Best PlacesFort Green, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Green, 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.
Fort Green, Brooklyn ranks 704th 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 Fort Green, 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.
Fort Green, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Green, Brooklyn ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
Where Fort Green, Brooklyn ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute37.3 minutes each way, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Green, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $317,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Green, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $135,113, 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 Fort Green, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 Fort Green, Brooklyn
Fort Green, Brooklyn runs younger 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 Fort Green, Brooklyn.
Who works in Fort Green, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Fort Green, Brooklyn centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 9%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 59%
Life in Fort Green, Brooklyn
Fort Green, Brooklyn has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of neighborhoods and more late-night spots per resident than 70% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fort Green, Brooklyn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Green, Brooklyn, month by month
Fort Green, 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 Fort Green, Brooklyn
Laguardia sits about 8 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 Fort Green, Brooklyn
Schools across Fort Green, Brooklyn average a B+, better than 90% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 9 Sarah Smith Garnet School (the)A+ · 73% proficient
- Ps 20 Clinton HillA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
- Fort Green Preparatory AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
- Is 340D+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Brooklyn Technical High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Dr Susan S Mckinney Secondary School Of The ArtsA · 73% proficient
- Professional Pathways High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Green, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Green, 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 Fort Green, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Fort Green, Brooklyn suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 32% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Fort Green, Brooklyn
Is Fort Green, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Green, Brooklyn ranks 704th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and walkability, 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 Fort Green, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,280,409. The overall cost of living runs about 95% above the national average. Set against a $135,113 median income, cost of living beats 39% of neighborhoods.
Is Fort Green, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Fort Green, Brooklyn is safer than 81% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fort Green, 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 Fort Green, Brooklyn good for families?
Schools beat 90% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 81%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Compare Fort Green, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Green, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Green, 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.
Fort Green, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Green, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Green, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Green, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Green, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Green, 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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