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
The ACS median rent is $3,043 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 19% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($194K) could “afford” about $4,859 a month at 30% of 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 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: 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.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 2 of the other 21 areas in this city.
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, 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.
884 reports
- Illegal Parking134
- Noise - Residential40
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk35
- Maintenance or Facility35
- Homeless Person Assistance33
- Noise - Park
- Noise - Park
- Noise - Park
- Noise - Park
- 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.
In r/nyc lately: parks and schools.
- How to Spend a Bookish Afternoon in Prospect Heights–Park Slope
r/nyc · Sep 1 · 1 upvote
- High School Run Mobile Car Detailing Business in Park Slope
r/nyc · Aug 25
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 Park Slope safe?
Park Slope sits on the quieter side of this New York map (safety 100 vs city 50). NYPD logged 1.3 violent and 6.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 7.5 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Park Slope?
ACS median rent is $3,043 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 57% of households rent. Median home value is $1,614,230. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Park Slope walkable?
Walk is 0 here vs 40 for the New York set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 38 groceries, 47 cafes, 72 transit stops, 41 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Park Slope good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.8 / 10. Median age is 37.8. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Park Slope?
41 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 Park Slope?
About 59,281 people. Median income $194K. 84% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Park Slope?
Carroll Gardens, Bed-Stuy, Bushwick sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Park Slope vs Carroll Gardens.
Next door
Adjacent on the 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