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Demolition Services in Staten Island, NY

Fourteen demolition and removal services across the whole borough — permits filed, asbestos handled, debris hauled and the site left flat.

One crew for everything that has to come down

Demolition work on Staten Island splits into four kinds of job, and most property owners need more than one of them before a project is finished. A house teardown usually comes with a driveway, sometimes a pool, occasionally a garage. A restaurant fit-out starts with an interior strip and ends with a slab cut. Hiring separately for each of those means separate mobilisations, separate insurance certificates and separate people to chase.

We run all fourteen with the same crew, the same insurance and one estimate. Below, each service has its own section — what it involves, what is included, and what tends to move the price. Jump straight to what you need, or call and we will work out the scope together.

Free estimate — any of the 14 services

Send photos of the structure and we can usually price it without a site visit. Same-day callback on every request.

Up to 6 photos, 12MB each. A shot of the front, the side and the access route is usually enough for a firm number.

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Structural Demolition

Full teardowns filed with the NYC DOB
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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.

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House Demolition in Staten Island, NY

Most residential teardowns on Staten Island are one of three jobs: an older attached or semi-attached house on the North Shore that has reached the end of its economic life, a post-war detached home coming down so something larger can go up on the same lot, or a fire- or storm-damaged property the city wants dealt with. Each one prices differently, and the difference is rarely square footage.

What moves the number is the age of the building — anything pre-April 1987 needs an asbestos survey before a permit issues — plus how much room a machine has beside the structure, whether there is a full basement to break out and backfill, and how far the debris has to travel. We look at all four before we quote, which is why we ask for photos of the front, the side and the access route.

What is included

  • DM demolition application filed through DOB NOW by a licensed PE or RA
  • DEP-certified asbestos investigator engaged, ACP-5 or ACP-7 filed
  • Con Edison gas, electric and steam disconnects confirmed in writing
  • Adjacent property notifications and pedestrian protection in place
  • Foundation and footings removed, hole backfilled and compacted in lifts
  • Site graded flat, swept, and the DOB sign-off carried through
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Retail buildings, warehouses, offices and mixed-use structures taken down on schedule, with sidewalk protection and adjacent-property safeguards in place.

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Commercial Building Demolition in Staten Island

Retail buildings, warehouses, offices, garages and mixed-use structures across the borough — Hylan Boulevard storefronts, Forest Avenue retail, and the industrial stock along the North Shore waterfront. Commercial demolition is less about bigger machines and more about sequencing: what has to stay standing, who is still trading next door, and when the street can actually be occupied.

We build the schedule around that. If the block is busy during the day, the noisy phases run early. If a neighbouring tenant needs their entrance kept clear, the protection plan is drawn to keep it clear rather than to make our life easy. And if the building is attached, the party wall gets braced and weatherproofed before anything comes down, not after.

What is included

  • Structural survey and PE-stamped analysis where partial removal is involved
  • Sidewalk shed, fencing and pedestrian protection to NYC standards
  • Party wall bracing, weatherproofing and adjacent-property monitoring
  • Phased scheduling so neighbouring tenants keep trading
  • Salvage and scrap recovery credited back against the estimate
  • Slab removal, backfill and grading to a buildable finish
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Trailers and manufactured homes dismantled, hauled and disposed of, including tie-down removal, skirting, decks and the slab or pier foundation.

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Mobile Home Demolition in Staten Island

Trailers and manufactured homes are a different job from stick-built demolition. The structure itself comes apart fast, but the value is in doing the rest properly: the tie-downs, the skirting, the steps and add-on decks, the utility hookups, and whatever foundation the unit was set on — piers, a slab, or a poured perimeter.

We take the whole assembly, separate the steel chassis for scrap, and leave the pad clear. If the unit is being replaced rather than removed permanently, tell us at the estimate stage and we will leave the pad and utility stubs in a condition the next unit can actually be set on.

What is included

  • Tie-downs, anchors, skirting, steps and add-on structures removed
  • Steel chassis and frame separated and recycled
  • Piers, slab or perimeter foundation broken out
  • Utility disconnects coordinated before demolition
  • Pad cleared and graded, or left ready for a replacement unit
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Detached and attached garages removed cleanly on tight Staten Island lots, with the slab broken out and the ground graded flat.

