# 170 Howard Avenue, Staten Island

Two-family · built c. 1899 · Block 589, Lot 1.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/5005890001/170-howard-avenue

More construction in Grymes Hill: https://umarelli.org/nyc/staten-island/grymes-hill.md

## Building permits

- Demolition, filed Apr 30, 2025
- Major Renovation — Residential, filed Dec 3, 2024, estimated cost $1.7M, 1 unit in all, 4 stories, described as “Alt-co (major alt) filed for proposed vertical & horizontal extension to existing 3 story residence. New roo, roof terrace level. No change iin use or occupancy. Increase in floor area, change in bldg height, new cofo required - all per…”
- Alteration, filed Jun 24, 2024, estimated cost $4K, described as “Construction fence.”
- Major Renovation — Residential, filed Aug 25, 2023, estimated cost $557K, 1 unit in all, 3 stories, described as “Application filed herewith for horizontal and vertical enlargement of existing one family residence. Plumbing filed under separate application.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 24, 2023, estimated cost $24K, described as “Application filed herewith for all plumbing work to be done in conjunction with alt. 1 application.”
- Alteration, filed Aug 24, 2023, estimated cost $1K, described as “Application filed herewith to erect construction fence in conjunction with alt. 1 application.”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $143,100
- 2026–27 tax: $21,481
- Market value (city estimate): $2,385,000
- Taxable value: $108,253
- Assessed land: $34,980
- Assessed improvements: $108,120

## Zoning

R1-1: floor area ratio 0.15 built, 0.75 allowed by base zoning.

## Recent sales

- Jul 9, 2020: $1,455,000, 5,794 sq ft ($251 per sq ft)

Open-market sales since 2016, from the Department of Finance’s sales files.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology