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 es

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