Two data sources put a New Dorp house $155,840 apart. If you are moving here from out of town, that gap is the first thing you need explained.
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New Dorp is a mid-island neighborhood in ZIP 10306. PropertyShark counts 1,525 single-family units, 663 units in two-to-four family buildings, 102 condo units and exactly one co-op unit, for 2,291 residential units. The median year built is 1968, and 69.3% of homes are owner-occupied.
Redfin reports a New Dorp median sale price of $704,160 for the three months ending August 2026, down 5.8% year over year, with 14 homes sold in August, a median of 38 days on market and an average sale-to-list ratio of 102.8%. 21.4% of New Dorp homes sold above list price. PropertyShark reports a Q2 2026 median of $860,000, but that figure rests on only seven sales.
The gap between the two is $155,840, and it is almost entirely sample size. Seven sales in a quarter is not a trend. Fourteen sales in a single month, selling at 102.8% of list, is the more useful signal: New Dorp houses that are priced right still sell over asking. For borough context, the Staten Island median was $750,000 in Q2 2026, up 2.7% on 747 sales, per PropertyShark.
New Dorp station on the Staten Island Railway is 19 minutes from St. George, according to the MTA timetable effective November 2, 2025, and the railway runs 24 hours a day. From St. George, the Staten Island Ferry to Whitehall is free, takes about 25 minutes and runs 24/7, according to NYC DOT. Express buses to Manhattan cost $7.25 per ride, with a $67 weekly fare cap that includes express buses, per the MTA.
That means a door-to-door commute from New Dorp to Lower Manhattan runs about an hour on the train and ferry, which is the trade most relocating buyers are weighing against Brooklyn prices.
Almost none of it. PropertyShark counts 1 of New Dorp’s 2,196 residential buildings in a flood zone and 17 in a hurricane evacuation zone. That is a meaningful difference from the shoreline neighborhoods closer to the water, and buyers moving from out of state often do not realize how sharply flood exposure changes within a mile on the South Shore. Always check the specific address on the FEMA map before you bid.
Staten Island is a house market, not a condo market. In Q2 2026, PropertyShark recorded 661 house sales and 86 condo sales on Staten Island, so most buyers arriving from Manhattan or out of state are shopping for a first house, often with a driveway and a yard. Budget for New York closing costs, a home inspection, flood insurance where the map requires it, and a commute plan before you fall in love with a block.
Joseph Ranola runs relocation searches on New Dorp block by block. That means video tours for buyers who cannot fly in every weekend, flood-map and commute checks on each address before a showing, and offers written to win in a neighborhood where homes sell at 102.8% of list. Joseph Ranola serves every neighborhood across Staten Island and Brooklyn, from Tottenville to Williamsburg.
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