The Quietest Neighborhoods in Staten Island
Every residential neighborhood in Staten Island, ranked by the 311 noise complaints filed within 100 meters of a typical spot — quietest first. City complaint records, not listing copy.
311 data through September 13, 2026 • 16 Staten Island neighborhoods ranked • pulled September 14, 2026
Quick Answer
The quietest neighborhood in Staten Island by 311 noise complaints is Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights: the typical sampled spot had 0 complaints within 100 meters over the 6 months ending September 13, 2026 (mean 0.8 across all 100 spots) — against a Staten Island mean of 4.5 complaints per sampled spot, pooled over every sampled point in the borough. Citywide that is #1 of 197.
9 Staten Island neighborhoods share the lowest median (0), so the mean breaks the tie; treat the top of this table as a group, not a single winner.
Noise is a block-level problem. Check a specific address for its own 100-meter complaint count.
All 16 Staten Island neighborhoods, quietest first
Lower is quieter. “Median” is the number of 311 noise complaints within 100 meters of the typical sampled spot — the ranking metric. “Mean” averages all 100 spots, so a single heavily complained-about building pulls it above the median. “P90” is the 90th-percentile spot: the loud corner of an otherwise quiet neighborhood.
| # | Neighborhood | Median / 100m | Mean | P90 | Citywide rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights No DwellCheck page yet | 0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1 / 197 |
| 2 | Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow DwellCheck page: HuguenotSafety data → | 0 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2 / 197 |
| 3 | Tottenville-Charleston DwellCheck page: TottenvilleSafety data → | 0 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3 / 197 |
| 4 | New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis DwellCheck page: TravisSafety data → | 0 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 5 / 197 |
| 5 | Arden Heights-Rossville No DwellCheck page yet | 0 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 6 / 197 |
| 6 | West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill DwellCheck page: West BrightonSafety data → | 0 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 10 / 197 |
| 7 | Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville DwellCheck page: Mariners HarborSafety data → | 0 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 11 / 197 |
| 8 | Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills DwellCheck page: GrasmereSafety data → | 0 | 3.3 | 9 | 12 / 197 |
| 9 | Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill DwellCheck page: RosebankSafety data → | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 / 197 |
| 10 | Westerleigh-Castleton Corners DwellCheck page: WesterleighSafety data → | 0.5 | 2.9 | 5 | 21 / 197 |
| 11 | Oakwood-Richmondtown DwellCheck page: OakwoodSafety data → | 1 | 1.5 | 5 | 22 / 197 |
| 12 | Great Kills-Eltingville DwellCheck page: Great KillsSafety data → | 1 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 23 / 197 |
| 13 | New Dorp-Midland Beach DwellCheck page: Midland BeachSafety data → | 1 | 6 | 8.1 | 32 / 197 |
| 14 | 3 | 7.2 | 15 | 52 / 197 | |
| 15 | Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills DwellCheck page: TompkinsvilleSafety data → | 4 | 24.6 | 28.1 | 67 / 197 |
| 16 | St. George-New Brighton DwellCheck page: St. GeorgeSafety data → | 6 | 10.7 | 28 | 84 / 197 |
Data source: NYC Open Data 311 Service Requests, erm2-nwe9; complaint types "Noise - Residential", "Noise - Commercial", "Noise - Street/Sidewalk", "Noise - Vehicle", "Noise - Park", "Noise"; March 13, 2026 to September 13, 2026, pulled September 14, 2026; 100 sampled points per neighborhood.
The loudest neighborhoods in Staten Island
The other end of the same ranking — the five Staten Island neighborhoods where the typical spot draws the most 311 noise complaints.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median / 100m | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| #16 of 16 | St. George-New Brighton DwellCheck page: St. GeorgeSafety data → | 6 | 10.7 |
| #15 of 16 | Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills DwellCheck page: TompkinsvilleSafety data → | 4 | 24.6 |
| #14 of 16 | 3 | 7.2 | |
| #13 of 16 | New Dorp-Midland Beach DwellCheck page: Midland BeachSafety data → | 1 | 6 |
| #12 of 16 | Great Kills-Eltingville DwellCheck page: Great KillsSafety data → | 1 | 1.7 |
For the citywide version of this list, see the 15 noisiest NYC neighborhoods.
