GREAT KILLS, Staten Island (WABC) -- With trees, lawns and single-family homes in Great Kills, Staten Island, it's a corner of the city that looks more like Nassau County.

It's why many people moved to Staten Island and why others never left. But some residents are worried.

"This is a quiet neighborhood. Blue-collar, middle-class neighborhood, right? We have a school four blocks away, I'm raising a family here," resident Eric Diez said.

Diez lives around the corner from 104 Oakdale Street, where he says the homeowner has approvals to demolish the house and build five new ones on the same lot.

"You put five homes on top of this? It changes, changes everything," Diez said.

The citywide zoning changes were signed into law last year, part of Mayor Eric Adams' affordable housing initiativ

See Full Page