Best PlacesManhattan Beach, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn ranks 1,084th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Manhattan Beach, 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.
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB+, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
Where Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute35.8 minutes each way, better than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $328,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $138,660, 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 Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn.
Who works in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 51%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 36%
Life in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn
The coast is about 0 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, month by month
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn sees roughly 68 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 Manhattan Beach, 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 Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn
Schools across Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn average a B+, better than 91% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 195 Manhattan BeachA+ · 88% proficient
- Ps 225 Eileen E Zaglin (the)A · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Is 98 Bay AcademyA+ · 93% proficient
- Is 381C− · 30% proficient
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Leon M Goldstein High School For The SciencesA+ · 98% proficient
- Professional Pathways High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Manhattan Beach, 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 Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn
Is Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn ranks 1,084th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on health care access, big-city access, and a strong job market, 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 Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,244,034. The overall cost of living runs about 37% above the national average. Set against a $138,660 median income, cost of living beats 75% of neighborhoods.
Is Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn is safer than 85% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $266 per resident a year.
Compare Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Manhattan Beach, 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.
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Manhattan Beach, 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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