66fit
Williamsburg
$3K median rent
The Bedford stop, the waterfront towers, and a weekend that starts on Thursday. Still the default Brooklyn landing.
NightlifeWaterfrontWalk 72Safety 48
New York/Bed-Stuy
78fit
Bed-Stuy
Official neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant (West / East)
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Block after block of brownstone, a food scene that caught up, and a scale the other Brooklyn names do not have.
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Best in New York for familiesWalkable New YorkUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
71
474 violent · 1439 property · 10.5 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026)+21 vs city set
Schools
17
Rating 6.3 / 10 nearby-30 vs city set
Walk
100
OSM: 165 groceries · 71 cafes · 312 transit · 120 parks+60 vs city set
Cost
100
$2,079 ACS median vs your rent budget+14 vs city set
Vibe
36
OSM: 71 cafes · 233 restaurants · 47 bars · 120 parks-1 vs city set
Commute to work
From Bed-Stuy, a typical weekday is 35 min to Midtown, 33 min to FiDi, 14 min to Downtown Brooklyn. Not live traffic.
Downtown Brooklyn is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Midtown
35 min
Times Square, Hudson Yards · +8 min vs the city-set median
FiDi
33 min
Wall Street, ferries · +4 min vs the city-set median
Downtown Brooklyn
14 min
BAM, Dumbo, Borough Hall · -8 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $2,079 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 29% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($85K) could “afford” about $2,132 a month at 30% of pay.
78% of households rent. Median home value is $1,371,517.
ACS median rent
$2,079
30% income budget
$2,132
Rent / income
29%
Median home
$1,371,517
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. Bed-Stuy is 14% above the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official neighborhood: 165 groceries, 71 cafes, 120 parks, and 312 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 120 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (312 stops or stations).
71 cafes and 233 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the New York set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 21 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
182,837
Median age
33
Median income
$85K
Renters
78%
Bachelor+
46%
Violent / 1k
2.6
Property / 1k
7.9
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 44 census tracts · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Family streets
Crime is NYPD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
Block after block of brownstone, a food scene that caught up, and a scale the other Brooklyn names do not have. Student and renter guides still flag it for relative affordability and character. The A/C/G and a lot of walking. This is a city within the city.
Do not flatten Bed-Stuy to a single safety number — it is too big. Tour the block, not the brand. Weight cost and vibe. Fort Greene is smaller and pricier; Bushwick is louder and more warehouse. Harlem is the Manhattan rhyme.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
Reported here lately
City 311 service requests in this official unit, last 14 days. This is what neighbors filed with the city — not a chat thread, and not part of the fit score.
3,010 reports
- Noise - Residential363
- Illegal Parking251
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk244
- UNSANITARY CONDITION152
- Noise - Commercial133
- Noise - Commercial
- Rodent
- Noise - Residential
- Noise - Residential
- Blocked Driveway
NYC 311 from 2020–present, last 14 days, mapped to 2020 NTAs. No addresses stored. Method.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/nyc that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
In r/nyc lately: parks, housing, and pets.
- Mariachi in Bed-Stuy 🥰💃🏾
r/nyc · Aug 29 · 73 upvotes · 5 comments
- Brooklyn woman compares Bed-Stuy home sale to Palestinian genocide
r/nyc · Aug 9 · 60 comments
- Bed-Stuy's Herbert Von King Park dog run closed due to contamination
r/nyc · Aug 23 · 29 upvotes · 1 comment
The line above is a reading of the titles, not a verdict. Up to 3 links, last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Bed-Stuy safe?
Bed-Stuy sits on the quieter side of this New York map (safety 71 vs city 50). NYPD logged 2.6 violent and 7.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 10.5 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Bed-Stuy?
ACS median rent is $2,079 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 78% of households rent. Median home value is $1,371,517. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Bed-Stuy walkable?
Walk is 100 here vs 40 for the New York set — a grocery run and a coffee on foot are realistic. Inside 800 meters: 165 groceries, 71 cafes, 312 transit stops, 120 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Bed-Stuy good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 6.3 / 10. Median age is 33. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Bed-Stuy?
35 typical weekday minutes to Midtown. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in Bed-Stuy?
About 182,837 people. Median income $85K. 46% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Bed-Stuy?
Bushwick, Carroll Gardens, Fort Greene sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Bed-Stuy vs Bushwick.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Bed-Stuy vs BushwickBed-Stuy vs Carroll GardensBed-Stuy vs Fort Greene
55fit
Bushwick
$2K median rent
Warehouses, murals, and a loft inventory that keeps replenishing. Cheaper than Williamsburg, louder than both.
NightlifeWalk 57Safety 62
52fit
Carroll Gardens
$2K median rent
Court Street, Italian leftovers, and Gowanus condos at the edge. Cobble Hill and Red Hook share the official polygon.
Family streetsWalk 23Safety 86
49fit
Fort Greene
$2K median rent
The park, BAM, and brownstones that held value through every cycle. Clinton Hill is the next street over.
Family streetsWalk 33Safety 57
40fit
Park Slope
$3K median rent
Prospect Park, strollers, and food-coop politics that became a punchline and then a brand. The family neighborhood people mean.
Family streetsWalk 0Safety 100