Best PlacesBorough Park, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Borough Park, 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.
Borough Park, Brooklyn ranks 2,238th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 6 minutes away. Its strengths are big-city access and walkability. The cost shows up in taxes, long commutes, and the cost of living against local pay.
The best neighborhoods in Borough Park, 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.
Borough Park, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Borough Park, 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. Long commutes and the cost of living against local pay also cost it ground. Cost swings more from one part of Borough Park, Brooklyn to another than it does between Borough Park, Brooklyn and its neighbors, which the map below shows.
Where Borough Park, Brooklyn ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA, better than 96% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
Where Borough Park, Brooklyn ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute36.4 minutes each way, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Borough Park, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $301,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Borough Park, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $70,990, 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 Borough Park, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Borough Park, Brooklyn
Borough Park, Brooklyn runs younger 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 Borough Park, Brooklyn.
Who works in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Borough Park, Brooklyn centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 26%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 59%
Life in Borough Park, Brooklyn
Borough Park, Brooklyn has less late-night activity than most neighborhoods. The coast is about 6 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Borough Park, Brooklyn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Borough Park, Brooklyn, month by month
Borough Park, Brooklyn sees roughly 68 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 Borough Park, Brooklyn
Newark Liberty International sits about 10 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Borough Park, Brooklyn
Schools across Borough Park, Brooklyn average an A, better than 96% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- School For Future Leaders (the)A+ · 83% proficient
- Ps 105 Blythebourne (the)A+ · 82% proficient
Top middle schools
- Christa Mcauliffe School (the) /is 187A+ · 95% proficient
- Ms 839A+ · 75% proficient
- Jhs 220 John J PershingA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Brooklyn College AcademyA+ · 98% proficient
- Urban Assembly School For Leadership And EmpowermentA+ · 83% proficient
- Professional Pathways High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Borough Park, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Borough Park, 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 Borough Park, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Borough Park, Brooklyn suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Borough Park, Brooklyn
Is Borough Park, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Borough Park, Brooklyn ranks 2,238th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and transit, and lowest on taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Borough Park, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,191,990. The overall cost of living runs about 58% above the national average. Set against a $70,990 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Borough Park, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Borough Park, Brooklyn is safer than 94% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $221 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Borough Park, Brooklyn?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 28. That works out to about 68 pleasant days a year, more than 20% of neighborhoods.
Is Borough Park, Brooklyn good for families?
Schools beat 96% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 94%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Is Borough Park, Brooklyn good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 6% of neighborhoods, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 91% of neighborhoods. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Borough Park, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Borough Park, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Borough Park, 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.
Borough Park, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Borough Park, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Borough Park, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Borough Park, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Borough Park, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Borough Park, 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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