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An impeccably maintained and rare 6 over 5 home in Staten Island was just added to the listing portfolio of MaryAnn DeMagistris of RealEstateSINY.com.
Not only is Hylan Boulevard known for being Staten Island’s longest street; it is known for being a major commercial thoroughfare in the borough, stretching from the North Shore to the South Shore. To the north, you will find many stores lining the street, so you can count on one thing about the location of our latest listing in community of New Dorp…Convenience. Now when you combine convenience plus the rarity of finding a 6 over 5 homes in Staten Island, you will find 211 Titus Avenue.
See the complete listing for 211 Titus Ave. Staten Island.
Between New Dorp Lane and Ebbitts Street you will find Hylan Plaza and Hylan Commons, which have a number of shopping opportunities, eateries, and a movie theater. At the end of the plaza, down Ebbitts Street, you will find our most recent home for sale: 211 Titus Avenue. If you thought it couldn’t get any better, being that the house is located in a great section of Staten Island, think again. This enormous two-family home makes for a great income potential or a home for a large, multi-generation family.

Vaulted Ceilings
Outside the house, you will find a large yard stretching from the main façade to the rear of the house. On the other side, you have a driveway, though there is much available parking on the street. As you enter the house, you will find yourself in a common foyer, where you can access either apartment, as well as the basement. In the fully-finished basement, you will find an open layout with a summer kitchen, a half-bathroom, and a laundry area already equipped with a washing machine and dryer.
As you make your way to the first floor, you will find yourself in the living room. To your right is the roomy eat-in-kitchen, which has a full wall of beautiful, custom pantry-style cabinetry. As you leave this room, you will enter the hallway which extends to the rear of the house. To your left, you will find two beautiful bedrooms. To your right, there will be one more bedroom adjacent to the full bathroom. Best of all, each room is impeccably maintained with hardwood floors. Following this is the staircase to the full finished basement, as mentioned earlier; it features a laundry room, as well as a back door and a door to the second apartment. One Great feature about the homes set up is, both the upstairs and downstairs units have access to the basement through a common hallway. Consequently, that’s a rare find in many of the 6 over 6 and 6 over 5 homes on Staten Island.
When you reach the second floor, you will find that the layout is quite similar to the floor below, however, the vaulted ceilings in both the living room and bedrooms bring an uncanny sense of opulence to home. The living room is in the same spot, but it is attached to the dining room, again, both rooms featuring vaulted ceilings. The three bedrooms and beautifully-tiled full bathroom are in the same spots as below. However, instead of a

Master Bedroom with vaulted ceilings
staircase leading to the basement, you have a beautiful galley kitchen, which has ceramic tiles, a skylight, and new stainless steel appliances. Next to the kitchen is the laundry area, where you are already equipped with yet another washing machine and a dryer. Past this area, you have a back door and the same stairway you saw earlier, that leads to the common hallway with access to the basement.
Once again, the house is just south of Hylan Boulevard. Not only do you have the shopping options, but there are plenty of transportation options, as well. There are a handful of local and express buses that make their stops right on Hylan Boulevard, including a number of express busses ready to take you to Manhattan. Due to the fact that the house is located near Hylan Boulevard, you will be located near the beach, in addition to a number of parks, including Miller Field.
Additionally, there are a number of schools in the area which you may enroll your children in. The nearest public schools are P.S. 41, at 216 Clawson Street; I.S. 2, at 333 Midland Avenue; and Staten Island Technical High School, at 485 Clawson Street. Then, you have the Catholic schools, such as the St. Charles School, at 200 Penn Avenue; the Our Lady Queen of Peace School, at 22 Steele Avenue; and Monsignor Farrell High School, at 2900 Amboy Road. Furthermore, there are a few private schools in the area, such as the New Dorp Christian Academy, at 259 Rose Avenue, and the Richmondtown Preparatory School, at 2707 Hylan Boulevard. If you would like to find out which schools your children may be zoned for, you can contact your local public school or School Administration for attendance requirements. You can also look here for school zoning in New York City.
For more information of this or any other New Dorp home for sale contact MaryAnn DeMagistris, a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson with the office of RealEstateSINY.com at 917-538-2423.
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If you’ve ever been to Great Kills, then you know that there is a variety of housing options in the neighborhood. Among these is our latest listing, 162 Sandalwood Dr. This home is a unique multi-level, semi-attached two-family home.
See the complete listing for 162 Sandalwood Dr.
Outside the house, you will notice a driveway for two cars next to the large front lawn. As you enter the house, you will find yourself in the wonderful family room. This room is adjacent to the one-bedroom apartment. If you hate having noisy neighbors, this place is perfect, as the walls have been soundproofed. On the next floor, you have the main rooms. You will enter into the relaxing living room and dining room, which have gleaming hardwood flooring.
Following this room is the large kitchen, which has a breakfast bar, a refrigerator, and a dishwasher. At the end of this room you have sliders to the deck, which leads out into the homes large backyard. Just off the kitchen are the half-bathroom and a laundry area, where you are already equipped with a washing machine and a dryer. Once you are done on this floor, you main go to the next floor, where you will find the bedrooms and a full bathroom. The master bedroom is quite large and has a high ceiling. The other two bedrooms are also large and are carpeted. There is hardwood flooring underneath the carpet in both rooms, however.
In the area, you have a number of places to shop and eat. The home is also surrounded by a few great parks. If you go further south, however, you will find the expansive Great Kills Park, which extends along the waterfront and is home to the Nichols Marina.
You also have a number of transportation options. For example, the Bay Terrace Train Station is right below the house on North and South Railroad Avenues. If you walk to Giffords Lane, you can take the s54 to West Brighton or Eltingville, the x7 into Midtown Manhattan, or the x8 into Lower Manhattan. If you walk further north to Arthur Kill Road, you will find more bus options for you to take.
There are numerous schools in the area which your children may attend. The nearest public schools are P.S. 32, at 32 Elverton Ave.; I.S. 24, at 225 Cleveland Avenue; and the College of Staten Island School for International Studies, at 100 Essex Drive. St. Patrick’s School, at 3560 Richmond Road; the St. Clare School, at 151 Lindenwood Road; and Monsignor Farrell High School, at 2900 Amboy Road, are just a few of the options you have if you would like to enroll your children in Catholic school. If you would prefer a private school, you have the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, at 400 Caswell Avenue; the Eltingville Lutheran School, at 300 Genesee Avenue; and the Francis School, at 4240 Amboy Road. To find out which schools your child may be zoned for, you can contact your local public school board.
For more information on this home or other homes for sale Great Kills contact Kerry DeBellis a Realtor with the office of RealEstateSINY.com at (718) 668–0423
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Dining Room.
Have you been looking for that perfect dream home, but there has never been one available at a price that seemed more than reasonable? RealEstateSINY.com’s Colonial-style listing may be it! From the manicured front yard to the driveway, to the brick and siding, and the pedimented entrance, this house brings a sense of opulence and practicality to its next owners. The real estate brokerage of RealEstateSINY.com has the exclusive on 435 Stafford Avenue, a house situated on a block of Huguenot’s custom homes.
See the complete listing for 435 Stafford Ave.
Once you enter the house, you will find the living room to your left, which has hardwood flooring and crown

