Living in Rosebank: rent, commute and grades

Staten Island · Updated November 2026

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This guide also covers Shore Acres and Concord, which share Rosebank’s official city boundaries.

Rent in Rosebank

$1,040 a month, estimated

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

DOverall

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

FWalkability
The average home has 3.2 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 38 places to eat or shop.
FFood and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 8 places to eat, 5 kinds of cuisine, 1.8 large grocery stores and 19 open storefronts.
C-Parks and green space
100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 36 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 324 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

C-Community
15% of households moved in since 2018, 5% are roommates sharing a home, 19% 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.
Residents: There is not much to do near the Verrazzano Bridge end of Rosebank, so going out usually means Brooklyn or Manhattan. Resident, Dec 2024

BSafety
4.3 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (100 in all).
Residents: The streets near the bridge feel good overall; a few people a few blocks away look rough but are mostly harmless. Resident, Dec 2024
City data and 3 resident threads on Reddit agree on this grade.
A-Quiet
25 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.
DBuilding upkeep
70.4 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 7.3 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

SafetyThe streets near the bridge feel good overall; a few people a few blocks away look rough but are mostly harmless. Resident, Dec 2024
SafetyRosebank, by the Verrazzano Bridge and Fort Wadsworth, is a very safe place to live. Grew up there, Aug 2024

NightlifeThere is not much to do near the Verrazzano Bridge end of Rosebank, so going out usually means Brooklyn or Manhattan. Resident, Dec 2024

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Rosebank is less rough than the blocks by the St. George ferry, especially past Hylan Boulevard on Bay Street.
Not a resident, Sep 2025
Rosebank sits close to St. George, New Brighton and Stapleton, but is where North Shore neighborhoods start to feel safer.
Not a resident, Aug 2024

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

Residents: With a car, Brooklyn and Manhattan are easy to reach from the blocks right by the Verrazzano Bridge exit. Resident, Dec 2024

Residents: From Rosebank, the St. George ferry is about five minutes away. Grew up there, Aug 2024

Rosebank is known for its Italian American community: Italian immigrants began settling here soon after 1880, and their descendants have remained the main ethnic group. Source
The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, at 420 Tompkins Avenue, is the former home of inventor Antonio Meucci, where Italian leader Giuseppe Garibaldi also lived. It celebrates Italian American cultural heritage. Source
Clear Comfort, the Alice Austen House at 2 Hylan Boulevard, began in 1690 as a one-room Dutch farmhouse. Alice Austen's grandfather bought it in 1844 and turned it into a Victorian Gothic cottage. Source
The Alice Austen House is now a museum of the photographer Alice Austen, who took more than 7,000 photographs of a changing New York, mostly around 1900. Since 2017 it has been a national site of LGBTQ+ history. Source
The Alice Austen House stands in a waterfront park owned by NYC Parks, on the shore near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, with views of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. Source
St. John's Episcopal Church, founded in 1843, has stood on Bay Street since 1871, when the street was still called New York Avenue. Source