Serving New Springville, Bulls Head, Westerleigh, Willowbrook, Travis and Heartland Village Houses from the post-bridge boom, due for new systems
ZIP 10314 is the most populous on Staten Island, and half of its homes went up from 1970 to 1989, as the farms and marsh of the mid-Island turned into suburbs.
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Homes in New Springville
Attached houses are the largest group of homes in ZIP 10314, and 72.9 percent of occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Most were built in the 1970s and 1980s, so original air conditioners, water heaters and panels are wearing out together.
- 93,915 people live in ZIP 10314, the most of any Staten Island ZIP
- 51.7% of its housing units were built from 1970 to 1989
- 31.9% are attached one-family houses, ahead of detached houses at 29.5%
Figures are U.S. Census ZIP-level estimates (ZIP 10314); ZIP lines do not follow neighborhood lines exactly.
What goes wrong here
Built in one wave, wearing out in one wave
NYC Parks notes that after the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened in 1964, Willowbrook changed from a rural, marshy area into a neighborhood of one- and two-family homes. Many of those houses may still have their first boilers and panels.
Little side yard for the outdoor unit
An attached house, the most common type in ZIP 10314, often has little or no side yard for an AC condenser or heat pump, so the outdoor unit usually goes in the rear yard or on the roof.
Filled-in brooks and low lots
NYC Parks records that streams once ran through Willowbrook and that Corson’s Brook, which crossed the land now in Willowbrook Park, was filled in. On a low lot, a basement that takes water after heavy rain needs drainage and a sump before it is finished.
Two apartments on one lot
A quarter of homes in ZIP 10314 are in two-unit buildings: two kitchens, two water heaters and two electric meters under one roof.
Services New Springville homes call for
- Cooling & Air ConditioningReplacing an old central air system, or ductless heat pumps.
- Heating in Staten IslandGas boilers and furnaces from the 1970s and 1980s.
- ElectricalPanel and service upgrades for central air, heat pumps or an EV charger.
- Kitchen & Bath Remodeling in Staten IslandKitchens and baths that have not changed since the house was built.
- Basement Finishing & Waterproofing in Staten IslandA sump and drainage on low lots before the basement is finished.
Getting to you
Shared walls and roof lines
Outdoor units and line sets stay on your side of the property line, and anything touching the shared wall is talked through with you first.
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Around the neighborhood
Willowbrook Park is part of the Greenbelt, the band of parks through the center of the Island established in 1984; its lake, built in 1932, was the first man-made pond on Staten Island stocked with fish.
Freshkills Park is being built on the former Fresh Kills Landfill, which took its last barge of garbage in 2001; at 2,200 acres it will be almost three times the size of Central Park.
Questions from New Springville homeowners
Can I add central air or a heat pump to an attached house?
Usually. If the house has ducts, a new outdoor unit and coil can use them; if not, ductless indoor units fed by one outdoor unit in the rear yard or on the roof are the common answer. The electrical panel is checked first.
My house went up in the 1970s. Is the panel big enough for new loads?
Maybe not. Panels from that era were sized before heat pumps and EV chargers were common, so the new load is added up against the service first. An upgrade needs a DOB electrical permit, filed by a licensed electrical contractor.
Water gets into the basement after heavy rain. Where do I start?
Outside: leaders that drain away from the house and ground that slopes away from the walls. If water still gets in, a perimeter drain and a sump with battery backup handle it before the basement is finished.
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