Best Places11226, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 11226, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
11226 ranks 9,064th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 9 minutes away. Its strengths are big-city access and transit. The cost shows up in car insurance costs, taxes, and long commutes.
The best neighborhoods in 11226
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
11226's strengths and weaknesses
11226 lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Big-city access is the standout, in the top 1% of zip codes. Transit and walkability follow.
The one real hole is car insurance costs, near the bottom of the country. Taxes and long commutes also cost it ground. Cost swings more from one part of 11226 to another than it does between 11226 and its neighbors, which the map below shows.
Where 11226 ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 99% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 96% of zip codes
Where 11226 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Short commute46.5 minutes each way, better than only 1% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 5% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 11226
A household needs to earn about $235,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 11226 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $83,157, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 11226's effective rate of 0.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 11226
11226 runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 11226.
Who works in 11226, and how
Work in 11226 centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 16%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 69%
Life in 11226
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 11226, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 11226, month by month
11226 sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 69° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of 11226
John F Kennedy International sits about 9 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 31.0 million passengers in 2025, with 249 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 11226
Schools across 11226 average a B+, better than 81% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 217 Colonel David Marcus SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Ps 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Christa Mcauliffe School (the) /is 187A+ · 95% proficient
- Is 381C− · 30% proficient
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Science Technology & Research Early CollegeA+ · 86% proficient
- Acad For College Prep And Career ExpA+ · 83% proficient
- High School For Youth And Community Development At ErasmusA · 79% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 11226 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
11226 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 11226 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 11226 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 16% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in 11226
Is 11226 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 11226 ranks 9,064th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and walkability, and lowest on car insurance costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 11226 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $939,353. The overall cost of living runs about 46% above the national average. Set against a $83,157 median income, cost of living beats 10% of zip codes.
Is 11226 safe?
Yes, 11226 is safer than 70% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $262 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 11226?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 28. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 36% of zip codes.
Is 11226 good for families?
Schools beat 81% of zip codes, crime safety beats 70%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Is 11226 good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 10% of zip codes, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 92% of zip codes. About 16% of workers already work from home.
Compare 11226 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 11226. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 11226 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
11226 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 11226: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 11226: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 11226: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 11226: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
11226 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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