Best PlacesBreezy Point, Queens, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Breezy Point, Queens, 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.
Breezy Point, Queens ranks 2,864th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Breezy Point, Queens
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.
Breezy Point, Queens' strengths and weaknesses
Where Breezy Point, Queens ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
Where Breezy Point, Queens ranks low
- Short commute44.5 minutes each way, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Breezy Point, Queens
A household needs to earn about $182,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Breezy Point, Queens home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $136,779, 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 Breezy Point, Queens' effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Breezy Point, Queens
Breezy Point, Queens runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Breezy Point, Queens.
Who works in Breezy Point, Queens, and how
Work in Breezy Point, Queens centers on education and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 22%
Life in Breezy Point, Queens
Breezy Point, Queens has more parkland per resident than 99% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 0 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Breezy Point, Queens and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Breezy Point, Queens, month by month
Breezy Point, Queens 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 Breezy Point, Queens
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 Breezy Point, Queens
Schools across Breezy Point, Queens average a B+, better than 90% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
Top middle schools
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% 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 Breezy Point, Queens school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Breezy Point, Queens 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 Breezy Point, Queens against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Breezy Point, Queens
Is Breezy Point, Queens a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Breezy Point, Queens ranks 2,864th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, low property taxes, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Breezy Point, Queens expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $735,140. The overall cost of living runs about 41% above the national average. Set against a $136,779 median income, cost of living beats 70% of neighborhoods.
Is Breezy Point, Queens safe?
Breezy Point, Queens is safer than 54% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $478 per resident a year.
Compare Breezy Point, Queens with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Breezy Point, Queens. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Breezy Point, Queens 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.
Breezy Point, Queens detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Breezy Point, Queens: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Breezy Point, Queens: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Breezy Point, Queens: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Breezy Point, Queens: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Breezy Point, Queens 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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