Best PlacesProspect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prospect Lefferts Gardens, 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.
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn ranks 1,903rd 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 Prospect Lefferts Gardens, 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.
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB+, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn ranks low
- Short commute44.9 minutes each way, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $246,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,946, 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 Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn.
Who works in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 14%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 60%
Life in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn has more parkland per resident than 97% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 10 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, month by month
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn sees roughly 75 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 Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
John F Kennedy International sits about 9 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 Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
Schools across Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn average a B+, better than 90% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
Top middle schools
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
- Ms 246 Walt WhitmanD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Professional Pathways High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, 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 Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
Is Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn ranks 1,903rd 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 Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $975,559. The overall cost of living runs about 55% above the national average. Set against a $97,946 median income, cost of living beats 28% of neighborhoods.
Is Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn is safer than 86% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $268 per resident a year.
Compare Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, 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.
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prospect Lefferts Gardens, 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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