Serving New Dorp, New Dorp Beach, Oakwood, Oakwood Beach and Grant City Raised houses and 1960s systems in New Dorp and Oakwood

Local homes

Homes in New Dorp and Oakwood

Detached houses are the largest group in ZIP 10306, and the 1960s were its busiest building years. With a median year built of 1968, most houses predate 1983, when the city adopted FEMA flood maps and flood-resistant standards.

• 41.5% of housing units in ZIP 10306 are detached one-family houses
• 23.4% were built from 1960 to 1969
• 69.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied

Figures are U.S. Census ZIP-level estimates (ZIP 10306); ZIP lines do not follow neighborhood lines exactly.

What goes wrong here

• Equipment that went up with the house

  Build It Back raised substantially damaged houses to flood elevation standards or rebuilt them elevated. A raised house cannot keep its boiler, water heater and panel in a basement that floods, so they move up, with longer runs to the utilities at the street.

• Oakwood Beach after the buyout

  Sandy’s surge swept some Oakwood Beach houses off their foundations and flattened half the houses on Kissam Avenue. The State then bought out homes across Oakwood Beach and turned the land into open space; the houses that remain still need their own protection.

• Houses that were never raised

  A 1960s house that was not raised often still has its boiler, water heater and electrical panel in the basement, below today’s flood elevation, where a coastal surge can reach them through the sewer connection.

• Small lots by the beach

  Homes in New Dorp Beach are built on small lots close together, and Sandy washed away much of the sand on the beach in front of them. Tight side yards make it harder to regrade, run a sump discharge or move equipment.

Services New Dorp and Oakwood homes call for

• Plumbing in Staten IslandLong supply, gas and drain runs in a raised house.
• ElectricalA panel, meter and circuits relocated above the flood line.
• Heating in Staten IslandA boiler or furnace moved up out of the basement.
• Flood Restoration in Staten IslandDrying and rebuilding a ground floor after water gets in.
• Basement Finishing & Waterproofing in Staten IslandBackwater valves and sumps for houses that stayed at grade.

Local programs and rules

• Build It Back elevation rules

  Under Build It Back, one-to-four family houses judged substantially damaged by Sandy had to be elevated to comply with the NYC Building Code, to a height set from FEMA’s Base Flood Elevation plus extra freeboard.

Program details are for information; ask the agency that runs each one what applies to your home.

Getting to you

• Working on a raised house

  Stairs, platforms and flood vents decide how materials get in and out. We size equipment for the access and keep anything that cannot take water above the flood line.

Estimates are free, and emergencies are answered 24/7.

Around the neighborhood

Miller Field, the grass airfield that became part of Gateway National Recreation Area in 1972, has its entrance on New Dorp Lane.

Nearby

• Midland Beach and South Beach
• Great Kills
• All of Staten Island