Living in Westerleigh: rent, commute and grades

Staten Island · Updated November 2026

The Frank Burt House, a Victorian in Westerleigh, Staten Island.
The Dr. Isaac Funk House, Westerleigh, Staten Island.
Clove Lake in Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island.
Clove Lakes on a clear day, Staten Island.
The Peter Houseman House, Westerleigh, Staten Island.
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This guide also covers Castleton Corners, which shares Westerleigh’s official city boundaries.

Rent in Westerleigh

$1,510 a month, estimated

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

Westerleigh is cheaper with roommates

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COverall

Westerleigh graded

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Everyday life

  • FWalkability

    The average home has 2.6 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 33 places to eat or shop.

    Residents: Everyday stores are close by. Resident, Mar 2026

  • FFood and shopping

    Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 9 places to eat, 5 kinds of cuisine, 1.2 large grocery stores and 20 open storefronts.

    Residents: There is plenty of halal food in the area. Resident, Jul 2026

  • CParks and green space

    94% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 153 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 354 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

People

  • DCommunity

    12% of households moved in since 2018, 7% are roommates sharing a home, 17% 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.

Home and safety

  • A+Safety

    1.6 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (49 in all).

    Residents: The neighborhood feels comfortable to walk around at almost any hour. Renter, Jul 2026

  • A+Quiet

    19 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: Westerleigh and Castleton Corners are very quiet. New resident, Oct 2025

    City data alone would give A; what residents say in 3 Reddit threads moves it to A+.

  • ABuilding upkeep

    6.7 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 3.1 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

    Residents: Most homes are old, so expect to spend time fixing problems as they come up. Moved from Brooklyn, Jul 2026

Who lives there

  • A mix of ages

What residents say

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Food and shopping

Walkability

  • With a car almost anything is a short drive; without one, walkability is decent but depends on the block.

    Not a resident, Jul 2026

  • Small markets and delis along Victory Boulevard are walkable if you do not buy much at once.

    Not a resident, Jun 2023

Quiet

Parks and green space

Building upkeep

Getting around from Westerleigh

Map of New York City neighborhoods shaded by travel time by subway or bus from Westerleigh
By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourWesterleigh

Residents: Manhattan commuters use the SIM3 express bus at peak hours and the much slower SIM3C off peak, from stops on Victory Boulevard. Resident, Jul 2026

Residents: Driving to Brooklyn and New Jersey is convenient, though traffic is always bad. Grew up there, Mar 2026

What to know about Westerleigh

  • Westerleigh began in 1887 as Prohibition Park, a summer resort laid out in small lots for members of the temperance movement. Its streets were named for the movement's leaders, such as St. John Avenue, after a former governor of Kansas. Source
  • Westerleigh is mostly older detached houses, many on large lots. In the 75 blocks the city rezoned in 2008, 80% of homes were single-family detached houses, and the new zoning limits new construction to that type. Source
  • Many of Westerleigh's streets are no more than 29 feet wide, a sign of the neighborhood's late 19th and early 20th century origins. Source
  • The Housman House at 308 St. John Avenue, a Dutch farmhouse begun about 1730 and enlarged about 1760, is one of the few Staten Island houses older than the American Revolution. It stands on the old Watchogue Road, once part of the stagecoach route from New York to Philadelphia. Source
  • Neighboring Castleton Corners, known as Centreville in the 1850s, took on much of its present character between the 1930s and early 1950s, when hundreds of freestanding houses and rowhouses went up between Potter Avenue and Victory Boulevard. Source
  • What was left of Prohibition Park's open land passed to the city in 1907 and survives as Westerleigh Park and Northerleigh Park. Source

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