Daily Archives: February 19, 2012

Dining Room with old world charm.

The neighborhood of Tottenville is well-known for its old-world charm. This would be apparent if you were to walk down the beginning of Carteret Street, a street off of Amboy Road.  Here, you will find a handful of homes that were constructed in 1930. Among these houses is our latest listing, 11 Carteret Street, Street, which its old world carm in not just beautiful on the outside, but inside as well.

See the complete listing for 11 Carteret St., Staten Island.

As you walk in the front door, you will be on the porch, which leads into a beautiful house

French Doors

lined with walnut molding and oak flooring. Once you are further into the house, you will find yourself in a beautiful living room with French doors to your left. These French doors lead to the cozy family room. Across from these doors, on the other side of the living room, is the dining room, which has a wonderful stained-glass window. At the end of the room is the new three-quarter bathroom, with the kitchen beside it. Inside the kitchen, you will find yourself equipped with cherry wood cabinets and a stainless steel stove, refrigerator, microwave, and dishwasher.  Once you have finished your tour of the first floor, you can either ascend or descend the stairs. If you go down the stairs, you will be lead into the two-room partially finished basement.  If you ascend the stairs, you will be lead to the second floor.  First, you will find the master bedroom, which is bright and sunny with hardwood flooring and large closets.  Further down the hallway, you have two more bedrooms which, like the rest of the house, have oak wood flooring and walnut molding.  Past these rooms is the full bathroom, which has new basket-weave tiled flooring.

Front of 11 Carteret St.

Now that you have finished your tour of the interior, you can go back outside and see what you may have missed before you entered the house. On the left side, you will find a driveway which leads to a detached garage. Here, you have more than enough room to fit three cars. Around the back of the house, you will find the fenced-in yard.  Back around the front of the house, you will notice that the street you are on is beautifully tree-lined—a wonderful street to live on.

It’s astounding to think that you’re so close to Amboy Road because the street is so lovely and seems to bring you to an entirely different world. However, being so close to Amboy Road isn’t all that bad. There are many places to shop and eat, and you are right near the post office. There are also a few buses that run along Amboy Road: the s59, which travels to Port Richmond and Tottenville; the s78, which travels to St. George and the Bricktown Mall; and the x22, which takes the Goethals Bridge to get to its destination in Midtown Manhattan.

In addition, you also have a number of schools in the area for your children to attend. P.S. 1, at 58 Summit St., and I.S. 34, at 528 Academy Avenue, are just a couple of the public schools in the area.  The nearest Catholic schools are the Our Lady Help of Christians School at 23 Summit Street, ad St. Joseph by the Sea High School, at 5150 Hylan Boulevard. In addition to these, you also have a number of private schools, such as the Staten Island Montessori School, at 500 Butler Boulevard; Gateway Academy, at 200 Boscombe Avenue; and Yeshiva of Staten Island, at 1870 Drumgoole Road East. To find out which schools your child may be zoned for, you can contact your local public school board or school administration about attendance eligibility.

For this home and other homes for sale in Tottenville, Contact Audrey Casso, a licensed sales associate with RealEstateSINY.com at (718) 668-0423.