55+ Communities in New York
51 researched communities across 39 cities, 49 with a legal 55+ or 62+ age restriction. Most are in Mount Sinai, Ridge and Stony Brook.
New York's 55+ housing market is heavily concentrated on Long Island, where Suffolk County -- and especially the Town of Brookhaven's Ridge, Mount Sinai, Coram, Manorville, Moriches, and Shirley hamlets -- forms the state's dominant cluster of age-restricted communities, echoing Ocean County, New Jersey's density if not quite its scale.
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51 communities
Blackburne Farm (The Residences at Blackburne Farm)
Campbell Hall, NY · Orange County
Attached / townhome
Price: Homes average around $722,000, per one secondary source
Exercise facility · Event room · Bocce courts
Christie Place
Scarsdale, NY · Westchester County
Condo
24-hour security monitoring · Indoor parking · State-of-the-art fitness center
Country Pointe Plainview
Plainview, NY · Nassau County
Condo · Attached / townhome
24/7 fully attended gatehouse · Tennis and bocce courts
Dutchgate
Valley Stream, NY · Nassau County
Condo · Attached / townhome
Heated outdoor pool · Fitness center/gym · Lounge with card and game tables
Eastport Meadows
Eastport, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome · Condo
Community swimming pool · Clubhouse with kitchen · Pet park
Encore at Lake Grove
Lake Grove, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome · Condo
24-hour guard-gated entrance
Fairfield at St. James
St. James, NY · Suffolk County
Condo · Attached / townhome
Tennis and pickleball courts
Glassbury Court
Cold Spring, NY · Putnam County
Attached / townhome · Single-family
Greenwood Village
Manorville, NY · Suffolk County
Manufactured
Gated community entrance
HarborView
Port Washington, NY · Nassau County
Mixed home types
Gated entry
Hickory Hill
Tappan, NY · Rockland County
Attached / townhome
Swimming pool · Tennis courts · Community garden
Jefferson Village
Yorktown Heights, NY · Westchester County
Condo
Central clubhouse · Fitness center
Knickerbocker Bay Club
Port Washington, NY · Nassau County
Condo
Fitness center
Leisure Glen
Ridge, NY · Suffolk County
Single-family · Attached / townhome
24/7 guard-gated security booth
Leisure Knoll
Ridge, NY · Suffolk County
Single-family
Heated saltwater outdoor pool · Community bus service
Leisure Village
Ridge, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome · Condo
24-hour guard-gated entrance
Meadowbrook Pointe
Westbury, NY · Nassau County
Condo · Attached / townhome · Single-family
Meadowbrook Pointe East Meadow
East Meadow, NY · Nassau County
Attached / townhome
Regency at Kensico Ridge
Valhalla, NY · Westchester County
Attached / townhome
Outdoor heated pool (planned) · Fitness center (planned) · Pavilion (planned)
Regency at Pearl River
Pearl River, NY · Rockland County
Attached / townhome
Price: Priced from the low $800,000s, per Toll Brothers' own site
Pickleball courts · Community walking trails
Regency at Wappinger
Wappingers Falls, NY · Dutchess County
Attached / townhome · Single-family
HOA: Reported around $394-$438 per month across sources, with lawn maintenance and snow removal included
5,800 sq ft clubhouse · Fitness center · Yoga studio
Ryan Mansion Vistas
Montebello, NY · Rockland County
Single-family · Attached / townhome
Price: Historically reported starting around $600,000 as of 2015; current pricing not independently confirmed
HOA: Historically reported around $325/month as of 2015; current fee not independently confirmed
Stoneleigh Woods
Carmel, NY · Putnam County
Condo · Attached / townhome
Exercise room
Stoneleigh Woods at Riverhead
Riverhead, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome
3,900-square-foot clubhouse · Fitness/aerobics room · Bocce ball court
Strathmore Gate
Stony Brook, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome · Condo
Price: 2025 sales reported roughly $350,000-$475,000; buyers should request current comparables from a local agent
Heated in-ground pool · Shuffleboard courts · Pet-friendly community
Strathmore Gate East
Coram, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome · Condo
Price: Homes reported averaging around $309,000; buyers should request current comparables from a local agent
Front-gated entrance · Clubhouse with fitness room · Outdoor pool
The Coves at Melville
Melville, NY · Suffolk County
Condo
Swimming pool
The Gardens at Fieldstone
Rochester, NY · Monroe County
Attached / townhome
A pond · Private entrance
The Greens at Half Hollow
Melville, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome · Condo
On-site restaurant and bar
The Knolls
Stony Brook, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome · Condo
Heated outdoor swimming pool · Bocce courts · Shuffleboard
The Manors at The Colony Preserve
Shirley, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome · Condo
Gated community entrance · Clubhouse with fitness center
The Meadows at Pearl River
Pearl River, NY · Rockland County
Condo
One-level condo living
The Oaks
Stony Brook, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome · Condo
Clubhouse · Swimming pool · Tennis court
The Pines at Bohemia
Bohemia, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome
The Polo Club at Islandia
