
Alana Benjamin
Awards
Top Producer
Rising Star Long Island Business News
Press
- Behind the Hedges: How Gardens Spring into Long Island Real Estate Sales
- Behind the Hedges: Unexpected Shifts? Surprises in the Local Real Estate Market
- Behind the Hedges: Interest Rates Take a Dive and What it Means on Long Island
- Priciest home sales in Port Washington
- Priciest home sales in Port Washington
- Long Island’s Luxury Sales Boom Extends Far Beyond the Hamptons
- Forget the Hamptons: Luxury homebuyers flock to LI’s Gold Coast
- Priciest Sale in Port Washington
- Priciest Sale in Port Washington
- Priciest Sale in Port Washington
- Priciest Sale in Port Washington
- Top 10 Nassau County Home Sales 2021
- Priciest Sale in East Hills
- Priciest Sale in Port Washington
- Priciest Sale in Port Washington
Specialties
Education
- University of Michigan - B.A., History
Born and raised in Port Washington, real estate was ever-present in Alana’s home growing up. Her mother, Nava Mitnick, was a real estate legend, so real estate is part of her DNA.
After graduating from the University of Michigan, Alana attended Brooklyn Law School and was admitted to the bar in New York, New Jersey and Illinois. She worked in commercial litigation for 5 years and then at Bloomberg LP for 6 years specializing in contract negotiation, sales and public relations. Alana lived in so many neighborhoods including Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Midtown and then on the Upper East Side. She was convinced that her family would never leave the city. But… when space got tight and one kid turned into two (and later three!) she knew that the place she wanted to return to was her roots in Long Island.
Building upon her background in law and negotiations, Alana has spent over 10 years fine tuning her expertise in real estate. She truly understands that selling and buying real estate is a large financial investment. Whether it's a home or an investment property, it can be an emotional process. Alana is with you every step of the way, committed to her clients and achieving exceptional results, ensuring a process that is as smooth as it is successful.
Leveraging her deep knowledge of the market and working with buyers and sellers in all price points, Alana offers her clients a rare combination of market intelligence, proven strategy and a long track record of proven results. Alana has been named by Real Trends Wall Street Journal among the top 1% of agents nationally for eight consecutive years. Most importantly, Alana truly loves her job, working with families and individuals from Long Island, NYC and beyond.
Alana is deeply embedded in her community. An important pillar of her business is the Alana Benjamin Group Giving Program, founded in 2020 during the pandemic. As part of this program, she was honored in 2023 by the Parent Resource Center for her work with the organization. She is a generous sponsor for many local organizations including the Science Museum of Long Island, Port Youth Athletics, Port Washington Public Library (Friends of the Library) Port Washington Athletic League, Be the Rainbow, the Art Guild, Hearts PW, Growing Love Community Garden, Hearts, The Sands Point Preserve, The Ed Foundation, Littig House and so many mor
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"Alana was fantastic to work with. She is highly skilled and knowledgeable and was professional and honest throughout the process. She is extremely attentive to detail and discussed every aspect of the process with us, often times at hectic hours and always worked around our schedule. We felt comfortable with Alana from day 1 and that trust only grew throughout our time working together.
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★★★★★
"Alana is an incredible realtor. She knows the market inside and out, who priced and showed our home so well that we had five offers within 48 hours. She completely rolls up her sleeves and does whatever it takes to get it done. In fact, the cleaning woman canceled the morning before the Open House and Alana arrived three hours early to clean with me! She is amazing and beyond wonderful to work with!
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"When I think about the process of buying (and selling our old home!) in Port Washington, I am grateful we had Alana! From our very first discussion, Alana listened to us - what we wanted, what we didn't want, what we felt we needed, and where we felt would be the best location for our family. After even our initial meeting, Alana worked tirelessly to help us find our new home. She's extremely knowledgable about the area and the surrounding areas and their communities. Any questions we had, she immediately helped us answer. After spending so much time together in this process, Alana felt like family. She got to know us and invested time and energy in helping us. We never felt like just another client, Alana treated us with respect and caring and sensitivity to help guide us through what can be a very stressful process. Not only did Alana help us find our new home, but she also helped us sell our former home. Both transactions were handled professionally and efficiently. Alana was with us every step of the way. She goes above and beyond a regular broker. Anyone who signs on with Alana is getting the best of the best!!"
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"We would highly recommend Alana as a broker. First and foremost, she is extremely knowledgeable about Port Washington and the surrounding neighborhoods given that she both currently lives and grew up in Port. The first time we met her, she picked us up from the train station (which she did every single time by the way as we were living in the city and didn’t have a car) and gave us a detailed two-hour tour of the neighborhood. During this tour, she showed us some of the important places within the town as well as the general types of homes that are in each of the Port Washington neighborhoods. We thought that this first interaction was extremely valuable as it not only helped us to determine which areas we would focus on during our search but it also gave us a sense of what it would be like to live in Port Washington. We really appreciated her taking this amount of time on a Sunday afternoon to help pass on some of her knowledge to her new clients who she never even met before. That first day was really a microcosm of the rest of our experience with Alana. She was always very responsive no matter what day of the week or what time in the day. Most importantly, we always found her to be quite personable and pleasant to work with. In fact, even after we found the perfect home for our family, we still keep in touch with Alana and are now happy to call her our friend.
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★★★★★
"I highly recommend Alana, she was amazing throughout the entire process of buying a home. She knows this area inside and out, spending lots of time showing us around and helping us get to know the town so we could come to the easy decision that we'd love to live here. Her guidance during the negotiation process was informative and respectful. We never felt pressured and always felt like she was offering advice and letting us make our own decisions which she supported 100%. Even months after, she still hooks us up with amazing recommendations for random things like painters, chimney guys, you name it. Bottom line: she's great."
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