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Bed-Stuy vs Park Slope
Bed-Stuy and Park Slope are official neighborhoods in New York. Park Slope leads safety (100 vs 71). Bed-Stuy leads walk. Bed-Stuy has the lower ACS median rent ($2,079).
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
| Axis | Bed-Stuy | Park Slope |
|---|---|---|
| Safety | 71 | 100 |
| Schools | 17 | 100 |
| Walk | 100 | 0 |
| Cost fit | 100 | 82 |
| Vibe | 36 | 7 |
| Median rent | $2,079 | $3,043 |
| Median home | $1,371,517 | $1,614,230 |
| Population | 182,837 | 59,281 |
| Commute to Midtown | 35 min | 41 min |
| Commute to FiDi | 33 min | 34 min |
| Commute to Downtown Brooklyn | 14 min | 19 min |
Bed-Stuy
Block after block of brownstone, a food scene that caught up, and a scale the other Brooklyn names do not have.
$2,079 median rent · safety 71 · walk 100
Park Slope
Prospect Park, strollers, and food-coop politics that became a punchline and then a brand. The family neighborhood people mean.
$3,043 median rent · safety 100 · walk 0
Scores are relative among official New York neighborhoods with the same editorial weights. Read the method.