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Single family home goes up for sale in Grasmere, Staten Island.

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January 13 Grasmere Home for Sale Real Estate Staten Island

Front of Grasmere home for saleIt’s hard to find a house that will instantly make your jaw drop—especially an affordable, detached one. Grasmere, Staten Island’s Glendale Avenue is definitely one of those houses that stand out from the rest of its neighbors. Not to forget mentioning, its location offers one of the best commute times to Manhatten and Brooklyn. If you love houses with an Old World charm, you will be smitten just by looking at the exterior of the house. Step inside, though, and you’ll be awestruck by its charm.

See the complete listing for 92 Glendale Ave., Staten Island.

As you pass the entry foyer into the living room, you will be dazzled by the wood-burning Living room 93 Glendale Ave. Staten Islandfireplace you will see to your right.  To the left will be a large dining area with the equally large, spotless kitchen straight ahead.  Exiting the kitchen, you will find the half-bathroom, two sets of stairs, and a door to a very large backyard.  Descending the first set of stairs, you will be led to the basement, which is one large room with a summer kitchen, a three-quarter bathroom, and an area for utilities.  Going all the way up to the second floor, you will find a bathroom to your right and a bedroom to your left, which has a nice-sized closet.  Across from this bedroom is another bedroom,

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A darned good commute and almost all inclusive maintenance come with the newly listed condo in Grasmere.

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October 24 Grasmere Listings Neighborhoods Real Estate Staten Island Real Estate Market

Stonegate Condo Grasmere Staten Island

Front of Stonegate Condo

In Grasmere’s prestigious Stonegate community, you will find the contemporary condominium of 152 Stonegate Drive.  The home is located in the heart of Grasmere, on a quiet and residential block.See complete listing for 152 Stonegate Dr.

As you enter the house, you will find a closet to your left, accompanied by a staircase.  Turning around, you will see a spotless living room and dining room combination, which has a mirrored wall.  Past the combination, you have a bathroom on the left, followed by the large, eat-in-kitchen on the right.  The kitchen is equipped with a refrigerator, a dishwasher, an island, and sliders to the backyard.  Without even departing the kitchen, you will find that the backyard is quite large and private.  Now that you’ve seen the first floor, you can make your way back to that staircase that you passed on your way and start climbing the fight of steps.  Just ahead, you will find one of this floor’s bedrooms.  Next to this bedroom is the master bedroom, which is accompanied by the full, contemporary bathroom, which is fully-tiled.  To the right of the bathroom is the laundry room, which is equipped with a washing machine and a dryer.  It is adjacent to a linen closet, which is next to the last bedroom of this floor.  Now that you have made your complete circle around this floor, you can ascend the next flight of stairs to the loft.  The loft has actually been used as a master bedroom, with its two large, walk-in closets.  It is a very large, private setting, with plenty of light emitting through the fenestration.

Bedroom 3 Bedroom Condo

Master Bedroom

There is no shortage of transportation here.  Not too far from the house, you can reach the Grasmere Train Station, which will take you to points between Tottenville and the St. George Ferry Terminal.  At this station, you will find that the local s53 bus passes by, taking passengers along Clove Road to Port Richmond or into Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.  On Targee Street and Richmond Road, depending on which direction you are planning to travel, you can hop on the s74, which takes you to the St. George Ferry Terminal or the Bricktown Mall, or the s76, which will also take you to the St. George Ferry Terminal or to the neighborhood of Oakwood.  Also on these parallel streets, you have access to the x15 express bus, which will take you along Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and into Lower Manhattan.

There are plenty of schools in the vicinity in which your children may attend.  P.S. 48, at 1055 Targee Street; the Staten Island Community Charter School, at 209 St. Paul’s Avenue; Concord High School, at 109 Rhine Avenue; and the Michael J. Petrides School, at 715 Ocean Terrace, are the closest public schools in the area.  The closest Catholic schools are the St. Sylvester School, at 884 Targee Street; the Academy of St. Dorothy, at 1305 Hylan Boulevard; the Holy Rosary School, at 100 Jerome Avenue; St. Joseph’s Parochial School, at 139 St. Mary’s Avenue; St. Joseph Hill Academy High School, at 850 Hylan Boulevard; and St. John Villa Academy, at 25 Landis Avenue.  Other private schools close to the home are the Trinity Lutheran School, at 309 St. Paul’s Avenue, and the Staten Island Academy, at 715 Todt Hill Road.  Keep in mind, however, that in order to find out which school your child may be zoned for, you must contact your local public school board or school administration.

For more information on this condo for sale, or to find information on other Staten Island condos for sale you can contact Cynthia Dgheim or Valerie Bartolone, Licensed Sales Associates with RealEstateSINY.com at (718) 668-0423.

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Looking for a location a hop-skip from the Verrazano Bridge… Look at this Grasmere home.

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September 13 Grasmere Listings Neighborhoods New York Real Estate Staten Island

In the heart of Grasmere, you will find the single-family Townhouse of 88 North Railroad Avenue.  When you are standing outside of the house, you will notice that it has a built-in garage, which is adjacent to a staircase leading to the three-story house.  Once inside, you will find a large, eat-in-kitchen, which has tiled flooring and sliders to a small patio.  The living room and dining room are a combination, with hardwood floors.  It can be seen easily due to the natural light emitted by the bay window, which can be seen outside, above the garage door.  On this main floor, you also have a half-bathroom.  When you get to the second floor, you will find two bedrooms, which both have hardwood flooring, as well as a full bathroom.  On the lower level, you will find a family room, which has glass sliders to the yard and a three-quarter bathroom.  In addition to these floors, you also have the fully-finished basement.  When you get back outside, you will notice the large, decked yard.  There are actually two levels to the deck, with a large, above-ground pool on one of them. See complete listing on 88 North Railroad Ave.

Less than a two-minute walk from the house, you will find the Grasmere train station.  In addition to this mode of transportation which will take you to the St. George Ferry Terminal, you also have a number of local and express buses.  The closest bus, which you can get on by the train station, is the s53; it runs along Clove Road to get to Port Richmond or Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, making the commute quite easy.  Just as well, you have the x10, x11, x12, x14, x15, x17, x19, and x31 express buses, which all take the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge into Lower, Midtown, or West Midtown Manhattan.

As for schools, there are many in the area.  The nearest public schools are P.S. 48, at 1055 Targee Street; Concord High School, at 109 Rhine Avenue; and the Michael J. Petrides School, at 715 Ocean Terrace.  The Catholic schools in the area are the Academy of St. Dorothy, at 1305 Hylan Boulevard; the St. Sylvester School, at 884 Targee Street; the Holy Rosary School, at 100 Jerome Avenue; St. Joseph’s Parochial School, at 139 St. Mary’s Avenue; St. Joseph Hill Academy High School, at 850 Hylan Boulevard; and St. John Villa Academy, at 25 Landis Avenue.  Other private schools in the vicinity include the Trinity Lutheran School, at 309 St. Paul’s Avenue, at the Staten Island Academy, at 715 Todt Hill Road.  Keep in mind, however, that while these schools are all very close to the house, they may not be the ones that students are zoned for.

For More information contact Annmarie Triolo, licensed Sales Associtate with RealEstateSINY.com

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