Staten Island - Graniteville area (middle-class, how much, houses)
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Hello all. I am most likely moving to Staten Island in a little over a month and wanted to get an idea of the Graniteville area. Is this area safe? How is the schooling?
Graniteville is iffy, you'd be best to move over a little to Westerleigh which is South of Forest Avenue and east of Richmond Avenue. Safe, nice houses. Don't have info on schools, although the high school is Susan E. Wagner, and I think it is still a good school. (was when I went, waaaay back when).
If you're referring to Graniteville as the area west of Richmond Avenue and South of Forest Avenue, the income range is moderate to low. Safe? meaning what? What are you looking for in a school? Public, private?
Location: Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York City, New York, 10302
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Graniteville is iffy, you'd be best to move over a little to Westerleigh which is South of Forest Avenue and east of Richmond Avenue. Safe, nice houses. Don't have info on schools, although the high school is Susan E. Wagner, and I think it is still a good school. (was when I went, waaaay back when).
Graniteville is south of Forest Ave as well. I believe the unofficial boundaries are something like: Forest Ave to the north, Goethals Road N. to the south, South Ave to the west and Willowbrook Road to the East (lol @ how South Ave is to the East and Goethals Road North is to the South. Smh)? I know that IS 51 is considered to be in Graniteville and that's on Willowbrook and Houston so the neighborhood has to stretch at least that far east.
The neighborhood is fine though. It's about as diverse as Staten Island gets without possessing high levels of poverty and crime. The more east you go the more white the area becomes. It all depends what you're looking for. If you want a lily-white, middle-class area go to Westerleigh. If you want more diversity but still safety, Graniteville is ideal from a Staten Island standpont.
Hello all. I am most likely moving to Staten Island in a little over a month and wanted to get an idea of the Graniteville area. Is this area safe? How is the schooling?
Thank you!
Sorry to be late, but I just joined and wanted to give my thoughts.
There are a couple of different definitions of Graniteville. City-data says that the boundaries are as follows:
South Avenue->Forest Avenue->Willow Road West->Goethals Road North
In any case, living south of the SIE in what can be considered Graniteville (by the second definition), I would say that the area is great. There is shopping along Richmond Avenue and Forest Avenue, and the transportation is pretty good (there are express buses to Manhattan, as well as local buses that go within Staten Island)
The area is fairly diverse (it gets more diverse as you go further north), but I would say that the largest racial group is White. Still, it doesn't have the problems that other diverse areas on Staten Island have (crime, poverty, etc)
The schools around here are pretty good. P.S.22 has a chorus that is well-known, and I.S.51 has a bad reputation, but I have some friends that went there and said that it was alright. Port Richmond High School is great, and has many different programs (though I find that they can be strict regarding matters such as attendance, probably because it affects how much funding they receive).
Good luck!
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