In January of 2014, 261 properties sold on Staten Island ranging from roughly $60,000 to $1.3 Million. Below is a breakdown of sales on the North Shore's Grasmere Section by property type with prices in ascending order.

One Family Attached-

1. 515 Hanover Avenue- $319,000

Condo-

1. 985 West Fingerboard Road #287- $359,000

One Family Semi Attached-

1. 565 Hanover Avenue- $449,650

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In January of 2014, 261 properties sold on Staten Island ranging from roughly $60,000 to $1.3 Million. Below is a breakdown of sales on the North Shore's Grant City Section by property type with prices in ascending order. 

Condo-

1. 100 Colfax Avenue #1G- $169,000

One Family Semi Attached-

1. 757 Nugent Avenue- $340,000

2. 287 Rudyard Street- $359,900

3. 31 Colfax Avenue- $380,00

4. 32 Stacey Lane- 425,000

Two Family Detatched-

1. 150 Fremont Avenue- $398,900

2. 11 Juniper Place- 532,800

One Family Detatched-

1.68 Lincoln Avenue- $649,000

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In January of 2014, 261 properties sold on Staten Island ranging from roughly $60,000 to $1.3 Million. Below is a breakdown of sales on the South Shore's Great Kills Section by property type with prices in ascending order.  

Condo-

1. 890 Armstrong Avenue #14- $190,000

One Family Detatched-

1. 3934 Hylan Boulevard- $319,000

2. 179 Kennington Street- $459,000

3. 329 Corbin Avenue- $469,000

4. 273 Great Kills Road- $475,000

5. 28 Sweetwater Avenue- $709,000

One Family Semi-Attached-

1. 256 Elverton Avenue- $399,000

2. 474 Colon Avenue- $419,000

3. 191 Oakdale Street- $529,000

One Family Attached-

1. 405 Abingdon Avenue- $399,000

2. 12 Lindenwood Road- $429,900

Two Family Semi Detatched-

1. 60 Willow Wood Lane- $ 569,900

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In January of 2014, 261 properties sold on Staten Island ranging from roughly $60,000 to $1.3 Million. Below is a breakdown of sales on the North Shore's Eltingville Section by property type with prices in ascending order.

Condo:

1. 288 Bruckner Avenue #B- $169,228

One Family Attached-

1. 85 Spartan Avenue- $269,900

2. 41 Spartan Avenue- $279,000

3. 94 Jules Drive- $289,000

Two Family Detatched-

1. 500 Morningstar Road- $389,999

2. 497 Morningstar Road- $628,000

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Today is April 5, but it is also opening day for the North Shore shopping experience at Gerardi's Farmers Market at 561 Richmond Terrace in New Brighton. 

Enzo Gerardi established this landmark in 1985 at the former Gypsum Plant on Richmond Terrace.  Since then , I have been a loyal customer of Gerardi's.  Enzo and family own a 40 acre farm in NJ and sell fresh fruits, vegetables and grocery items (milk, eggs, etc., fresh bread) at great prices. 

The displays of a huge selection of flowers and plants abound together with the green house across Richmond Terrace.  You can park right in front of the market or across the street where you will be closer to the shrubs and trees if that is what your pleasure is.  Check out the lion and horse!  The traffic…

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When was the last time you visited the Staten Island Zoo in West Brighton?

As a native Islander, I have visited the Zoo over these many years with my son, niece, nephew, friends and family.  However, last summer I was fortunate to visit the Zoo with my grandson and experienced the fascination and wonder through his young eyes. 

The Zoo has a spectacular assortment of wild animals, reptiles, birds, bugs, a petting zoo for the young (and the young at heart), exhibits, events (Breakfast with the Beasts, Farm Day-Shear Madness--you get to see horses being shoed and watch sheep shearing and wool spinning, Eggstravagant Breakfast with the Bunny, and ZooFari, to name a few), educational programs and of course, Groundhog Day with the famous Staten Island…

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On April 10, 125 Staten Island restaurants will open their doors for breakfast, lunch and dinner to the Dine Out campaign.  They will donate 20% of the day's proceeds to benefit Project Hospitality. 

The Rev. Terry Troia, executive director of Project Hospitality, noted that massive federal cuts have hit food benefit programs as more borough residents become dependent on pantries and food kitchens.  She stated that in 2013, Project Hospitality provided a record 2.2 million meals at its soup kitchens and food pantries and more than 38,000 folks of all ages availed themselves of their services. 

In the last three months of 2013, nearly 109,300 meals were served in the Hurricane Sandy-ravaged zip codes 10305 and 10306.  Most of those emergency meals…

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In January of 2014, 261 properties sold on Staten Island ranging from roughly $60,000 to $1.3 Million. Below is a breakdown of sales on the South Shore's Eltingville Section by property type with prices in ascending order.

One Family Semi Attached

1. 374 Cortelyou Avenue: $332,000

2. 83 Winchester Avenue: $385,000

3. 319 Cortelyou Avenue: $435,000

One Family Attached

1. 753 Barlow Avenue: $350,000

One Family Detatched

1. 417 Oakdale Street: $350,000

2. 150 Thornycroft Avenue: $415,000

3. 208 Retford Avenue: $420,000

4. 315 Ridgewood Avenue: $490,000

5. 314 Lyndale Avenue: $530,000

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In January of 2014, 261 properties sold on Staten Island ranging from roughly $60,000 to $1.3 Million. Below is a breakdown of sales on the North Shore's Dongan Hills Section by property type with prices in ascending order.

One Family Detatched

1. 150 Benton Avenue- 310,000

2. 944 Railroad Avenue- 320,000

3. 165 Atlantic Avenue- 337,500

4. 470 Mason Avenue- 380,000

5. 362 Delaware Avenune- 430,000

One Family Semi-Attached

1. 326 Seaver Aneue- $330,000

Co-Op

1. 1160 Richmond Road #2B- $145,000

Two-Family Detatched

1. 264 Reid Avenue #266- $265,000

2. 106 Evergreen Avenune- $568,000

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 If you missed any of the previous Sneak-Peak tours of the Freshkills Park, you have a chance to participate in one on April 13.  The former landfill and current Freshkills Park will be opened to cyclists as part of the Tour de Staten Island--a 25 mile run and a new extended 40 mile route that takes riders around the entire Island.  Both routes will include the optional 5 mile loop around the Park for the first time during the ride-at-your-own pace event.  If you are thinking that this sounds distasteful--riding a bike through the former landfill--you are sadly mistaken.  
The Freshkills Park, which is usually closed to the public, had its fourth annual Sneak Peak event in September 2013.  I attended with my son, daughter-in-law and two-year old…

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