separate cleanly-converted lofts from those with open conversion-era issues.
Compare nearby
Other Staten Island neighborhoods.
Up one level
Staten Island borough overview
See every Staten Island building in our index, ranked together — useful when the listing you're auditing crosses neighborhood lines.
View Staten Island rankings →Got an address?
Audit a Port Richmond property.
Free preview on every NYC address. Full audit $9.99 — no subscription required.