West Brighton’s Q3 2026 median rose 10.1% to $792,500 on just 16 sales, and a Class 1 appeal argues your own house’s value, not a quarterly headline.
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West Brighton is a North Shore Staten Island neighborhood. Joseph Ranola is a real estate broker and not an attorney or tax advisor, so the deadlines below come from the NYC Tax Commission and you should confirm them at nyc.gov/taxcommission before you file.
PropertyShark reports a West Brighton median sale price of $792,500 for Q3 2026, up 10.1% year over year, from 16 sales, which is 4 fewer than a year earlier. Redfin’s August 2026 neighborhood figure is $765,630, up 13.4%, from 31 homes sold, with a median of 36 days on market. The two sources use different windows and methods, so read them as two views of one market, and use sales of similar houses near your own address as the evidence for an appeal.
PropertyShark’s undated neighborhood snapshot counts 3,732 residential buildings in West Brighton: 2,703 single-family houses, 893 two-to-four family buildings and 134 condo units, so about 72% of the stock is single-family. Homes in tax class 1 file their value appeals on the Tax Commission’s TC108 form, and in a neighborhood like this one that covers most owners.
The NYC Tax Commission lists March 15 as the Class 1 deadline and states that deadlines cannot be extended. For assessment year 2026/27 the TC108 had to be received by 5:00 P.M. on March 16, 2026, because March 15 fell on a Sunday. The 2027 date had not been published when this page was written, so confirm it on nyc.gov/taxcommission.
An application counts as filed when the Tax Commission receives it, and a mailed application that arrives late is not considered. The Department of Finance issues Notices of Property Value around January 15, which leaves roughly two months to prepare. The TC108 instructions say not to pay a fee with the application, and a $175 fee applies only when the 2026/27 assessed value is $2 million or more.
The NYC Department of Finance states that Tax Class 1 assessments can rise 6% per year and no more than 20% over 5 years. Its tax rate page lists 19.843% as the Class 1 rate for tax year 2026. Finance’s fiscal 2027 tentative roll announcement reported that Staten Island had the greatest percentage increase in Class 1 assessed value, which is why Staten Island owners should read their January notice closely.
Joseph Ranola gives West Brighton homeowners a comparable-sales review of recent sales near their address, which is the evidence a value appeal turns on. Joseph Ranola serves every neighborhood across Staten Island and Brooklyn, from Tottenville to Williamsburg.
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