Best PlacesDitmas Park, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ditmas 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.
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn ranks 881st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ditmas 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.
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ditmas Park, Brooklyn ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
Where Ditmas Park, Brooklyn ranks low
- Short commute44.3 minutes each way, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $288,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ditmas Park, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $117,233, 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 Ditmas Park, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.39%, 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 Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.
Who works in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 18%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 58%
Life in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, month by month
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn sees roughly 75 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 Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
John F Kennedy International sits about 10 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 Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
Schools across Ditmas Park, Brooklyn average a B+, better than 87% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 217 Colonel David Marcus SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Ps 249 Caton (the)A · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Christa Mcauliffe School (the) /is 187A+ · 95% proficient
- Is 381C− · 30% 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 Ditmas Park, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ditmas 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 Ditmas Park, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Ditmas Park, Brooklyn suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 24% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
Is Ditmas Park, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ditmas Park, Brooklyn ranks 881st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on walkability, big-city access, 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 Ditmas Park, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,166,161. The overall cost of living runs about 45% above the national average. Set against a $117,233 median income, cost of living beats 55% of neighborhoods.
Is Ditmas Park, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Ditmas Park, Brooklyn is safer than 92% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 28. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 33% of neighborhoods.
Is Ditmas Park, Brooklyn good for families?
Schools beat 87% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 92%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Compare Ditmas Park, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ditmas 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.
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ditmas Park, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ditmas Park, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ditmas 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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