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/DUMBO
44fit
DUMBO
Official neighborhood: Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Cobblestones under the bridges, tech offices, and a park that photographs well. Downtown Brooklyn is in the same official unit.
boerum hilldowntown brooklynvinegar hill
Best in New York for familiesWalkable New YorkUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
14
253 violent · 948 property · 30.0 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026)-36 vs city set
Schools
50
Rating 7.3 / 10 nearby+3 vs city set
Walk
43
OSM: 73 groceries · 80 cafes · 162 transit · 120 parks+3 vs city set
Cost
71
$3,092 ACS median vs your rent budget-15 vs city set
Vibe
36
OSM: 80 cafes · 231 restaurants · 33 bars · 120 parks-1 vs city set
Commute to work
From DUMBO, a typical weekday is 30 min to Midtown, 24 min to FiDi, 8 min to Downtown Brooklyn. Not live traffic.
Downtown Brooklyn is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Midtown
30 min
Times Square, Hudson Yards · +3 min vs the city-set median
FiDi
24 min
Wall Street, ferries · -5 min vs the city-set median
Downtown Brooklyn
8 min
BAM, Dumbo, Borough Hall · -14 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 $3,092 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 22% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($168K) could “afford” about $4,201 a month at 30% of pay.
74% of households rent. Median home value is $1,449,254.
ACS median rent
$3,092
30% income budget
$4,201
Rent / income
22%
Median home
$1,449,254
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. DUMBO is 70% 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: 73 groceries, 80 cafes, 120 parks, and 162 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 120 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (162 stops or stations).
80 cafes and 231 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 13 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
39,977
Median age
35.4
Median income
$168K
Renters
74%
Bachelor+
77%
Violent / 1k
6.3
Property / 1k
23.7
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 11 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.
Cobblestones under the bridges, tech offices, and a park that photographs well. Zillow’s 2025 notes: converted lofts, new towers, Brooklyn Flea, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn Bridge Park. Downtown Brooklyn is in the same official unit — tour as two products.
Weekends are tourists under the bridge. Weekdays are strollers and laptops. Weight walk and vibe. Cost is DUMBO cost. If you want the promenade without the cobblestones, Brooklyn Heights is up the hill.
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.
1,480 reports
- Illegal Parking607
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk180
- Noise - Residential157
- Noise47
- Vendor Enforcement45
- Animal-Abuse
- Noise - Residential
- Noise - Residential
- Noise
- Noise
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: a few posts that name DUMBO.
- Citi Field scoreboard from Downtown Brooklyn
r/nyc · Aug 22 · 90 upvotes · 4 comments
- Walking through downtown Brooklyn this morning got me like
r/nyc · Sep 1 · 1 upvote
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 DUMBO safe?
DUMBO shows more Part I than most of this New York set (safety 14 vs city 50). NYPD logged 6.3 violent and 23.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 30.0 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in DUMBO?
ACS median rent is $3,092 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 74% of households rent. Median home value is $1,449,254. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is DUMBO walkable?
Walk is 43 here vs 40 for the New York set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 73 groceries, 80 cafes, 162 transit stops, 120 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is DUMBO good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 7.3 / 10. Median age is 35.4. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from DUMBO?
30 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 DUMBO?
About 39,977 people. Median income $168K. 77% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to DUMBO?
Fort Greene, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with DUMBO vs Fort Greene.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
DUMBO vs Fort GreeneDUMBO vs Brooklyn HeightsDUMBO vs Carroll Gardens
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
41fit
Lower East Side
$2K median rent
Orchard Street, public housing, and new condos sharing the same blocks. Night-out density with daytime fruit stands.
NightlifeWalk 31Safety 10
38fit
Brooklyn Heights
$3K median rent
The promenade, the court district, and the first suburb the ferry invented. Quiet money, stoops, and a skyline you do not own.
Family streetsWaterfrontWalk 4Safety 81