Richmond County is its own kind of job, and Admiral Van Lines builds the day to fit it. Skip the elevator towers you picture in the city; this borough is brick-and-frame housing block after block. Brownstone-style rows and frame colonials sit up by St. George and Stapleton beside the ferry slip, the lived-in grid across New Dorp, Eltingville, plus Great Kills fills the middle, and Tottenville caps off where the shoreline meets harbor water down south. Only one span links the borough to the rest of New York City, the Verrazzano, which is why Vinny Russo schedules people and rig against that crossing. Admiral fields its own gear and payrolled W-2 hands on every booking out here.
What Vinny’s crew keeps hitting across the Richmond County grid
Private driveways, joined walls, plus that single bridge dictate how loading unfolds, so Vinny studies each address and charts the approach long ahead of the loading day.
- Standalone colonials off a private drive — out around Eltingville, New Dorp, and broader Great Kills, where backing the rig to the stoop trims the walk and tightens the wrap.
- Row homes that share a party wall — pinched service alleys flanking semi-detached South Shore stock; here the crew guards the joined doorway, then swings bulky goods by hand.
- Walk-up flats plus two-family setups up north — the St. George and Stapleton streets by the ferry, where a crowded curb has Vinny reserving a truck slot days early.
- Garage-and-basement clean-outs for a whole house — those catch-all nooks Island owners cram solid, tallied beforehand and staffed to fit how much truly leaves the place.
| Staten Island move | Typical flat rate |
|---|---|
| Row townhouse, two bedrooms | $1,350–$2,300 |
| Detached colonial, three bedrooms | $2,300–$3,800 |
| Tottenville-area four-bedroom | $3,700–$5,900 |
Your Richmond County figure, signed on paper up front
✓ Trucks we own, movers on Admiral payroll
- When you call, Vinny or someone at the Admiral desk answers in person, not a hired phone room
- The figure on your contract is exactly what changes hands at the curb, no day-of surcharges and no padded line items.
- One Admiral Van Lines crew packs, loads and unloads every single job
- The load carries $1M in coverage, and your co-op or doorman office gets its COI that same day
- Should anything come up, Vinny looks over the claim himself — nothing leaves the building
× Broker chain
- Whatever you type elsewhere gets routed into a phone room and resold to whoever bids next.
- Delivery-day invoice quietly padded with surprise “add-ons”
- Every time, an unfamiliar truck pulls up with a crew you have never met
- Building-insurance paperwork you end up chasing down yourself
- Damage claims dodged with a “different contractor” excuse
Well before any carton crosses your threshold, Admiral writes down what you owe, and that Verrazzano crossing fee plus the windshield hours already sit folded inside the quote. Hourly, a duo of movers bills at $160/hr, a trio at $220/hr, and a foursome at $290/hr; still, most households here settle onto a fixed tier. Count on $800–$1,350 for a studio or one-bed, $1,350–$2,300 at two bedrooms, $2,300–$3,800 at three, then $3,700–$5,900 once you reach four. Bridging a gap between closings? A climate-held unit runs roughly $140–$320 monthly, scaled to what you stash. Goods ride covered by $1M in cargo protection, and full-replacement coverage stands ready whenever you want the upgrade.
No span fee or cramped Tottenville alley shows up later on your Admiral bill
Since the quote stays fixed once signed, the bridge charge, a row home with barely a foot of clearance alongside, and a packed stretch by the St. George ferry all fall on Admiral to handle. Vinny rolls the crew out early so they clear the Verrazzano ahead of the worst stacking.
Pulling off the borough to plant roots in some other state? Admiral runs that distance under its own banner, identical trucks and identical faces, meaning whoever empties your rooms down by Tottenville is also whoever resets every piece at the receiving address. No load gets handed off to a stranger waiting downstate. Ring Vinny at (888) 711-4778.
