Neighborhood Risk Rankings · Staten Island / Stapleton
Stapleton.
29 buildings ranked by open violation count. Browse the rankings, then audit any address to see what a listing won't tell you.
Highest count
650.
Worst single building in Stapleton.
Buildings ranked
29
From NYC PLUTO seed
Visible risk signals
4,096
DOB + HPD combined
Median signal count
94
Per building, mid-pack
Highest-signal building
650
Worst single BBL
Stapleton occupies Staten Island's North Shore directly south of St. George, anchored by the Bay Street commercial spine and the Stapleton Houses NYCHA campus. The housing stock is one of Staten Island's most varied — pre-war and post-war walk-up apartments, Victorian and turn-of-the-century single-family homes on the hillsides, and a tier of new 2010s-era construction along the post-redevelopment Bay Street waterfront. Stapleton ranks among Staten Island's highest-violation neighborhoods, driven by the NYCHA scale and the older walk-up apartment stock. The list below ranks Stapleton buildings by current open HPD violations.
Ranked by open violations
29 Stapleton 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.
Stapleton FAQ
Frequently asked about Stapleton buildings.
How much of Stapleton is NYCHA?
Significant — Stapleton Houses (688 units, opened 1962) is the largest single NYCHA development on Staten Island and dominates the central Stapleton compliance picture. NYCHA buildings appear in our HPD-violation index; the audit flags BBLs with NYCHA ownership. NYCHA cannot be rented privately — applications go through NYCHA directly.
Is Stapleton in a FEMA flood zone?
Yes — Bay Street and the lower-elevation blocks east of Bay Street sit in FEMA Zone AE. Sandy did significant damage along the Bay Street strip in 2012. The hillside residential blocks west of Bay Street sit above the flood zone. The audit pulls FEMA designation per BBL; for any property east of Bay Street, flood history is essential before signing.
Are Stapleton private walk-up apartments rent-stabilized?
Most pre-1974 6+ unit Stapleton walk-ups are rent-stabilized through standard rules. The neighborhood has retained one of Staten Island's deepest stabilized supplies. The audit's DHCR check shows the specific building's status; many Stapleton tenants pay below-market stabilized rents without realizing the legal protections.
How does Stapleton compare to St. George on compliance?
Stapleton averages meaningfully higher per-building open-violation counts than adjacent St. George — partly because Stapleton has more rent-stabilized walk-up stock plus the NYCHA concentration, and partly because St. George's hillside residential blocks skew toward owner-occupied single-family stock. The audit's BBL-level data is the right comparison point.
What's the New Stapleton Waterfront like?
The Bay Street waterfront between Stapleton and Tompkinsville saw a 2010s-onward redevelopment program (URBY apartments and several smaller condo projects) on former Navy land. The newer construction carries low per-unit open-violation counts but several specific buildings have accumulated DOB construction-phase or façade filings worth checking individually. Always pull the BBL.
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