Demolition Contractor in Staten Island, NY
Everything that has to come down, handled by one crew. Full house and commercial teardowns, interior gut-outs, pool removal, and concrete and asphalt removal across all of Staten Island. We handle the DOB filing, the asbestos survey, the utility disconnects and the debris — you get a flat, buildable lot and a clean record on the property.
Demolition services in Staten Island, NY
Fourteen services, one crew, one number to call. Whether it is a whole two-family coming down on the North Shore or a single chimney off a roof in Eltingville, the same people quote it, permit it and run it.
Structural Demolition
Full teardowns filed with the NYC DOBHouse Demolition
Full teardown of single-family, semi-attached and attached homes across Staten Island — from DOB filing and utility disconnects through backfill and a clean, buildable lot.
House Demolition in Staten IslandCommercial Building Demolition
Retail buildings, warehouses, offices and mixed-use structures taken down on schedule, with sidewalk protection and adjacent-property safeguards in place.
Commercial Building Demolition in Staten IslandMobile Home Demolition
Trailers and manufactured homes dismantled, hauled and disposed of, including tie-down removal, skirting, decks and the slab or pier foundation.
Mobile Home Demolition in Staten IslandGarage Demolition
Detached and attached garages removed cleanly on tight Staten Island lots, with the slab broken out and the ground graded flat.
Garage Demolition in Staten IslandBarn Demolition
Barns, stables and large outbuildings dropped safely, with salvageable timber set aside and the remaining debris sorted and recycled.
Barn Demolition in Staten IslandInterior Demolition
Selective strip-outs that keep the structure intactCommercial Interior Demolition
Offices, restaurants, retail and medical spaces stripped to shell or to a specified scope — after hours if the neighbouring tenants need to keep trading.
Commercial Interior Demolition in Staten IslandResidential Interior Demolition
Kitchen, bath, basement and whole-floor gut-outs with dust containment, floor protection and daily debris removal so your GC can start on time.
Residential Interior Demolition in Staten IslandConcrete & Asphalt Removal
Breaking out, hauling and grading flatworkConcrete Driveway Removal
Cracked, heaved or settled driveways broken out and hauled away, with rebar separated for recycling and the base left ready to repour.
Concrete Driveway Removal in Staten IslandAsphalt Parking Lot Removal
Full-depth asphalt removal for lots, aprons and access drives — milled or ripped, loaded out, and phased so part of the lot stays usable.
Asphalt Parking Lot Removal in Staten IslandConcrete Sidewalk Removal
Sidewalk flags, curbs and stoops removed ahead of repair or replacement, with pedestrian protection kept in place throughout.
Concrete Sidewalk Removal in Staten IslandPool, Chimney & Deck Removal
Targeted removals on occupied propertiesInground Pool Removal
Full removal or partial fill-in of concrete, gunite, vinyl and fiberglass pools, backfilled with engineered material and compacted in lifts.
Inground Pool Removal in Staten IslandAbove Ground Pool Removal
Above-ground pools drained, dismantled and hauled in a day, including the surround deck, pump pad and any leftover base sand.
Above Ground Pool Removal in Staten IslandChimney Removal
Chimneys taken down to the roofline or all the way to the foundation, with the roof framed, sheathed and weather-tight before we leave.
Chimney Removal in Staten IslandDeck Removal
Wood and composite decks, pergolas, sheds and fencing removed down to the footings, with the yard raked and the debris carted off.
Deck Removal in Staten IslandA Staten Island demolition company, not a call centre with a truck
We are based on Charles Avenue in Elm Park, which means the borough is our home market rather than an outer stop on somebody's territory map. That shows up in the small things: we know which blocks in Port Richmond and Mariners Harbor have alley access wide enough for a mid-size excavator, which streets need a flagger because the bus route runs through them, and roughly what a Richmond County lot backfills at before we quote it.
Staten Island has an unusual housing mix for New York City, and it changes how demolition gets priced. The North Shore is dense pre-war attached and semi-attached stock, much of it built well before 1987, which means the asbestos survey is not optional. Through the Mid-Island you get post-war detached homes on modest lots where the neighbour's siding is four feet from the wall coming down. Down in Tottenville, Charleston and Woodrow the lots open up, and most of our pool removals and barn teardowns come from there.
