West Brighton has 893 two-to-four family units, and the new ADU rules require the owner to live on the lot.
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West Brighton is a North Shore Staten Island neighborhood. PropertyShark counts 3,732 residential units: 2,703 single-family, 893 in two-to-four family buildings, 134 condos and 2 other units. Two-to-four family homes are 24% of the stock.
PropertyShark reports a West Brighton median of $787,500 for Q2 2026, down 7.9%, on 14 sales, with houses at $820,000, down 4.1%, on 12 sales. Redfin, measuring the three months ending August 2026, reports $765,630, up 13.4%, on 31 sales. The signs are opposite and the windows differ, so Joseph Ranola treats the neighborhood as roughly flat in the mid-$700,000s to low $800,000s.
Yes, with limits. NYC HPD’s ADU guidebook, adopted December 5, 2024, allows one accessory dwelling unit per one- or two-family house, capped at 800 square feet, and requires the owner to live in the main house or the ADU as a primary residence. Basement, cellar and rear-yard ADUs are not allowed in DEP flood hazard zones. The owner-occupancy rule means an ADU suits a house-hacking buyer, not an absentee investor. Joseph Ranola is a real estate broker, not an architect or expediter, so filings belong with one.
PropertyShark states West Brighton properties are not designated as at risk from fire, flood or hurricane activity, which is the page’s own wording and not a guarantee. Check the specific lot against the flood maps.
Price it from the rent roll and verified comparables, not the neighborhood median, because only 893 units are multi-family and the sample is small. Class 1 tax assessments rise no more than 6% a year and 20% over five years, according to NYC Department of Finance.
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