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Garage Demolition in Staten Island

Detached garages on Staten Island are almost always an access problem before they are a demolition problem. Many sit at the back of a narrow lot behind a driveway that was sized for a 1960s sedan, sometimes shared with the neighbour. We size the machine to the gate, and where nothing fits we take it down by hand and barrow the debris out.

Attached garages need one extra step: the shared wall has to be cut cleanly, framed, sheathed and made weather-tight the same day so the house is never left open. That is included in our scope rather than left for your GC to pick up.

What is included

  • Detached and attached garages, single and double
  • Machine or hand demolition depending on lot access
  • Shared wall cut, framed, sheathed and weather-sealed same day
  • Slab broken out, hauled, and the ground graded flat
  • Electrical disconnect coordinated before work starts
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Barns, stables and large outbuildings dropped safely, with salvageable timber set aside and the remaining debris sorted and recycled.

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Barn Demolition in Staten Island

Barns, stables, large sheds and legacy outbuildings — most of what is left is on the bigger South Shore and Mid-Island lots, and much of it is old enough that the framing is worth something. Before we quote, we look at whether the timber is salvageable, because reclaimed beams and siding can meaningfully offset the cost of the job.

Structurally, old barns are unpredictable. Sills rot, posts settle, and a building that has stood for eighty years can come down in the wrong direction if it is pulled from the wrong point. We drop them in a planned sequence with the fall zone cleared, rather than pushing and hoping.

What is included

  • Salvage assessment for reclaimable timber, beams and siding
  • Planned drop sequence with a cleared and controlled fall zone
  • Stone, block or concrete foundation removal
  • Debris sorted for recycling; buried debris checked for and removed
  • Site graded and seeded on request

Interior Demolition

Selective strip-outs that keep the structure intact
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Offices, restaurants, retail and medical spaces stripped to shell or to a specified scope — after hours if the neighbouring tenants need to keep trading.

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Commercial Interior Demolition in Staten Island

Restaurants, retail units, offices, medical suites and salons stripped to shell or to whatever scope the drawings call for. The reason this work goes wrong is almost never the demolition — it is the things that were not marked on the plan: a live panel behind the wall, a sprinkler main routed through the ceiling you were told was clear, a demising wall that turns out to be load-bearing.

We walk the space with your GC or architect before we start, mark what stays, and isolate services rather than discovering them. Where the building is occupied, we work nights and weekends with negative-air dust containment so the neighbouring tenants keep trading and nobody files a complaint that stops your job.

What is included

  • ALT filing where the scope requires a DOB permit
  • Asbestos survey on pre-1987 buildings before any material is disturbed
  • Dust containment, negative air and floor protection to occupied areas
  • Mechanical, electrical, plumbing and sprinkler isolation before removal
  • Overnight and weekend scheduling for occupied buildings
  • Nightly debris removal and a broom-clean handover
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Kitchen, bath, basement and whole-floor gut-outs with dust containment, floor protection and daily debris removal so your GC can start on time.

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Residential Interior Demolition in Staten Island

Kitchen and bathroom gut-outs, basement strip-outs, whole-floor renovations and opening up a closed-off floorplan. Most Staten Island homes we gut were built before 1987, which means vinyl asbestos tile under the lino, pipe lagging in the basement, and textured ceilings are all live possibilities. Getting that surveyed first is cheaper than getting it wrong.

The rest is discipline. Floor protection down before anything comes out, poly barriers at the work-area boundary, debris removed daily rather than piled in the driveway, and the house left in a state where you can still live in the parts we are not working on.

What is included

  • Kitchens, bathrooms, basements and full-floor gut-outs
  • Asbestos survey coordinated for pre-1987 homes
  • Poly barriers, floor and stair protection, daily cleanup
  • Non-structural wall removal; load-bearing work with a PE-stamped plan
  • Fixtures, cabinets and appliances removed and disposed of
  • Studs, joists and subfloor left clean and ready for your GC

Concrete & Asphalt Removal

Breaking out, hauling and grading flatwork
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Cracked, heaved or settled driveways broken out and hauled away, with rebar separated for recycling and the base left ready to repour.

