Best PlacesDyker Heights, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dyker 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.
Dyker Heights, Brooklyn ranks 2,180th 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 Dyker 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.
Dyker Heights, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dyker Heights, Brooklyn ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
Where Dyker Heights, Brooklyn ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute42.1 minutes each way, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $301,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dyker Heights, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,445, 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 Dyker Heights, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
Dyker Heights, Brooklyn runs older 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 Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.
Who works in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 30%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 51%
Life in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
Dyker Heights, Brooklyn has more parkland per resident than 82% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 3 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Dyker Heights, Brooklyn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, month by month
Dyker Heights, Brooklyn sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Dyker Heights, 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 Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
Schools across Dyker Heights, Brooklyn average an A, better than 98% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- School For Future Leaders (the)A+ · 83% proficient
- Ps 127 Mckinley ParkA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Christa Mcauliffe School (the) /is 187A+ · 95% proficient
- Jhs 259 William MckinleyA+ · 68% proficient
- Madeleine Brennan School (the)A · 66% 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 Dyker Heights, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dyker 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 Dyker Heights, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Dyker Heights, Brooklyn suits
Retirees
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Common questions about living in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
Is Dyker Heights, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dyker Heights, Brooklyn ranks 2,180th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, good schools, and low crime, 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 Dyker Heights, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,165,340. The overall cost of living runs about 60% above the national average. Set against a $88,445 median income, cost of living beats 15% of neighborhoods.
Is Dyker Heights, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Dyker Heights, Brooklyn is safer than 95% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $217 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 26. That works out to about 58 pleasant days a year, more than 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Dyker Heights, Brooklyn good for families?
Schools beat 98% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 95%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Compare Dyker Heights, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dyker 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.
Dyker Heights, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dyker Heights, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dyker Heights, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dyker 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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