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Brooklyn Heights vs Carroll Gardens
Brooklyn Heights and Carroll Gardens are two official neighborhoods in New York. Carroll Gardens is the calmer Part I map (86 vs 81). Carroll Gardens wins the errand count. Carroll Gardens has the lower ACS median ($2,329).
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Scores
Fit axes among official New York neighborhoods.
| Axis | Brooklyn Heights | Carroll Gardens |
|---|---|---|
| Safety | 81 | 86 |
| Schools | 83 | 77 |
| Walk | 4 | 23 |
| Cost fit | 79 | 100 |
| Vibe | 15 | 21 |
| Median rent | $3,146 | $2,329 |
| Median home | $1,160,148 | $1,626,285 |
| Population | 26,031 | 58,384 |
| Commute to Midtown | 33 min | 35 min |
| Commute to FiDi | 22 min | 28 min |
| Commute to Downtown Brooklyn | 13 min | 12 min |
Living numbers
Who rents, how old, how much crime, how many shops — beside the scores.
| Fact | Brooklyn Heights | Carroll Gardens |
|---|---|---|
| Renters | 52% | 69% |
| Median age | 38.2 | 38.1 |
| Median income | $181K | $148K |
| Part I per 1k | 9.7 | 9.6 |
| Groceries / 800m | 26 | 73 |
| Transit stops / 800m | 78 | 66 |
| Parks / 800m | 120 | 80 |
| 311 last 14 days | 367 | 1,360 |
Rent
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. Bk Hts is 73% above the 2024 city median. Carroll is 28% 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. Dashed marks are each area’s ACS 2024 median.
Which to pick
The same numbers as the table, in sentences. Nobody wins the city.
Pick Brooklyn Heights if you already want this pocket more than the table. Carroll Gardens leads the numbered axes on this page.
Pick Carroll Gardens if you want the cafes and the night and the rent gap is the point. Vibe is 21 vs 15. ACS median rent is $2,329 vs $3,146. Walk is 23 vs 4. Read both pages before you decide.
Brooklyn Heights
The promenade, the court district, and the first suburb the ferry invented. Quiet money, stoops, and a skyline you do not own.
$3,146 median rent · safety 81 · walk 4
Carroll Gardens
Court Street, Italian leftovers, and Gowanus condos at the edge. Cobble Hill and Red Hook share the official polygon.
$2,329 median rent · safety 86 · walk 23
Common questions
Same pair, said in questions. The numbers are in the tables.
Which is cheaper, Brooklyn Heights or Carroll Gardens?
Carroll Gardens is the lower ACS median: $3,146 vs $2,329. About 69% rent in Carroll Gardens vs 52% in Brooklyn Heights. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Brooklyn Heights more walkable than Carroll Gardens?
Carroll Gardens wins the errand count (walk 4 vs 23). Groceries inside 800 meters: 26 vs 73. Not a Walk Score license.
Which is safer on this map, Brooklyn Heights or Carroll Gardens?
Carroll Gardens is the calmer Part I read (86 vs 81). Combined rate 9.6 vs 9.7 per 1,000. Visitors count in those numbers.
Which scores higher for families, Brooklyn Heights or Carroll Gardens?
Brooklyn Heights leads the school axis (83 vs 77). Nearby rating is 8.3 / 10 vs 8.1 / 10. Median age 38.2 vs 38.1. Carroll Gardens has more of the night. Neither number is a school assignment.
Which has the shorter commute to Midtown?
33 minutes from Brooklyn Heights to Midtown, 35 from Carroll Gardens. Brooklyn Heights is the shorter weekday. Not this hour's traffic.
If you drop both
Closest official neighborhood that is not Brooklyn Heights or Carroll Gardens: DUMBO. Cobblestones under the bridges, tech offices, and a park that photographs well. Downtown Brooklyn is in the same official unit.
Scores are relative among official New York neighborhoods with the same editorial weights. Read the method.