Living in New Springville: rent, commute and grades

Staten Island · Updated November 2026

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This guide also covers Bulls Head, Willowbrook, Travis and Bloomfield, which share New Springville’s official city boundaries.

Rent in New Springville

$1,884 a month, estimated

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

COverall

Grades compare NYC neighborhoods with each other. How the grades work.

FWalkability
The average home has 2.2 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 28 places to eat or shop.
FFood and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 11 places to eat, 6 kinds of cuisine, 0.9 large grocery stores and 15 open storefronts.
CParks and green space
86% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 969 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 240 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

DCommunity
15% of households moved in since 2018, 4% are roommates sharing a home, 18% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 4 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
DNightlife
About 3 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

A+Safety
1.9 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (81 in all).
Residents: Car thieves test door handles in New Springville driveways, three times in one month at one home. Resident, Jan 2023
AQuiet
18 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.
Residents: Willowbrook is very quiet. Resident, Mar 2026
A+Building upkeep
5.8 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 1.1 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

SafetyCar thieves test door handles in New Springville driveways, three times in one month at one home. Resident, Jan 2023

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Travis has a small-town vibe.
Not a resident, Mar 2025
Travis feels like an old small town, with a long-running Fourth of July parade.
Not a resident, Mar 2025

The West Shore Inn in Travis serves good steaks and has a nice cocktail list.
Not a resident, Mar 2025
Da Noi on Victory Boulevard is good for Italian food.
Not a resident, Oct 2024
The Travis and Chelsea area is isolated, with only a couple of decent restaurants nearby.
Not a resident, Oct 2024

Willowbrook Park is good for beginner fishing and has parking and bathrooms.
Not a resident, May 2025
A wooded footpath crossing Travis Avenue toward Richmond Avenue is beautiful most of the year, with deer and foxes, and there are good youth ball fields.
Not a resident, Mar 2025

By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourNew Springville

New Springville is known for the Staten Island Mall, which opened in 1973 on the grounds of a little-used airport and turned the area into a retail and business center, with more stores built on the land around it. Source
Freshwater springs gave the area the name Springville in the early 19th century, later New Springville, and it stayed largely rural until 1964. Source
Thousands of single-family houses went up in New Springville in the last decades of the 20th century, along with apartment and condominium complexes near the Staten Island Mall. Source
The College of Staten Island, a senior college of the City University of New York, has its 204-acre campus here, completed in 1994 on what the college calls the largest physical New York City college site. Source
Willowbrook Park's Carousel for All Children, a Victorian-style merry-go-round with 51 carved wooden figures, opened in 1999 beside the park's 12-acre lake, hiking trails, playground and ball fields. Source