STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you have a new neighbor, odds are strong that they may have hailed from Brooklyn. According to a new study, out of the 2,669 Brooklyn residents who purchased property this year, a whopping 315 of them – or 12% – have decided to relocate to Staten Island.
“While 77% of buyers stayed in Brooklyn, about one in eight bought in Staten Island — the highest inter-borough movement in the city,” noted the report, which was penned by Eliza Theiss for Property Shark. “That trend likely reflects space-seeking and affordability-driven shifts across the Narrows.”
According to Theiss’ research, the Brooklyn-to-Staten Island migration came from just four neighborhoods — Sunset Park, Bensonhurst, Borough Park and Bay Ridge — and was most likely fueled by a disparity in real estate prices. Redfin’s data showed that Brooklyn’s median home sale price hovered at $850,000 in the first five months of 2025, while the average Staten Island home fetched approximately $712,000 during the same span…