Out of 2,669 Brooklyn residents who purchased property this year, 315 (12%) relocated to Staten Island. These moves originated primarily from Sunset Park, Bensonhurst, Borough Park and Bay Ridge. Brooklyn's median home sale price was about $850,000 in the first five months of 2025, while Staten Island's averaged roughly $712,000. Price and space-seeking appear to have driven the migration. Ninety-seven percent of Staten Island buyers who purchased in the first half of 2025 stayed within the borough. Buying activity includes inter-borough moves, statewide and out-of-state demand, with a small level of international interest, and ownership patterns vary by how people buy as well as where.
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.
And that pricing could also be the reason why most Staten Islanders stayed put. The study noted that 97% of Staten Islanders who purchased a home in the first half of 2025 stayed within their home borough. But despite this trend, Theiss also noted that the NYC housing market is far from insular. Instead, purchasing patterns reflect "a dynamic mix of inter-borough moves, statewide demand and a spread of out-of-state buyers - with a small but suggestive layer of international activity at the margins."
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