How we ranked this
- Formula
- For each residential 2020 NTA in Staten Island: place 100 seeded random points inside the boundary, count 311 noise complaints within 100 meters of each point, and rank by the median of those 100 counts, ascending; ties broken by the mean, then the NTA code. Citywide median for comparison: 8 complaints per sampled spot, mean 30.6, pooled over 197 residential neighborhoods. Same function as our citywide quietest-neighborhoods ranking.
- Data source
- 311 Service Requests from 2010 to Present, NYC Open Data
erm2-nwe9, limited to the complaint types "Noise - Residential", "Noise - Commercial", "Noise - Street/Sidewalk", "Noise - Vehicle", "Noise - Park", "Noise"; boundaries from the city’s 2020 NTA file, residential NTAs only. - Vintage
- Complaints created March 13, 2026 through September 13, 2026 — the 6 months ending at the latest 311 complaint date published when the data was pulled on September 14, 2026.
- Limitations
- 311 counts complaints, not decibels. A neighborhood where people call less looks quieter than it sounds.
- A 100-meter circle near a neighborhood edge counts complaints across the boundary.
- Noise is seasonal: a six-month window that includes summer reads higher than one that does not.
- A neighborhood median hides its loud corners — the P90 column is there for exactly that reason.
- Medians of 0 are common in low-density neighborhoods and make the top of the table a group of ties rather than a strict order.
Full scoring documentation: DwellCheck methodology.
Frequently asked questions
1What is the quietest neighborhood in Staten Island?
By 311 noise complaints, Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights is the quietest Staten Island neighborhood: the typical sampled spot had 0 noise complaints within 100 meters over the 6 months ending September 13, 2026 (mean 0.8 across all 100 sampled spots). Citywide that is #1 of 197 ranked neighborhoods. 9 Staten Island neighborhoods share that median of 0; they are ordered by the mean, and 3 of them match on both and are genuinely tied.
2How do you rank the quietest neighborhoods in Staten Island?
We place 100 seeded random points inside each residential 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Area, count the 311 noise complaints filed within 100 meters of each point over the 6 months ending September 13, 2026, and rank by the median of those 100 counts, lowest first. The median rather than the mean, because one chronically complained-about address inside a single 100-meter circle can move a neighborhood's mean by tens of complaints. Ties are broken by the mean, then the NTA code. It is the same ranking function as our citywide quietest-neighborhoods guide.
3Which Staten Island neighborhoods are the loudest?
By the same measure, the loudest Staten Island neighborhoods are St. George-New Brighton (median 6), Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills (median 4), Port Richmond (median 3), New Dorp-Midland Beach (median 1), Great Kills-Eltingville (median 1). Nightlife strips, elevated trains and dense commercial corridors drive most of this.
4Is a median of 0 complaints really possible?
Yes, and it appears in the data: it means more than half the sampled spots in that neighborhood had no 311 noise complaint within 100 meters over the 6 months. It does not mean the neighborhood is silent — 311 records complaints people file, not decibels, and the mean column on this page shows that the same neighborhood usually still has some complaints somewhere inside it.
5Does 311 data measure actual noise?
No. 311 records complaints, so it measures noise that bothered somebody enough to call plus the local propensity to call. Two blocks with the same decibel level can have very different counts. Use the ranking as a signal, then visit the specific block at night.
6What data sources are behind these numbers?
311 Service Requests from 2010 to Present on NYC Open Data (dataset erm2-nwe9), complaint types "Noise - Residential", "Noise - Commercial", "Noise - Street/Sidewalk", "Noise - Vehicle", "Noise - Park", "Noise", created March 13, 2026 through September 13, 2026, pulled September 14, 2026. Helicopter, house-of-worship and collection-truck noise are not counted. Boundaries are the city's residential 2020 NTAs.
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