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Concrete Driveway Removal in Staten Island

Driveways on Staten Island crack and heave for predictable reasons: freeze-thaw on a base that was never deep enough, tree roots, or a slab poured directly over fill that has since settled. Patching a slab in that condition buys a year or two. Taking it out and starting again is usually the cheaper decision over a ten-year view.

We break out the full depth, separate the rebar and wire mesh for recycling, and leave the sub-base at the grade your paving contractor asks for. If you are switching from concrete to pavers or asphalt, tell us the finished height you need and we will cut to it.

What is included

  • Full-depth breakout of concrete, including reinforced slabs
  • Rebar and wire mesh separated for metal recycling
  • Aprons, curb cuts and stoops removed alongside the main slab
  • Sub-base cut to the grade your paving contractor specifies
  • Roll-off containers supplied and hauled — no debris left on the street
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Full-depth asphalt removal for lots, aprons and access drives — milled or ripped, loaded out, and phased so part of the lot stays usable.

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Asphalt Parking Lot Removal in Staten Island

Commercial lots, apartment building parking, church and school lots, and industrial yards. The question we always ask first is whether the lot can go out of service all at once. Usually it cannot, so we phase it — half the lot open while the other half is stripped, with the striping and access route worked out before the first day rather than argued about on it.

Depending on what is going back down, asphalt either gets milled and recycled or ripped and hauled. Milling is generally cheaper and keeps the material in circulation. We will tell you which one your lot suits when we look at the depth and condition.

What is included

  • Milling or full-depth rip and haul, depending on the rebuild spec
  • Phased removal so part of the lot stays open and usable
  • Concrete base, curbing, islands and wheel stops removed
  • Reclaimed asphalt pavement recycled rather than landfilled
  • Base graded and compacted ready for the new surface
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Sidewalk flags, curbs and stoops removed ahead of repair or replacement, with pedestrian protection kept in place throughout.

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Concrete Sidewalk Removal in Staten Island

In New York City the sidewalk in front of your property is your responsibility to maintain, and DOT can issue a violation for a defect that most owners would walk past without noticing — a raised flag, a trip hazard, a crack past a certain width. Once that notice lands there is a clock on it.

We remove sidewalk flags, curbing and stoops ahead of repair or replacement, keep pedestrian protection in place while the walk is open, and coordinate with your concrete contractor so the pour follows the breakout rather than waiting a week behind it.

What is included

  • Flag-by-flag or full-frontage removal
  • Curb and stoop removal where it is part of the defect
  • Pedestrian protection and safe walkway maintained throughout
  • Tree pit and root conflicts assessed before breakout
  • Sub-base prepared and coordinated with your pour schedule

Pool, Chimney & Deck Removal

Targeted removals on occupied properties
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Full removal or partial fill-in of concrete, gunite, vinyl and fiberglass pools, backfilled with engineered material and compacted in lifts.

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Inground Pool Removal in Staten Island

There are two ways to remove an inground pool, and they are not equivalent. A partial removal punches drainage holes in the base, collapses the upper walls into the shell and backfills over the top — quicker and cheaper, but it usually has to be disclosed when you sell, and it limits what can be built on that footprint later. A full removal takes the entire structure out and backfills with engineered material compacted in lifts, leaving ground you can build on.

We do both and we will tell you honestly which one your property calls for. If you are selling within a couple of years, or the pool sits where an extension might one day go, full removal is usually worth the difference. Concrete, gunite, vinyl-liner and fiberglass pools all handled.

What is included

  • Full removal or engineered partial fill-in — explained before you choose
  • Concrete, gunite, vinyl-liner and fiberglass pools
  • Pool drained and disposed of to code before demolition
  • Surround decking, coping, fencing, pumps and filter housing removed
  • Backfilled with clean engineered fill, compacted in lifts
  • Site graded, topsoiled and seeded on request
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Above-ground pools drained, dismantled and hauled in a day, including the surround deck, pump pad and any leftover base sand.