Master Bedroom
moldings, along with a beautiful window on the main façade of the house. Further down, you have the family room, which has a gas fireplace, a built-in wall unit, and hardwood flooring, as well. Across from this room is the large, eat-in kitchen, which has custom cabinets, granite countertops with a fully granite backsplash, and porcelain tiles. In the kitchen, you can exit the rear of the house to the huge patio with pavers. Next to the kitchen is a three-quarter bathroom, which is fully tiled and includes a laundry area. Looping around, back toward the entrance, you have the formal dining room, which also features a window parallel to the living room’s fenestration. From here, you can either enter the garage, which comes with an electric garage door opener, or you can ascend the staircase ahead, taking you to

Updated Kitchen
the second floor.
When you get to the second floor, you will come face-to-face with a handful of solid wood doors. If you take the door to the far left or its neighboring door ahead, you will find two large bedrooms with plenty of closet space. If you take the door to the far right, you will find the main bathroom. This large, custom-tiled bathroom comes equipped with a whirlpool Jacuzzi tub and a skylight. Beside the door to the bathroom is the door to the master bedroom. This giant bedroom has two, double-door closets and a three-quarter, fully-tiled private bathroom. Behind these four doors is the spacious apartment, which has three rooms. Above is the attic, which has plenty of room for storage.
There are many great features of the neighborhood surrounding the home. To the north, you have the South Shore Golf Course and the Arden Heights Woods, along with the Korean War Veterans Parkway to the south. Above the house, on Woodrow Road, you have access to a few bus stops. These are the s56, which will take you to Huguenot or the Staten Island Mall, and the x23 and x24 express buses, which take you over the Goethals Bridge into Midtown Manhattan. On the intersecting Huguenot Avenue, you can access the x17 and x19 express buses. These will take you into Lower Manhattan or Midtown Manhattan.

- Kitchen into dining room.
There are over a dozen schools in the area for your child to attend. You may find out which school he or she is zoned for by contacting your local public school. The nearest public schools are P.S. 36, at 255 Ionia Avenue; P.S. 4, at 200 Nedra Lane; P.S. 5, at 348 Deisius Street; P.S. 56, at 250 Kramer Avenue; I.S. 75, at 455 Huguenot Avenue; I.S. 7, at 1270 Huguenot Avenue; and Tottenville High School, at 100 Luten Avenue. The closest Catholic schools are Our Lady Star of the Sea, at 5411 Amboy Road; the St. Joseph/St. Thomas School, at 50 Maguire Avenue; and St. Joseph by the Sea High School, at 5150 Hylan Boulevard. The Eltingville Lutheran School, at 300 Genesee Avenue, along with Yeshiva of Staten Island, at 1870 Drumgoole Road East and the Francis School, at 4240 Amboy Road, are just a few more private schools in the area. The schools mentioned may not necessarily be those this home is zoned for, to determine attendance requirements for any school you can verify the zoning with the local school board or administration for the particular school.
For more information on this home or her other real estate listings in the area contact Valerie Bartolone licensed sales associate with RealEstateSINY.com at (718) 668-0423.
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