Best PlacesMapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mapleton-Flatlands, 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.
Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn ranks 2,174th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 7 minutes away. Its strengths are big-city access and transit. The cost shows up in taxes, long commutes, and car insurance costs.
The best neighborhoods in Mapleton-Flatlands, 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.
Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Big-city access is the standout, in the top 1% of neighborhoods. Transit and walkability follow.
The one real hole is taxes, near the bottom of the country. Long commutes and car insurance costs also cost it ground. Cost swings more from one part of Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn to another than it does between Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn and its neighbors, which the map below shows.
Where Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
Where Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute42.6 minutes each way, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $236,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,002, 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 Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn
Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn.
Who works in Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Mapleton-Flatlands, 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 32%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 55%
Life in Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn
Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn has less late-night activity than most neighborhoods. The coast is about 7 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn, month by month
Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn sees roughly 69 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 Mapleton-Flatlands, 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 Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn
Schools across Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn average a B+, better than 86% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 222 Katherine R SnyderA+ · 78% proficient
- Ps 99 Isaac AsimovA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Is 98 Bay AcademyA+ · 93% proficient
- Jhs 234 Arthur W CunninghamA+ · 70% proficient
- Jhs 223 Montauk (the)A · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Midwood High SchoolA+ · 97% proficient
- Edward R Murrow High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt High SchoolA+ · 91% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mapleton-Flatlands, 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 Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn
Is Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn ranks 2,174th 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 Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $918,509. The overall cost of living runs about 36% above the national average. Set against a $82,002 median income, cost of living beats 22% of neighborhoods.
Is Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn is safer than 91% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 27. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 22% of neighborhoods.
Is Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn good for families?
Schools beat 86% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 91%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Is Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 22% of neighborhoods, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 87% of neighborhoods. About 13% of workers already work from home.
Compare Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mapleton-Flatlands, 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.
Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mapleton-Flatlands, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mapleton-Flatlands, 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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