Best PlacesOzone Park, Queens, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ozone Park, Queens, 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.
Ozone Park, Queens ranks 2,768th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ozone Park, Queens
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.
Ozone Park, Queens' strengths and weaknesses
Where Ozone Park, Queens ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB+, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
Where Ozone Park, Queens ranks low
- Short commute46.1 minutes each way, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Ozone Park, Queens
A household needs to earn about $202,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ozone Park, Queens home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $86,852, 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 Ozone Park, Queens' effective rate of 0.73%, 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 Ozone Park, Queens
Ozone Park, Queens'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 Ozone Park, Queens.
Who works in Ozone Park, Queens, and how
Work in Ozone Park, Queens centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 39%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 50%
Life in Ozone Park, Queens
The coast is about 11 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ozone Park, Queens, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ozone Park, Queens, month by month
Ozone Park, Queens 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 Ozone Park, Queens
John F Kennedy International sits about 5 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 Ozone Park, Queens
Schools across Ozone Park, Queens average a B+, better than 90% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 63 Old SouthA · 63% proficient
- Queens Explorers Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ms 137 America's School Of HeroesA− · 53% proficient
- Jhs 202 Robert H GoddardB− · 43% proficient
- Jhs 210 Elizabeth BlackwellC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- High School-construction Trades Engineering & ArchitectureA+ · 97% proficient
- Robert H Goddard Hs-comm/techA+ · 94% proficient
- Professional Pathways High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ozone Park, Queens school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ozone Park, Queens 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 Ozone Park, Queens against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Ozone Park, Queens suits
Retirees
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Common questions about living in Ozone Park, Queens
Is Ozone Park, Queens a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ozone Park, Queens ranks 2,768th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and walkability, 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 Ozone Park, Queens expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $780,185. The overall cost of living runs about 33% above the national average. Set against a $86,852 median income, cost of living beats 28% of neighborhoods.
Is Ozone Park, Queens safe?
Yes, Ozone Park, Queens is safer than 82% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ozone Park, Queens?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 27. That works out to about 68 pleasant days a year, more than 21% of neighborhoods.
Is Ozone Park, Queens good for families?
Schools beat 90% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 82%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Compare Ozone Park, Queens with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ozone Park, Queens. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ozone Park, Queens 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.
Ozone Park, Queens detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ozone Park, Queens: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ozone Park, Queens: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ozone Park, Queens: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ozone Park, Queens: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ozone Park, Queens 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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