Best PlacesConey Island, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coney Island, 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.
Coney Island, Brooklyn ranks 3,355th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Coney Island, 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.
Coney Island, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coney Island, Brooklyn ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
Where Coney Island, Brooklyn ranks low
- Short commute45.7 minutes each way, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Coney Island, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coney Island, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $49,237, 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 Coney Island, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Coney Island, Brooklyn
Coney Island, Brooklyn 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 Coney Island, Brooklyn.
Who works in Coney Island, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Coney Island, Brooklyn centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 26%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 59%
Life in Coney Island, Brooklyn
The coast is about 0 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Coney Island, Brooklyn, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coney Island, Brooklyn, month by month
Coney Island, Brooklyn sees roughly 64 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 Coney Island, Brooklyn
John F Kennedy International sits about 12 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 Coney Island, Brooklyn
Schools across Coney Island, Brooklyn average an A, better than 97% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 100 Coney Island School (the)A+ · 80% proficient
- Ps 216 Arturo ToscaniniA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Is 98 Bay AcademyA+ · 93% proficient
- Mark Twain Is 239 For The Gifted And TalentedA+ · 83% proficient
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Abraham Lincoln High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
- Professional Pathways High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coney Island, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coney Island, 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 Coney Island, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Coney Island, Brooklyn suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 15% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Coney Island, Brooklyn
Is Coney Island, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coney Island, Brooklyn ranks 3,355th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and good schools, 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 Coney Island, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $424,921. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $49,237 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Coney Island, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Coney Island, Brooklyn is safer than 81% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Coney Island, Brooklyn?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 27. That works out to about 64 pleasant days a year, more than 14% of neighborhoods.
Is Coney Island, Brooklyn good for families?
Schools beat 97% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 81%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Compare Coney Island, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coney Island, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coney Island, 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.
Coney Island, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coney Island, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coney Island, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coney Island, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coney Island, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coney Island, 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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