78fit
Bed-Stuy
$2K median rent
Block after block of brownstone, a food scene that caught up, and a scale the other Brooklyn names do not have.
Family streetsWalk 100Safety 71
New York/Bushwick
55fit
Bushwick
Official neighborhood: Bushwick (West / East)
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Warehouses, murals, and a loft inventory that keeps replenishing. Cheaper than Williamsburg, louder than both.
Best in New York for familiesWalkable New YorkUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
62
427 violent · 1043 property · 13.1 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026)+12 vs city set
Schools
3
Rating 5.9 / 10 nearby-44 vs city set
Walk
57
OSM: 125 groceries · 51 cafes · 192 transit · 51 parks+17 vs city set
Cost
100
$2,202 ACS median vs your rent budget+14 vs city set
Vibe
20
OSM: 51 cafes · 212 restaurants · 86 bars · 51 parks-17 vs city set
Commute to work
From Bushwick, a typical weekday is 36 min to Midtown, 37 min to FiDi, 18 min to Downtown Brooklyn. Not live traffic.
Downtown Brooklyn is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Midtown
36 min
Times Square, Hudson Yards · +9 min vs the city-set median
FiDi
37 min
Wall Street, ferries · +8 min vs the city-set median
Downtown Brooklyn
18 min
BAM, Dumbo, Borough Hall · -4 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 $2,202 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 31% of median household income — over the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($85K) could “afford” about $2,122 a month at 30% of pay.
84% of households rent. Median home value is $975,405.
ACS median rent
$2,202
30% income budget
$2,122
Rent / income
31%
Median home
$975,405
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. Bushwick is 21% 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: 125 groceries, 51 cafes, 51 parks, and 192 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 51 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (192 stops or stations).
51 cafes and 212 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 20 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
112,557
Median age
32.9
Median income
$85K
Renters
84%
Bachelor+
44%
Violent / 1k
3.8
Property / 1k
9.3
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 29 census tracts · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Nightlife
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.
Warehouses, murals, and a loft inventory that keeps replenishing. Cheaper than Williamsburg, louder than both. The L and the J/M. Dwellcheck-style comparisons pair it with Bed-Stuy as central Brooklyn’s gentrification pair — clubs and street art vs brownstone civic life.
Jefferson and Myrtle are different nights. Weight cost and vibe. Safety is blockwise. If you want a stoop culture rather than a loft culture, Bed-Stuy is the next search. If you want the waterfront, you will still go to Williamsburg to stand in line.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, 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.
2,480 reports
- Noise - Residential296
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk253
- Illegal Parking191
- UNSANITARY CONDITION147
- Noise - Commercial146
- Smoking or Vaping
- Noise - Residential
- Industrial Waste
- Noise - Residential
- Noise - Residential
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: pets.
- Anyone in Bushwick want a bow tie cat?
r/nyc · Aug 30 · 211 upvotes · 17 comments
- Homemade Tetas (frozen treats) in Bushwick tomorrow @ 1 PM to help buy my son new prosthetic legs! 🍦❤️
r/nyc · Aug 17 · 6 upvotes · 2 comments
- New venue XTC Nightclub to take over the former Bushwick Triangle location
r/nyc · Aug 14 · 2 upvotes
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 Bushwick safe?
Bushwick is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 62 vs city 50). NYPD logged 3.8 violent and 9.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 13.1 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Bushwick?
ACS median rent is $2,202 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 84% of households rent. Median home value is $975,405. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Bushwick walkable?
Walk is 57 here vs 40 for the New York set — some errands work on foot; some still need a ride. Inside 800 meters: 125 groceries, 51 cafes, 192 transit stops, 51 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Bushwick good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 5.9 / 10. Median age is 32.9. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Bushwick?
36 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 Bushwick?
About 112,557 people. Median income $85K. 44% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Bushwick?
Bed-Stuy, Jackson Heights, Williamsburg sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Bushwick vs Bed-Stuy.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Bushwick vs Bed-StuyBushwick vs Jackson HeightsBushwick vs Williamsburg
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
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
47fit
Greenpoint
$3K median rent
Polish bakeries, a waterfront that finally opened, and the overflow from Williamsburg without the L-train crush.
NightlifeWaterfrontWalk 20Safety 95
38fit
Jackson Heights
$2K median rent
Roosevelt Avenue, the 7 train, and the densest food in Queens. Diversity is the amenity, not a slogan.
Family streetsWalk 3Safety 90