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Come join us this weekend  for an Open House at 38 Venus Lane, Staten Island, NY 10314

Sunday April 1st 2017 from 12pm-2pm

Directions: Richmond Hill Road to Venus Lane

Don't miss the opportunity to see this 4 bedroom, 2 bathrooms attached, single family home located in Heartland Village.  This home offers a private door with a large family room with a private shower & fireplace. The second floor has large living room, dining room, galley Kitchen, & 3rd bedroom above the garage . The 3rd level has 2nd bedroom & Master bedroom with walk in closet. Come and see all this home as to offer for yourself!

For more information on this open house or this home please contact Elizabeth Del Priore 917-816-1519 or  Nicola Papandrea 917-282-8915

Some of Staten Island areas suffers from flooding in certain parts of various neighborhoods. There is a $48 million plan in the works to expand the Staten Island Bluebelt that exist to help prevent flooding. Due to this plan helping Staten Island to be more comfortable and convenient for residents, it was approved!

The New York Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has managed this project for the New York Department of Environment Protection (DEP). This new project will be replacing 2.2 miles of old cast iron water mains with new ones. There will be over four miles of new sewers and wetland near the area of Sheldon Avenue, Woodrow. Along with new sewers, the plan is to also plant over 700 trees and about ten thousand plants. This will…

Most of us want our homes to be quiet with little external noise to disturb us and the sound of other people inside are not interfering with our daily routines. To accomplish this, there are certain considerations to keep in mind about the sound environment when choosing or remodeling your home.

If your house is located on a noisy street or next to a highway, you can still create solitude for the house:

1. Windows. When you are looking for a house to purchase in an area like this, be mindful of a number of windows. Windows are the number one transmitter of sound from outside, even when they are closed. However, thick curtains can keep the sound out!

2. Exterior. As for the exterior, materials, it is better to choose materials such as…

The Featured Sold Home for this week is a two family detached hi-ranch home. 79 Villa Nova Street is located in the Staten Island neighborhood of Heartland Village. The home was sold by our RealEstateSINY.com team for $715,000, after being listed for only $675,000!

Come join us this weekend  for an Open House at 9 Meadow Court, Staten Island, NY 10309

Saturday, March 25th, 2017 from 2 pm -4 pm

Directions: Wirt Ave to Meadow Court

Don't miss the opportunity to see this 3 bedroom, 2 bathrooms attached, single family home located in Rossville.  This home features a granite kitchen with cherry wood cabinets, open floor plan, updated baths. Walk to pool and park. New exterior siding. Clubhouse, pool , tennis , baseketball, parks. Come and see it this weekend!!

For more information on this open house or this home please contact Audrey Casso 646-645-9576

Come join us this weekend  for an Open House at 63 Amanda Court, Staten Island, NY 10312

Saturday, March 25th, 2017 from 1 pm -3 pm

Directions: Arthur Kill Road to Amanda Court

Don't miss the opportunity to see this 2 bedroom, 2 bathrooms attached, single family home located in Arden Heights.  This home features a fully tiled family room with large storage closet plus garage,  2nd floor has hardwood floors and a gorgeous open concept layout with a hidden compartment to insert your TV, which is a RARE find. The Kitchen features a breakfast bar overlooking living room and stainless steel appliances. 2nd floor has 2 large bedrooms each having a large private walk in closet. Main bathroom has dual entrance to the master bedroom. Too many features…

Come join us this weekend  for an Open House at 38 Venus Lane, Staten Island, NY 10314

Saturday, March 25th, 2017 from 3 pm -5 pm

Directions: Richmond Hill Road to Venus Lane

Don't miss the opportunity to see this 4 bedroom, 2 bathrooms attached, single family home located in Heartland Village.  This home offers a private door with a large family room with a private shower & fireplace. The second floor has large living room, dining room, galley Kitchen, & 3rd bedroom above the garage . The 3rd level has 2nd bedroom & Master bedroom with walk in closet. Come and see all this home as to offer for yourself!

For more information on this open house or this home please contact Elizabeth Del Priore 917-816-1519 or  Nicola Papandrea 917-282-8915

Come join us this weekend  for an Open House at 6 Hunter Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306

Sunday, March 25th, 2017 from 12 pm -2 pm

Directions: Richmond Road to Hunter Ave

Don't miss the opportunity to see this 3-bedroom, 4-bathroom detached, single family home located on a quiet block in Grant City.  Completely renovated, this home features  3.5 all tiled bathrooms, hardwood floors throughout living room and dining room. Kitchen with stainless steel appliances. A must see!! See you there!

For more information on this open house or about this home, please contact Virginia Russell at 917-892-6222

Seaview hospital, also known as The Farm Colony, had become a landmark in 1985. There is now a new proposal to transform the location; Back in August 2016, New York City developers announced that they had planned to restore the area into a living and healthy community.

The Sea View Hospital, which has an area that has been abandoned for several years, originally opened in 1913. This hospital was built on a 25-acre hilltop located in Willowbrook, making it the second tallest point of Staten Island, first being Todt Hill. In the early 20th Century, it was where patients with tuberculosis were treated. When a cure was invented, the operations for the hospital began to dwindle down in the 1950s. Today, less than half of the land is occupied by 40…

Staten Island could be getting its own train track park styled after Manhattan’s High-Line Park if the city does not turn it into a busway first!

The North Shore Branch was a Staten Island Railway route that operated along Staten Island’s North Shore, from St. George to Port Ivory, continuing into New Jersey through the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge to Cranford Junction. The service on the line began on February 23rd, 1886 and ran until March 31st, 1953 when passenger service ended. By 1989, the freight service ended as well. The railway remains abandoned since.

After 50 years of just sitting in the community unused, the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation (SIEDC) announced a design competition to transform the tracks into a…