05/26/2026
JUST HOW MANY RENTALS ARE IN PATCHOGUE VILLAGE?
By John Bogack, editor
Recently a reader asked how many rental units were in Patchogue Village. Instead of responding to that individual reply in our comments section, where the answer will get lost, today some focus on the answer. It’s a frequent question that comes up particularly when apartment projects come before various village boards for approvals.
So, over the last few days we have dug into what information is available, at least so far, to get an answer to that question. But in the end, it’s up to all readers to draw their own conclusions. There are facts that have been found yet not all yet found.
Let’s start with some Census Bureau statistics for the most recent period that is available: 2024
“According to the latest demographic estimates utilizing U.S. Census Bureau data, there are approximately 2,387 renter-occupied housing units in Patchogue Village, NY. Because the Census Bureau tracks "renter-occupied housing units" (households) rather than individual renters, the total number of people renting is calculated by applying the village's household metrics.
Patchogue Housing Breakdown
The housing landscape in the village is split nearly down the middle between owners and tenants:
• Renter-Occupied Units: 2,387 households (44.8% of the village)
• Owner-Occupied Units: 2,938 households (55.2% of the village)
• Total Occupied Units: 5,325 households
Estimated Total Renter Population
With an average Patchogue household size of 2.28 people, the total number of individual renters living in the village is roughly 5,442 people” Note: the above content is AI generated.
Census link: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/patchoguevillagenewyork/HSG010225
Over the past several years various members of the public have done their own research and come up with their own reports about rental units in the village. All of them are unofficial. Below we look at the three most recent studies made by individuals.
SIEGEL ESTIMATE (2023)
Over the years several residents have appeared at various meetings and presented their original research into the issue of available rental units in Patchogue Village. On 12-19-23 the Village Planning Board met to hear an application for the 262 rental unit the Carriage House. In attendance, resident Claire Siegel appeared to speak in opposition to the application. Her main reason for doing so was her feeling that Patchogue Village had sufficient rental housing as is.
In her informal report she identified 1,593 available rental units. Her numbers would not reflect those units not then yet available.
Those would be: the 262 units that would be part of the twin rental buildings will be the Carriage House apartment complex.
An additional 21 units for the already recently opened apartment building on the corner of West Ave. and Division St. that will have 21 rental units. An additional 30 rental units at the Kelly apartment building still be built off Mulford St. and West Ave. And at the new hotel, once built on the corner of West Ave. and Division St. there will be 13 apartment units for rent.
Updating Mrs. Siegel’s numbers accordingly from the above amount a revised court would be around 1,919 rental units in Patchogue Village once construction is completed for most of the rental buildings identified above.
You can find Mrs. Siegel’s comments at the video of the meeting at this link beginning at time stop 1 hour, 10 minutes and 2 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qla_GzyBmto
THE MASCIOPINTO ESTIMATE (2024)
It’s 11-18-24 and the Planning Board meeting is meeting but this time the application before it is one for an apartment building to be built off the intersection of West Ave. and Mulford St. A friend of Stephen Masciopinto who cannot otherwise appear, reads into the record a letter of opposition to the application to approve the rental building. He, like Mrs. Seigel, at a Planning Board meeting a year earlier, has his own statistics to provide for the Planning Board.
According to his estimate there are 1,291 rental units available in Patchogue Village not counting rental units in multi-family rental homes.
You can find his listing as detailed in Ms. Phelan’s proxy report to the Planning Board at the video for the link for the meeting. Ms. Phelan’s comments begin at time stop 1 hour, 27 minutes, and 18 seconds.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWYbukEBeq0&t=5533s
THE STARKMAN ESTIMATE
It’s 9-2-25, this time it’s the Village Zoning Board of Appeals that is meeting. The subject is the then proposed now approved Kelly apartment building off Mulford St. and West Ave. During the public hearing Neil Starkman questions the need for more rental housing in the village. He has his own research. He concludes that there are 2,328 apartment units in the village available for rent. In addition, he estimates another 1,606 bedrooms are available for rent in situations outside of apartment buildings.
Using his math, he estimates that the number of renters exceeds the number of residents that own housing in a ratio of about 2 to 1. He also projects that gap will only widen in the future when several hundred additional apartment units come onto the market after construction occurs.
His comments can be found at time stop 1 hour, 1 minute and 45 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYbWuThYPUA
In summary
If there is a summary to be made it would be that all these statistics need some fine tuning or boiling down to hard numbers that are reliable. Once true numbers exist then whatever lessons are to be learned for village policies can then begin to be understood.
Our photo today: the proposed Carriage House apartment complex that will bring 262 units of rental housing to Patchogue Village once open for rentals circa 2028.
