53fit
Carroll Gardens
$2K ACS median rent
Court Street, Italian leftovers, and Gowanus condos at the edge. Cobble Hill and Red Hook share the official polygon.
- Walk index
- 23
- Safety index
- 86
- Published fit
- 53
Family streets
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40fit
Brooklyn Heights
Official neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights
Published fit 40 uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget — the same number as the New York table. Your current weights score this 38.
Data period. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026. ACS and NYPD retrieved 2026-09-01; OSM retrieved 2026-09-01. Editorial copy last revised Sep 2026.
The promenade, the court district, and the first suburb the ferry invented. Quiet money, stoops, and a skyline you do not own.
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Best in New York for familiesWalkable New YorkUnder $2,500 rent
Why this published score
Default walkable weights, $2,500 ACS rent budget. Same axes as the city table and the FAQ.
Safety
81
15 violent · 238 property · 9.7 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026)+31 vs city set
Schools
83
Rating 8.3 / 10 nearby+36 vs city set
Walk
4
OSM: 26 groceries · 37 cafes · 78 transit · 120 parks-36 vs city set
Cost
79
$3,146 ACS median vs published $2,500 rent budget-14 vs city set
Vibe
15
OSM: 37 cafes · 121 restaurants · 12 bars · 120 parks-22 vs city set
Commute to work
From Brooklyn Heights, a typical weekday is 33 min to Midtown, 22 min to FiDi, 13 min to Downtown Brooklyn. Not live traffic.
Downtown Brooklyn is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Midtown
33 min
Times Square, Hudson Yards · +6 min vs the city-set median
FiDi
22 min
Wall Street, ferries · -7 min vs the city-set median
Downtown Brooklyn
13 min
BAM, Dumbo, Borough Hall · -9 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 $3,146 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 21% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($181K) could “afford” about $4,537 a month at 30% of pay.
52% of households rent. Median home value is $1,160,148.
ACS median rent
$3,146
30% income budget
$4,537
Rent / income
21%
Median home
$1,160,148
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. Brooklyn Heights is 73% 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: 26 groceries, 37 cafes, 120 parks, and 78 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 120 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (78 stops or stations).
37 cafes and 121 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 0 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
26,031
Median age
38.2
Median income
$181K
Renters
52%
Bachelor+
86%
Violent / 1k
0.6
Property / 1k
9.1
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 6 census tracts · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
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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.
The promenade, the court district, and the first suburb the ferry invented. Zillow flags highly rated schools, brownstones, and East River views. Quiet money, stoops, a skyline you look at rather than live inside.
Montague and Henry are the errand streets. The 2/3/4/5/R/A/C are all close, which is the silent luxury. Weight schools, safety, and family. Park Slope is the bigger-park, more-political cousin. DUMBO is the photogenic younger one.
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, Philadelphia neighborhood writing, Portland neighborhood writing, Washington neighborhood-cluster 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.
367 reports
- Illegal Parking156
- Damaged Tree18
- Water Maintenance14
- PLUMBING11
- Food Establishment10
- Illegal Parking
- Illegal Parking
- Illegal Parking
- Illegal Parking
- Illegal Parking
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.
No r/nyc posts in this snapshot mentioned Brooklyn Heights.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Brooklyn Heights safe?
Brooklyn Heights sits on the quieter side of this New York map (safety 81 vs city 50). NYPD logged 0.6 violent and 9.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 9.7 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Brooklyn Heights?
ACS median rent is $3,146 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 52% of households rent. Median home value is $1,160,148. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Brooklyn Heights walkable?
Walk is 4 here vs 40 for the New York set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 26 groceries, 37 cafes, 78 transit stops, 120 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Brooklyn Heights good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.3 / 10. Median age is 38.2. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Brooklyn Heights?
33 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 Brooklyn Heights?
About 26,031 people. Median income $181K. 86% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Brooklyn Heights?
DUMBO, Carroll Gardens, Lower East Side sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Brooklyn Heights vs DUMBO.
Next door
Closest on this schematic map, scored with the same published walkable weights as the New York table. Distances here are not street geography.
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51fit
Fort Greene
$2K ACS median rent
The park, BAM, and brownstones that held value through every cycle. Clinton Hill is the next street over.
- Walk index
- 33
- Safety index
- 57
- Published fit
- 51
Family streets
46fit
DUMBO
$3K ACS median rent
Cobblestones under the bridges, tech offices, and a park that photographs well. Downtown Brooklyn is in the same official unit.
- Walk index
- 43
- Safety index
- 14
- Published fit
- 46
PlannedWaterfront
45fit
Financial District
$4K ACS median rent
The trading-floor neighborhood that learned to be residential after 2001. Waterfront, chain groceries, empty on weekends.
- Walk index
- 47
- Safety index
- 5
- Published fit
- 45
PlannedWaterfront
41fit
Lower East Side
$2K ACS median rent
Orchard Street, public housing, and new condos sharing the same blocks. Night-out density with daytime fruit stands.
- Walk index
- 31
- Safety index
- 10
- Published fit
- 41
Nightlife