Best PlacesCrown Heights, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crown Heights, 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.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn ranks 1,980th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crown Heights, 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.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crown Heights, Brooklyn ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB+, better than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Crown Heights, Brooklyn ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute38.8 minutes each way, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $316,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crown Heights, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,422, 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 Crown Heights, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Crown Heights, Brooklyn runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Who works in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Crown Heights, Brooklyn centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 18%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 63%
Life in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
The coast is about 12 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Crown Heights, Brooklyn, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, month by month
Crown Heights, Brooklyn sees roughly 76 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 Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Laguardia sits about 9 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 Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Schools across Crown Heights, Brooklyn average a B+, better than 90% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 241 Emma L JohnstonA− · 60% proficient
- Ps 161 Crown (the)B+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ms 61 Dr Gladstone H AtwellC · 35% proficient
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
- Ebbets Field Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- High School For Global Citizenship (the)A+ · 95% proficient
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Brooklyn Academy Of Science And The EnvironmentA+ · 86% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crown Heights, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crown Heights, 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 Crown Heights, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Crown Heights, Brooklyn suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 18% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Is Crown Heights, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crown Heights, Brooklyn ranks 1,980th 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 Crown Heights, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,263,391. The overall cost of living runs about 54% above the national average. Set against a $87,422 median income, cost of living beats 18% of neighborhoods.
Is Crown Heights, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Crown Heights, Brooklyn is safer than 78% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $318 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Crown Heights, Brooklyn?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 28. That works out to about 76 pleasant days a year, more than 34% of neighborhoods.
Is Crown Heights, Brooklyn good for families?
Schools beat 90% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 78%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Compare Crown Heights, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crown Heights, 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.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crown Heights, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crown Heights, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crown Heights, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crown Heights, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crown Heights, 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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