Westerleigh, Staten Island: building violations, landlords and rent stabilization

Westerleigh, Staten Island, has 115 graded residential buildings with 3 or more units, as of Oct 28, 2026. By grade: 89 A, 6 B, 10 C, 7 D and 3 F. The median building has 0 open HPD violations per 10 units, against 0.3 across Staten Island. 169 of its 11,941 residential units (1%) 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 unsanitary condition (83), heat and hot water (65), and door and window (41).

Westerleigh by the numbers

8,637 residential buildings (11,941 units) on record. 1,543 open HPD violations (134 class C, immediately hazardous). 232 housing complaints to 311 in the last 12 months, 27 executed evictions in 3 years, 0 reported bedbug infestations in 3 years. 11 buildings have rent-stabilized units on their tax bills.

Worst five in Westerleigh

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. 17 Oswego Street: 35 open violations per 10 units (28 open, 8 units), grade F, owner: FITZANDO REALTY ASSOCIATES
  2. 190 Greenleaf Avenue: 26.9 open violations per 10 units (129 open, 48 units), grade D, owner: 259 JEFFERSON AVE HOLDINGS LLC
  3. 17 Sheraden Avenue: 14.6 open violations per 10 units (41 open, 28 units), grade D, owner: RICHMOND SHERADEN LLC
  4. 62 Wheeler Avenue: 5.8 open violations per 10 units (7 open, 12 units), grade B, owner: 62 64 WHEELER AVENUE LLC
  5. 99 Ravenhurst Avenue: 5 open violations per 10 units (4 open, 8 units), grade B, owner: Individual owner

Best five in Westerleigh

Rental buildings graded A or B with 6 or more units and a current HPD registration, ordered by the housing-code violations HPD issued per 10 units in the last 3 years, then 311 housing complaints per 10 units in the last 12 months, then class C (immediately hazardous) violations issued in 3 years, then the median days HPD took to close a violation in the last 12 months. Size is never a tie-breaker. Co-ops, condos and public housing (NYCHA) are left out. At least 5 years of record. Best buildings citywide.

  1. 105 Ravenhurst Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (8 units, built 1931), grade A, owner: Individual owner
  2. 79 Mundy Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (6 units, built 1933), grade A, owner: CEA HOLDINGS, LLC
  3. 575 Jewett Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (20 units, built 1969), grade A, owner: BENEDICT JEWETT REALTY I LLC
  4. 565 Jewett Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (20 units, built 1966), grade A, owner: BENEDICT JEWETT REALTY, LLC
  5. 170 Ravenhurst Avenue: 0.0 HPD violations issued per 10 units in 3 years, 0.0 311 housing complaints per 10 units in 12 months (16 units, built 1970), grade A, owner: BENEDICT RAVENHURST REALTY LLC

Largest landlords in Westerleigh

By units in Westerleigh, 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. ELLEN K OJEDA (head officer on HPD registrations): 82 units in 4 buildings
  2. ALAN PORITZ (head officer on HPD registrations): 32 units in 5 buildings
  3. MATTHEW NICHOL (head officer on HPD registrations): 20 units in 2 buildings
  4. ROBERT J FITZSIMMONS (head officer on HPD registrations): 8 units in 1 building
  5. SAMIR LAZOJA (head officer on HPD registrations): 4 units in 1 building

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.