Best PlacesRed Hook, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Red Hook, 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.
Red Hook, Brooklyn ranks 3,217th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Red Hook, 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.
Red Hook, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Red Hook, Brooklyn ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB+, better than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Red Hook, Brooklyn ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Short commute38.0 minutes each way, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Red Hook, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $386,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Red Hook, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $60,645, 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 Red Hook, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Red Hook, Brooklyn
Red Hook, Brooklyn runs older than the country, 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 Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Who works in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Red Hook, Brooklyn centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment sits 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 61%
Life in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Red Hook, Brooklyn has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 79% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 7 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Red Hook, Brooklyn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Red Hook, Brooklyn, month by month
Red Hook, Brooklyn sees roughly 76 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 Red Hook, Brooklyn
Newark Liberty International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Red Hook, Brooklyn
Schools across Red Hook, Brooklyn average a B+, better than 90% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 15 Patrick F DalyD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Professional Pathways High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- South Brooklyn Community High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Red Hook, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Red Hook, 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 Red Hook, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Is Red Hook, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Red Hook, Brooklyn ranks 3,217th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and biking, 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 Red Hook, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,527,694. The overall cost of living runs about 84% above the national average. Set against a $60,645 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Red Hook, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Red Hook, Brooklyn is safer than 82% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $310 per resident a year.
Compare Red Hook, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Red Hook, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Red Hook, 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.
Red Hook, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Red Hook, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Red Hook, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Red Hook, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Red Hook, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Red Hook, 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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