Demolition and permits in New York City
Property owners cannot file a demolition permit themselves in New York City — a registered design professional has to take responsibility for the scope. A full demolition runs as a DM application through DOB NOW; a partial or interior scope runs as an ALT application with the removal clearly described and, where structure is involved, a PE-stamped analysis showing what remains will stand.
Before any of that gets issued, the asbestos question has to be closed out. Anything built or substantially altered before April 1, 1987 needs a survey by a DEP-certified asbestos investigator. If nothing asbestos-containing will be disturbed, they file an ACP-5. If it will, it becomes an asbestos project, an ACP-7 gets filed, a licensed abatement contractor does the removal, and the completion paperwork goes back to DOB before the demolition permit moves. For a full building teardown, DOB wants an ACP-5 with the box checked confirming the entire building is free of asbestos-containing material.
On top of that: written Con Edison confirmation that gas, electric and steam are disconnected, a sidewalk and pedestrian protection plan, notifications to the adjacent property owners, and — if the building sits in a historic district or carries a landmark designation — Landmarks Preservation Commission approval before DOB will even process the application. Open violations on the property need to be dealt with alongside the filing rather than after it.
None of that is your job. It is ours, and it is priced into the estimate.
What happens to the debris
Demolition generates a lot of construction and demolition debris, and where it goes affects both your cost and the paperwork. We sort on site: concrete and masonry to a recycler, ferrous and non-ferrous metal separated and sold, clean dimensional lumber diverted where the grade allows, and only the genuine residual going to landfill. It keeps roll-off counts down and it keeps the disposal record clean if anyone ever asks for it.
Get a free demolition estimate
Send photos of the structure and we can usually price it without a site visit. Same-day callback on every request.
Why property owners here call us first
Demolition goes wrong in predictable ways: a permit that was never filed, an asbestos report nobody ordered, a hole left open through a rainstorm. Most of what we do is making sure none of that lands on you.
Licensed, insured, and filed correctly
Every job that needs a permit gets one. We file the DM or ALT application through DOB NOW, coordinate the asbestos investigator, and confirm the Con Edison disconnects before a machine touches the building.
One crew, start to finish
The people who quote the job are the people who run it. No brokering the work out to a sub you have never met, and no surprise second contractor turning up for the debris.
The site is left buildable
Demolition is not finished when the walls come down. Foundations out, hole backfilled and compacted in lifts, site graded flat and swept — ready for the next trade instead of ready for another cleanup bill.
Written scope, fixed price
You get a line-itemed estimate that says what is included, what is excluded, and what would change the number. Most of our disputes-avoided come down to that one page.
How a demolition job actually runs
Five stages, and the first two are paperwork. Skipping them is what turns a two-week job into a six-month stop-work order.
Walkthrough and estimate
We look at the structure, the access, and what is next door. You get a written scope and a fixed price, usually within 24 hours of the visit.
Asbestos survey and filings
A DEP-certified investigator surveys anything built before April 1987. We file the ACP-5 or ACP-7 with DEP and the demolition application with the DOB, and line up utility disconnects.
Site protection
Sidewalk and pedestrian protection goes up, neighbours get notified, and we set up dust control and adjacent-property safeguards before any machine starts.
Demolition and haul-off
The structure comes down in a controlled sequence. Debris is sorted on site so concrete, metal and clean wood go to recycling rather than straight to landfill.
Backfill, grade and sign-off
Foundation out, hole backfilled and compacted, site graded and swept. We handle the DOB sign-off so the record on the property is clean.
Get a real number, not a range
Send photos of the structure and the property address. Most Staten Island jobs get a written, line-itemed estimate inside 24 hours.
What Staten Island clients say
Straight from our Google Business Profile.
We had a fire-damaged two-family on the North Shore that the city was on us about. They filed everything, had it down in three days, and the lot was flat and clean when we came back.
Placeholder — replacePort RichmondTwenty-year-old gunite pool in the back yard, no easy access. They took the fence down, brought the machine through, and put the fence back. Yard looks like the pool was never there.
