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/Williamsburg
66fit
Williamsburg
Official neighborhood: Williamsburg / East Williamsburg
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The Bedford stop, the waterfront towers, and a weekend that starts on Thursday. Still the default Brooklyn landing.
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Best in New York for familiesWalkable New YorkUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
48
258 violent · 1378 property · 13.9 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026)-2 vs city set
Schools
40
Rating 7.0 / 10 nearby-7 vs city set
Walk
72
OSM: 100 groceries · 98 cafes · 221 transit · 120 parks+32 vs city set
Cost
86
$2,549 ACS median vs your rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
61
OSM: 98 cafes · 336 restaurants · 140 bars · 120 parks+24 vs city set
Commute to work
From Williamsburg, a typical weekday is 27 min to Midtown, 31 min to FiDi, 13 min to Downtown Brooklyn. Not live traffic.
Downtown Brooklyn is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Midtown
27 min
Times Square, Hudson Yards · at the city-set median
FiDi
31 min
Wall Street, ferries · +2 min vs the city-set median
Downtown Brooklyn
13 min
BAM, Dumbo, Borough Hall · -9 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 $2,549 — 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 ($129K) could “afford” about $3,214 a month at 30% of pay.
85% of households rent. Median home value is $1,284,729.
ACS median rent
$2,549
30% income budget
$3,214
Rent / income
24%
Median home
$1,284,729
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. Williamsburg is 40% 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: 100 groceries, 98 cafes, 120 parks, and 221 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 120 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (221 stops or stations).
98 cafes and 336 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 18 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
117,387
Median age
32.9
Median income
$129K
Renters
85%
Bachelor+
60%
Violent / 1k
2.2
Property / 1k
11.7
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 29 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.
The Bedford stop, the waterfront towers, and a weekend that starts on Thursday. Still the default Brooklyn landing in every 2025–26 comparison — industrial-cool vs Park Slope’s strollers is the city’s perennial fork. The L is the artery and the risk.
North 6th is not the East River park, and neither is the southside. Tour as three neighborhoods. Weight nightlife and walk. Cost caught up with Manhattan in ways that insult anyone who remembers Berry Street as cheap. Bed-Stuy and Bushwick are the remaining value arguments.
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.
2,487 reports
- Illegal Parking308
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk207
- Noise - Residential196
- For Hire Vehicle194
- Noise - Commercial107
- Noise - Residential
- Illegal Parking
- Noise - Residential
- 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.
In r/nyc lately: lost-and-found and pets.
- Lost dog near Williamsburg Bridge
r/nyc · Aug 11 · 75 upvotes · 4 comments
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 Williamsburg safe?
Williamsburg is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 48 vs city 50). NYPD logged 2.2 violent and 11.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 13.9 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Williamsburg?
ACS median rent is $2,549 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 85% of households rent. Median home value is $1,284,729. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Williamsburg walkable?
Walk is 72 here vs 40 for the New York set — a grocery run and a coffee on foot are realistic. Inside 800 meters: 100 groceries, 98 cafes, 221 transit stops, 120 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Williamsburg good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 7.0 / 10. Median age is 32.9. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Williamsburg?
27 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 Williamsburg?
About 117,387 people. Median income $129K. 60% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Williamsburg?
Greenpoint, Fort Greene, Bed-Stuy sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Williamsburg vs Greenpoint.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Williamsburg vs GreenpointWilliamsburg vs Fort GreeneWilliamsburg vs Bed-Stuy
55fit
Bushwick
$2K median rent
Warehouses, murals, and a loft inventory that keeps replenishing. Cheaper than Williamsburg, louder than both.
NightlifeWalk 57Safety 62
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
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