Serving Annadale, Arden Heights and Huguenot From septic tanks to city sewers in Annadale and Arden Heights
Parts of Annadale and Arden Heights only got city sanitary sewers in the 2010s, and much of the housing is from the 1970s and 1980s. That shapes the plumbing, drainage and basement work here.
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Local homes
Homes in Annadale and Arden Heights
ZIP 10312 has the second-highest owner-occupancy on Staten Island, after Tottenville. Close to half its housing was built in the 1970s and 1980s, mostly as detached and attached one-family houses, which puts original water heaters, boilers, kitchens and baths in many of them at replacement age.
- 82.5% of occupied homes in ZIP 10312 are owner-occupied
- 42.9% of housing units are detached one-family houses, and 33.5% attached
- 1982 is the median year the ZIP’s housing was built
Figures are U.S. Census ZIP-level estimates (ZIP 10312); ZIP lines do not follow neighborhood lines exactly.
What goes wrong here
Septic tanks left in the yard
DEP’s Annadale project, finished in 2013, laid 1.4 miles of sanitary sewers, and its 2015 work in Arden Heights and Annadale let 114 more households stop using septic tanks. Connecting is only half the job: an old tank left in place can settle or cave in.
Streets that used to flood
Before DEP’s sewer work, the Annadale section had no sewer system and street flooding was common when it rained. New storm sewers and catch basins now carry runoff to Bluebelt streams, but leaders and yard drains piped for the old conditions may still dump water at the foundation.
Coastal blocks added to the floodplain
FEMA’s post-Sandy maps added residential blocks along the Annadale coastline to the floodplain, and in places the V Zone, at risk of storm waves of three feet or more, takes in the first inland rows of homes.
Services Annadale and Arden Heights homes call for
- Plumbing in Staten IslandA new house sewer to the street connection, plus a backwater valve.
- Drain Cleaning in Staten IslandCamera checks on new connections and on old yard and leader lines.
- Basement Finishing & Waterproofing in Staten IslandKeeping a 1980s basement dry before it is finished.
- Kitchen & Bath Remodeling in Staten IslandUpdating original kitchens and baths in 1970s and 1980s houses.
- Heating in Staten IslandReplacing a boiler or furnace that came with the house.
Local programs and rules
The South Shore Bluebelt
The Staten Island Bluebelt drains 15 watersheds at the southern end of the Island plus the Richmond Creek watershed, about 10,000 acres, through streams, ponds and wetlands. In Arden Heights, DEP built a constructed wetland on state-preserved land to filter runoff before it reaches the Arthur Kill.
Program details are for information; ask the agency that runs each one what applies to your home.
Getting to you
Yards next to wetlands
Where a yard borders Bluebelt land or wooded parkland, we keep equipment and dug soil off that ground and reach the work through the driveway.
Estimates are free, and emergencies are answered 24/7.
Around the neighborhood
Arden Heights Woods, bounded by Arthur Kill Road, Arden Avenue and Legate Avenue, is mostly forested hardwood swamp with kettle ponds joined by streams.
Questions from Annadale and Arden Heights homeowners
My street has a new sewer. What does connecting involve?
A new house sewer from the house to the connection at the street, with the filings the city requires, and the old septic tank taken out of service. A backwater valve can go in while the line is open.
Who handles the paperwork for a sewer connection?
We handle filings where required for the work we do, and you will know at the estimate which approvals your connection needs.
Why does water still sit by my foundation after rain?
The usual causes are leaders that empty at the wall, a buried drywell that has silted up, or a low spot by the house. Each has a different fix, so it is checked before anything is dug.
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