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/Fort Greene
49fit
Fort Greene
Official neighborhood: Fort Greene / Clinton Hill
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The park, BAM, and brownstones that held value through every cycle. Clinton Hill is the next street over.
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Best in New York for familiesWalkable New YorkUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
57
150 violent · 676 property · 13.2 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026)+7 vs city set
Schools
60
Rating 7.6 / 10 nearby+13 vs city set
Walk
33
OSM: 74 groceries · 40 cafes · 132 transit · 120 parks-7 vs city set
Cost
88
$2,487 ACS median vs your rent budget+2 vs city set
Vibe
24
OSM: 40 cafes · 178 restaurants · 37 bars · 120 parks-13 vs city set
Commute to work
From Fort Greene, a typical weekday is 28 min to Midtown, 27 min to FiDi, 8 min to Downtown Brooklyn. Not live traffic.
Downtown Brooklyn is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Midtown
28 min
Times Square, Hudson Yards · +1 min vs the city-set median
FiDi
27 min
Wall Street, ferries · -2 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 $2,487 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 24% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($125K) could “afford” about $3,128 a month at 30% of pay.
71% of households rent. Median home value is $1,009,644.
ACS median rent
$2,487
30% income budget
$3,128
Rent / income
24%
Median home
$1,009,644
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. Fort Greene is 37% 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: 74 groceries, 40 cafes, 120 parks, and 132 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 120 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (132 stops or stations).
40 cafes and 178 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 14 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
62,385
Median age
36.1
Median income
$125K
Renters
71%
Bachelor+
65%
Violent / 1k
2.4
Property / 1k
10.8
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 18 census tracts · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Family streets
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 park, BAM, and brownstones that held value through every cycle. Clinton Hill is the next street over. Downtown Brooklyn’s 97 Walk Score bleeds in. This is the Brooklyn neighborhood for people who like institutions — theater, the park, a plaza.
The Barclays/Atlantic hub is loud on the south edge. The park is the living room. Weight walk, schools, and vibe. Park Slope is the family sequel with a bigger park; Brooklyn Heights is the older, richer promenade version.
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, 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.
1,243 reports
- Illegal Parking373
- Noise - Residential65
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk62
- UNSANITARY CONDITION47
- Rodent42
- 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 Fort Greene.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Fort Greene safe?
Fort Greene is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 57 vs city 50). NYPD logged 2.4 violent and 10.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 13.2 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Fort Greene?
ACS median rent is $2,487 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 71% of households rent. Median home value is $1,009,644. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Fort Greene walkable?
Walk is 33 here vs 40 for the New York set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 74 groceries, 40 cafes, 132 transit stops, 120 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Fort Greene good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.6 / 10. Median age is 36.1. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Fort Greene?
28 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 Fort Greene?
About 62,385 people. Median income $125K. 65% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Fort Greene?
DUMBO, Williamsburg, Lower East Side sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Fort Greene vs DUMBO.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Fort Greene vs DUMBOFort Greene vs WilliamsburgFort Greene vs Lower East Side
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
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
44fit
DUMBO
$3K median rent
Cobblestones under the bridges, tech offices, and a park that photographs well. Downtown Brooklyn is in the same official unit.
PlannedWaterfrontWalk 43Safety 14
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