Best PlacesBedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 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.
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn ranks 2,518th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 14 minutes away. Its strengths are big-city access and walkability. The cost shows up in taxes, car insurance costs, and long commutes.
The best neighborhoods in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
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.
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Big-city access is the standout, in the top 1% of neighborhoods. Walkability and transit follow.
The one real hole is taxes, near the bottom of the country. Car insurance costs and long commutes also cost it ground. Cost swings more from one part of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn to another than it does between Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn and its neighbors, which the map below shows.
Where Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB+, better than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Short commute42.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $331,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $83,164, 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 Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Who works in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 18%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 62%
Life in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, month by month
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 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 Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Laguardia sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Schools across Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn average a B+, better than 90% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Brooklyn Brownstone SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Ps 297 Abraham StocktonA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- School Of Integrated Learning (the)A+ · 75% proficient
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
- Ms 267 Math Science & TechnologyD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Bedford Academy High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Pathways In Technology Early College High School (p-tech)A+ · 90% proficient
- Nelson Mandela High SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 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 Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 20% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Is Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn ranks 2,518th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and transit, and lowest on taxes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,329,872. The overall cost of living runs about 57% above the national average. Set against a $83,164 median income, cost of living beats 14% of neighborhoods.
Is Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn is safer than 69% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn?
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 32% of neighborhoods.
Is Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn good for families?
Schools beat 90% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 69%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Is Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 14% of neighborhoods, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 84% of neighborhoods. About 20% of workers already work from home.
Compare Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 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.
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn 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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