Great Kills, Staten Island: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Great Kills, Staten Island, has 88 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 26, 2026. By grade: 65 A, 7 B, 7 C, 5 D and 4 F. The median building has 0 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 0.3 across Staten Island. 71 of its 20,719 residential units (0%) are rent-stabilized on the latest Department of Finance tax bills on file. The most common housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months were heat and hot water (101), unsanitary condition (89), and plumbing (52).

Great Kills by the numbers

15,533 residential buildings (20,719 units) on record. 2,020 open HPD violations (143 class C, immediately hazardous). 344 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 61 executed evictions in 3 years, 0 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 4 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Great Kills

Most open HPD violations per 10 units. Graded rental buildings with 6 or more units; co-ops, condos and NYCHA are left out. Only buildings with an HPD violation issued in the last 24 months or a 311 housing complaint in the last 12 are listed.

  1. 300 Cortelyou Avenue: 31.3 open violations per 10 units (72 open, 23 units), grade D, owner: 300 CORTELYOU REALTY CORP
  2. 304 Giffords Lane: 23.3 open violations per 10 units (21 open, 9 units), grade D, owner: Individual owner
  3. 12 Hillcrest Avenue: 17.5 open violations per 10 units (63 open, 36 units), grade F, owner: HILLCREST GARDENS LLC
  4. 3871 Amboy Road: 8.2 open violations per 10 units (14 open, 17 units), grade A, owner: 3871 AMBOY ROAD LLC
  5. 3849 Amboy Road: 0.5 open violations per 10 units (1 open, 20 units), grade A

Best five in Great Kills

Fewest open HPD violations per 10 units, then highest score and most units. The same rule as the worst five, recently active buildings only. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 170 Exeter Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 20 units), grade A, owner: RAMUSH & SON LLC
  2. 28 Cranford Street: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 8 units), grade A, owner: 28 CRANFORD HOLDINGS LLC
  3. 154 Wiman Avenue: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 7 units), grade A, owner: Individual owner
  4. 24 Prol Place: 0 open violations per 10 units (0 open, 6 units), grade A, owner: 24 PROL PLACE LLC
  5. 3849 Amboy Road: 0.5 open violations per 10 units (1 open, 20 units), grade A

Largest landlords in Great Kills

By units in Great Kills, among portfolios of 3 or more buildings and 50 or more units citywide. Names are as filed on HPD registrations. How totals are counted. Report an error.

  1. ERIC MOORE (head officer on HPD registrations): 15 units in 12 buildings
  2. ROBERT A MACK (head officer on HPD registrations): 12 units in 2 buildings
  3. SAMIR LAZOJA (head officer on HPD registrations): 8 units in 1 building
  4. GARY GRINBERG (head officer on HPD registrations): 7 units in 4 buildings
  5. Colleen McEntee (head officer on HPD registrations): 4 units in 4 buildings

Nearby neighborhoods

Sources: NYC HPD housing maintenance code violations, HPD property registrations and housing litigation, 311 service requests, DOB violations, NYC Marshals evictions, and HPD bedbug filings from NYC Open Data, plus rent-stabilized unit counts from NYC Department of Finance tax bills. How grades work.