Islandia, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome
Outdoor swimming pool · Gated entry
The Retreat at Airmont
Suffern, NY · Rockland County
Condo
Swimming pool · Private gym · Storage unit for each residence
The Retreat at Carmel
Carmel, NY · Putnam County
Single-family · Attached / townhome
7,100-square-foot clubhouse
The Seasons at East Meadow
East Meadow, NY · Nassau County
Condo
The Seasons at Plainview
Plainview, NY · Nassau County
Condo
Exercise room
The Views at Pomona
Pomona, NY · Rockland County
Condo
Price: Reported resale pricing from the high $200,000s to low $400,000s across recent listings
Outdoor swimming pool and patio
The Villages at Mount Sinai Park
Mount Sinai, NY · Suffolk County
Single-family
Price: Homes reported averaging around $799,999; buyers should request current comparables from a local agent
4,900-square-foot clubhouse · Indoor and outdoor pools · State-of-the-art fitness center
The Villas at Canandaigua
Canandaigua, NY · Ontario County
Attached / townhome
Price: Reported recent pricing around $399,900-$419,500 for available townhomes of roughly 1,800 sq ft
Clubhouse · Natural-surface walking trail
The Villas at Narragansett
Lindenhurst, NY · Suffolk County
Condo
Outdoor heated pool · Bocce ball court
The Vineyards at Moriches
Center Moriches, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome
Paved jogging trail · Tennis and bocce ball courts · Gated community entrance
The Vineyards at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome
Price: Homes reported averaging around $1,085,000; buyers should request current comparables from a local agent
Gated community entrance
The Waterways at Moriches
Moriches, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome
24-hour guard-gated entrance · Heated in-ground pool · Tennis and pickleball courts
Warwick Grove
Warwick, NY · Orange County
Single-family · Attached / townhome · Condo
Fitness and yoga studio · Outdoor heated pool · Community gardens
Westhampton Pines
Westhampton, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome
Bocce ball court · Tennis court · 44-acre community footprint
Wildflowers at Wallkill
Middletown, NY · Orange County
Single-family
HOA: Reported at $355-$390 per month
7,500 sq ft clubhouse · Indoor and outdoor pools · Fitness center
Windsor Mews
New City, NY · Rockland County
Single-family
Woodridge Strathmore Terrace
Mount Sinai, NY · Suffolk County
Attached / townhome · Condo
Swimming pool · Clubhouse with social activities · Mini golf
New construction vs. resale in New York
New York's 55+ inventory spans some of the oldest continuously operating age-restricted stock in the country -- Brookhaven's Leisure Knoll dates to 1972 and the original Leisure Village to the late 1960s -- alongside still-actively-building product: Toll Brothers' Regency at Kensico Ridge (Mount Pleasant, Westchester County) was newly announced for 2026, and Del Webb's Solhaus community near Rochester has not yet delivered its first homes (targeted 2027). As in New Jersey, New York's larger, older Long Island developments are typically organized as multiple separately governed sections or communities sharing a common brand name rather than one consolidated HOA -- the three distinct Leisure communities in Ridge (Village, Knoll, Glen) are the clearest example, each with its own board and governance despite the shared 'Leisure' name and town. Buyers should also be aware of New York's frequent hamlet-versus-town naming pattern: many Suffolk County communities are addressed to an unincorporated hamlet (Ridge, Mount Sinai, Coram, Manorville, Moriches, Shirley, Melville, St. James, and others) that is not itself a separate municipal government, but sits within a larger governing town (most commonly the Town of Brookhaven), and postal/marketing addresses should not be confused with the actual governing jurisdiction.
Taxes and ownership in New York
New York has a state income tax with rates that scale with income, and property taxes, set and collected at the local (town/village/school-district) level, vary significantly across counties -- Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk) and the lower Hudson Valley (Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam) are widely reported among the highest property-tax-burden regions in the country, materially affecting all-in ownership costs for 55+ buyers. New York offers a School Tax Relief (STAR) program, including an Enhanced STAR benefit for qualifying senior homeowners, that can meaningfully reduce the school-tax portion of a property tax bill; eligibility rules, income limits, and benefit amounts change over time, so buyers should confirm current program details directly with New York State's Department of Taxation and Finance and their local town/county assessor's office. Suffolk County's Chapter 656 ordinance, which specifically regulates 'Planned Retirement Communities' sited on leased (not owned) land, is a local consumer-protection measure relevant primarily to land-lease/manufactured-home-style communities rather than conventional deeded or condominium-ownership 55+ HOAs, and buyers considering a leased-land community in Suffolk County should confirm its specific terms directly.
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