Best PlacesGravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, 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.
Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn ranks 2,449th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 4 minutes away. Its strengths are big-city access and transit. The cost shows up in long commutes, taxes, and car insurance costs.
The best neighborhoods in Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, 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.
Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Big-city access is the standout, in the top 2% of neighborhoods. Transit and good schools follow.
The one real hole is long commutes, near the bottom of the country. Taxes and car insurance costs also cost it ground. That one depends almost entirely on which part you pick, which is what the map below settles.
Where Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA−, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
Where Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn ranks low
- Short commute43.8 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
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $232,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,387, 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 Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
Who works in Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 33%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 52%
Life in Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn has less late-night activity than most neighborhoods. The coast is about 4 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, month by month
Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn sees roughly 65 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 Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, 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 Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Schools across Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn average an A−, better than 95% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 101 Verrazano (the)A+ · 85% proficient
- Ps 253A+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Is 98 Bay AcademyA+ · 93% proficient
- Jhs 14 Shell BankA+ · 75% proficient
- Jhs 234 Arthur W CunninghamA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Life Academy High School For Film And MusicA+ · 95% proficient
- John Dewey High SchoolA+ · 92% proficient
- Rachel Carson High School For Coastal StudiesA+ · 89% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, 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 Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Is Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn ranks 2,449th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, 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 Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $903,471. The overall cost of living runs about 37% above the national average. Set against a $75,387 median income, cost of living beats 15% of neighborhoods.
Is Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn is safer than 90% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 27. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 17% of neighborhoods.
Is Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn good for families?
Schools beat 95% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 90%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Is Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 15% of neighborhoods, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 93% of neighborhoods. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, 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.
Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gravesend-Sheepshead Bay, 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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