It\u2019s an offer buyers keep refusing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The ornate Staten Island mob mansion that just can\u2019t find a buyer is back on the market, again.<\/p>\n
This time it has a price tag of $13.995 million, a steep markdown from its $18 million ask that flopped in 2024.<\/p>\n
Paul Castellano lived at 177 Benedict Road in Staten Island at the time of his 1985 death. Bettmann Archive<\/p>\n
When the mob boss lived at the property, the residence was approximately 11,000 square feet and sat on a 31,386-square-foot lot. Today, the house at 177 Benedict Road is approximately 33,000 square feet on 67,923 square feet of land. Connie Profaci Real Estate<\/p>\n
Built in 1980 by Gambino crime boss Paul \u201cBig Paul\u201d Castellano, the Todt Hill \u201cWhite House\u201d \u2014 called such as he had the residence designed to resemble the White House with a pillared portico and circular drive \u2014 at 177 Benedict Road spans 33,000 square feet with eight en-suite bedrooms and 17 bathrooms.<\/p>\n
Castellano\u2019s former property aimed to fetch<\/a> $16.8 million in October 2023, and then came back online with an $18 million<\/a> price in late-2024.<\/p>\n The 25-room mansion, which sits on nearly 1.6 \u00a0acres with sweeping Verrazzano Bridge views, boasts indoor and outdoor Olympic-sized pools, a 13-car garage, a home theater, a gym with a sauna, a beauty salon, a wine cellar, a solarium and a lot of marble.\u00a0<\/p>\n Castellano designed the residence to resemble the White House. PreReal Real Estate<\/p>\n The current ownership has spent years expanding, transforming and continually improving the estate into what it is today, according to the listing agent. PreReal Real Estate<\/p>\n The house has 25 rooms and two kitchens. Connie Profaci Real Estate<\/p>\n Paul Castellano, leader of one of New York\u2019s crime families, leaves Federal Court after making bail in New York City on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1985. AP<\/p>\n Anywhere near the new asking price would still shatter Staten Island\u2019s single-home sales record, which was set by 176 Benedict Road, directly across the street from Castellano\u2019s property. That closed in 2025 for $8.5 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAt $13.995 million, we believe we\u2019re positioned much more consistently with the market and with where we ultimately expect the property to trade,\u201d listing agent PreReal Real Estate\u2019s Rob Nixon, who marketed the property along with Anthony Volpe, told The Post. \u201cAt the same time, it\u2019s important to put that number in perspective; we estimate the replacement cost of an estate of this scale and caliber today would be upwards of $30 million.\u201d<\/p>\n