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/Park Slope
40fit
Park Slope
Official neighborhood: Park Slope / Prospect Park
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Prospect Park, strollers, and food-coop politics that became a punchline and then a brand. The family neighborhood people mean.
south slopeprospect park
Best in New York for familiesWalkable New YorkUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
100
76 violent · 370 property · 7.5 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026)+50 vs city set
Schools
100
Rating 8.8 / 10 nearby+53 vs city set
Walk
0
OSM: 38 groceries · 47 cafes · 72 transit · 41 parks-40 vs city set
Cost
72
$3,043 ACS median vs your rent budget-14 vs city set
Vibe
7
OSM: 47 cafes · 169 restaurants · 27 bars · 41 parks-30 vs city set
Commute to work
From Park Slope, a typical weekday is 41 min to Midtown, 34 min to FiDi, 19 min to Downtown Brooklyn. Not live traffic.
Downtown Brooklyn is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Midtown
41 min
Times Square, Hudson Yards · +14 min vs the city-set median
FiDi
34 min
Wall Street, ferries · +5 min vs the city-set median
Downtown Brooklyn
19 min
BAM, Dumbo, Borough Hall · -3 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
ACS median gross rent is $3,043 across all occupied rental units — studios through large apartments mixed together, not a live 1-bed or 2-bed quote.
That is 19% of median household income — under the 30% HUD cost-burden line. A household at this area’s median income ($194K) could “afford” about $4,859 a month at 30% of gross pay.
57% of households rent. Median home value is $1,614,230.
ACS median rent
$3,043
30% income budget
$4,859
Rent / income
19%
Median home
$1,614,230
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. Park Slope is 67% 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 gross household income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS median rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed — that table is all occupied rental units. Method.
Within a walk
Inside the official neighborhood or within 800 meters of its centroid, OpenStreetMap maps 38 groceries, 47 cafes, 41 parks, and 72 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 41 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (72 stops or stations).
47 cafes and 169 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the New York set.
Counts from OpenStreetMap, 800 m. Not a Walk Score license. Groceries here beat 2 of 21 other areas in this city set.
Population
59,281
Median age
37.8
Median income
$194K
Renters
57%
Bachelor+
84%
Violent / 1k
1.3
Property / 1k
6.2
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 17 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.
Prospect Park, strollers, and food-coop politics that became a punchline and then a brand. Every 2025 family guide still names it. Brownstones, PS 321 folklore, the F/G/R/2/3. The quintessential Brooklyn debate is this vs Williamsburg, and the debate is tired because both won.
Park Slope is not cheap, not quiet on Seventh Avenue, and not a compromise. Weight schools, family, and walk. The park is why you pay. Carroll Gardens is the slightly more Italian, slightly less park version. Bed-Stuy is the value brownstone argument.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, and local coverage, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
Common questions
Answers from the same ACS, crime, and OSM figures on this page.
Is Park Slope safe?
On this map Park Slope is safer than most New York neighborhoods in the set (safety 100 vs city 50). NYPD logged 1.3 violent and 6.2 property incidents per 1,000 ACS residents — 7.5 combined. Rates mix residents and visitors. They are not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Park Slope?
ACS median rent is $3,043. Median home value is $1,614,230. About 57% of households rent. These are survey medians, not this week's listings.
Is Park Slope walkable?
Walk scores 0 here vs 40 for the New York set — you will likely drive or ride for daily errands. OpenStreetMap counts within 800 meters: 38 groceries, 47 cafes, 72 transit stops, 41 parks.
Is Park Slope good for families?
The scores lean family-friendly relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.8 / 10. Median age is 37.8.
How long is the commute from Park Slope?
Typical weekday minutes to Midtown: 41. Not live traffic. Open the neighborhood page for the other job centers in New York.
How many people live in Park Slope?
About 59,281 residents, median income $194K, 84% with a bachelor's or higher. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM.
What neighborhoods are next to Park Slope?
Closest on this map: Carroll Gardens, Bed-Stuy, Bushwick. Compare Park Slope vs Carroll Gardens if you are deciding between two official neighborhoods.
Next door
Adjacent on the neighborhood map, ranked with your weights.
Park Slope vs Carroll GardensPark Slope vs Bed-StuyPark Slope vs Bushwick
55fit
Bushwick
$2K median rent
Warehouses, murals, and a loft inventory that keeps replenishing. Cheaper than Williamsburg, louder than both.
NightlifeWalk 57Safety 62
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
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