Placeholder — replaceGreat KillsWe gutted a 2,400 sq ft restaurant space between Sunday night and Wednesday morning so the tenants either side never stopped trading. Dust barriers, nightly cleanup, no complaints.
Placeholder — replaceNew DorpWhere we work on Staten Island
Our yard is on Charles Avenue in Elm Park, so most of the borough is a twenty-minute run with a machine on the trailer. That matters more than it sounds: shorter hauls mean fewer mobilisation charges on your estimate, and a crew that can be back on site the same afternoon if the scope changes.
We work the full island — the older attached and semi-attached housing stock on the North Shore, the mid-century detached homes through New Dorp and Great Kills, and the larger lots down in Tottenville and Charleston where pool removals and barn teardowns are common.
We also take demolition and removal work in Brooklyn, and across the Outerbridge and Goethals in Perth Amboy, Elizabeth, Linden and Newark. Ask when you call.
Neighborhoods we serve
- St. George
- Tompkinsville
- Stapleton
- Clifton
- Rosebank
- Port Richmond
- Mariners Harbor
- Elm Park
- West Brighton
- New Brighton
- Silver Lake
- Sunnyside
- Todt Hill
- Dongan Hills
- Grant City
- New Dorp
- Oakwood
- Bay Terrace
- Great Kills
- Eltingville
- Annadale
- Huguenot
- Prince's Bay
- Pleasant Plains
- Tottenville
- Charleston
- Rossville
- Woodrow
- Arden Heights
- Bulls Head
- New Springville
- Travis
- Graniteville
- Westerleigh
- Castleton Corners
Demolition questions Staten Island owners ask
The five that come up on nearly every first call.
How much does demolition cost in Staten Island?
For a typical detached single-family house on Staten Island, full demolition usually lands somewhere in the mid five figures once permits, asbestos survey, utility disconnects, debris disposal and backfill are all counted. The spread is wide because four things move the number more than square footage does: whether the building is pre-1987 and needs abatement, how much room a machine has to work, whether there is a full basement or slab-on-grade, and how far the debris has to travel. Interior gut-outs, pool removals and driveway removals are considerably less. We do not quote demolition over the phone without seeing photos, because a number given blind is a number that changes later.
Do I need a permit to demolish a building in Staten Island?
Yes. Staten Island is New York City, so demolition falls under the NYC Department of Buildings, not a suburban township office. Full teardowns are filed as a DM application through DOB NOW; partial and interior work is filed as an ALT. The application has to be submitted by a licensed PE or RA — a property owner cannot file it themselves. We coordinate the filing as part of the job.
Does my house need an asbestos inspection before demolition?
If it was built or substantially altered before April 1, 1987, almost certainly. A DEP-certified asbestos investigator surveys the building and files either an ACP-5, if no asbestos-containing material will be disturbed, or an ACP-7 if it will and abatement is required. DOB will not issue a full demolition permit without the ACP-5 confirming the building is free of asbestos-containing material. We arrange the investigator and manage the filing.
How long does a house demolition take?
The physical demolition of a typical Staten Island house is two to four days, and the backfill and grading adds another day or two. The timeline that actually matters is the one before that: survey, filings, DOB review and utility disconnects generally run four to eight weeks depending on the building and whether abatement is needed. Owners who plan around the machine time rather than the permit time are the ones who end up frustrated.
Do you remove the foundation and fill the hole?
Yes, unless you specifically want it left. Our standard scope for a full teardown includes breaking out and removing the foundation walls and footings, backfilling with clean engineered fill compacted in lifts, and grading the site flat. Leaving a foundation in place saves money now and creates a problem for whoever builds next, so we only do it when the next build is already designed around it.
Do you work outside Staten Island?
Staten Island is our core market and where we are fastest and most competitive. We also take work in Brooklyn and across the bridges in Perth Amboy, Elizabeth, Linden, Rahway, Woodbridge, Newark, Union and Hillside. Call and ask — if it is a job we can run well, we will quote it.
Talk to someone who has actually run the machine
No phone tree, no lead broker selling your details to four contractors. You call, you get one of us, and if we are not the right fit for the job we will say so.
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- 227 Charles AveStaten Island, NY 10302
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Get a free demolition estimate
Send photos of the structure and we can usually price it without a site visit. Same-day callback on every request.