Best PlacesBergen Beach, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bergen Beach, 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.
Bergen Beach, Brooklyn ranks 1,631st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bergen Beach, 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.
Bergen Beach, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bergen Beach, Brooklyn ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB+, better than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Bergen Beach, Brooklyn ranks low
- Short commute42.9 minutes each way, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $248,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bergen Beach, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $121,182, 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 Bergen Beach, Brooklyn's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 Bergen Beach, Brooklyn
Bergen Beach, Brooklyn runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bergen Beach, Brooklyn.
Who works in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 51%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 32%
Life in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn
Bergen Beach, Brooklyn has more parkland per resident than 80% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 10 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bergen Beach, Brooklyn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, month by month
Bergen Beach, Brooklyn sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 70° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Bergen Beach, Brooklyn
John F Kennedy International sits about 7 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 Bergen Beach, Brooklyn
Schools across Bergen Beach, Brooklyn average a B+, better than 88% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 236 Mill BasinA+ · 90% proficient
- Ps 312 Bergen BeachA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Is 381C− · 30% proficient
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
- Jhs 78 Roy H MannD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Professional Pathways High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bergen Beach, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bergen Beach, 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 Bergen Beach, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn
Is Bergen Beach, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bergen Beach, Brooklyn ranks 1,631st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, fast internet, and transit, and lowest on long commutes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bergen Beach, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $924,631. The overall cost of living runs about 36% above the national average. Set against a $121,182 median income, cost of living beats 60% of neighborhoods.
Is Bergen Beach, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Bergen Beach, Brooklyn is safer than 87% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Bergen Beach, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bergen Beach, 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.
Bergen Beach, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bergen Beach, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bergen Beach, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bergen Beach, 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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