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Above Ground Pool Removal in Staten Island

A straightforward one-day job most of the time. The pool gets drained to an approved point, the wall and liner come apart, the frame is separated for scrap, and the base sand and any leftover pad go with it. What catches people out is everything built around the pool over the years — the surround deck, the pump pad, the fencing, the shed.

Tell us about all of it when you call and it goes in the same price rather than turning into a change order on the day.

What is included

  • Pool drained to an approved discharge point
  • Wall, liner, frame and ladder dismantled and removed
  • Steel and aluminium frame separated for recycling
  • Surround decking, pump pad, fencing and base sand removed
  • Yard raked, graded and left ready to seed or sod
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Chimneys taken down to the roofline or all the way to the foundation, with the roof framed, sheathed and weather-tight before we leave.

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Chimney Removal in Staten Island

Unused chimneys are a slow liability. Once the flue is out of service the masonry stops drying properly, the crown cracks, water gets into the stack, and freeze-thaw does the rest. On the older housing stock across the North Shore, a leaning or spalling chimney is one of the most common things we get called about — and it is usually cheaper to remove than to rebuild.

We take chimneys down to the roofline or all the way to the foundation, depending on what you need. Either way the roof is framed, sheathed, underlaid and shingled back to a weather-tight finish before we leave the site. We do not hand that part off.

What is included

  • Removal to roofline, to the attic floor, or full-height to foundation
  • Roof framed, sheathed, underlaid and shingled back to weather-tight
  • Interior breast and hearth removal where required
  • Flue liners handled; asbestos-containing components surveyed first
  • Roof and grounds cleaned, with nail and debris sweep
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Wood and composite decks, pergolas, sheds and fencing removed down to the footings, with the yard raked and the debris carted off.

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Deck Removal in Staten Island

Wood and composite decks, screened porches, pergolas, sheds, hot tub platforms and fencing. Old pressure-treated decking cannot be burned and does not belong in a general recycling stream, so it goes out as disposal — that is factored into the price rather than added later.

The footings are the part people forget. Leaving concrete piers in the ground turns a clean job into somebody else's problem when you landscape or build. We take them out unless you specifically want them left for a rebuild on the same footprint.

What is included

  • Wood, composite and pressure-treated decks
  • Pergolas, screened porches, sheds and hot tub platforms
  • Railings, stairs, skirting and attached fencing
  • Concrete footings and piers removed, holes filled and tamped
  • Ledger board removed and the house wall made weather-tight
  • Yard raked and left ready for landscaping

Not sure which service you need?

Most jobs are a combination. Describe the property and we will scope it properly — including the parts people forget, like the driveway apron and the footings.

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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.

Where 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

Questions about scope and pricing

Can you bundle several of these into one job?

Yes, and it is almost always cheaper that way. Mobilising a machine and a container to your property is a fixed cost whether we take out a pool or a pool and a driveway. If there is more than one thing on your list, put it all in one estimate request.

Do you supply the dumpster, or do I?

We supply and haul the containers as part of the job, and the disposal is included in the estimate rather than billed after. If you have already got a container on site for other work, tell us — we can price the job without.

What is not included in a demolition estimate?

Usually three things, and we spell them out on every quote: hazardous material abatement beyond what the survey predicted, rock or unexpected buried structures found during excavation, and utility work the utility company charges for directly. Anything else that changes the number gets discussed before we do it, not after.

Do you handle asbestos abatement yourselves?

Asbestos abatement in New York City has to be performed by a separately licensed abatement contractor. We arrange the DEP-certified investigator, manage the ACP-5 or ACP-7 filing, coordinate a licensed abatement contractor where one is needed, and make sure the completion paperwork reaches DOB so your permit is not held up.

How soon can you start?

Work that does not need a permit — most pool removals, deck removals, driveway breakouts and small interior strip-outs — can usually start within a week or two. Anything requiring a DOB filing runs on the permit timeline, which is typically four to eight weeks from the survey. We will give you a realistic date at the estimate, not an optimistic one.

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