Best PlacesSunset Park, Brooklyn, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sunset Park, 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.
Sunset Park, Brooklyn ranks 3,076th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 4 minutes away. Its strengths are big-city access and walkability. The cost shows up in long commutes, taxes, and civic engagement.
The best neighborhoods in Sunset Park, 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.
Sunset Park, Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses
Sunset Park, Brooklyn lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Big-city access is the standout, in the top 1% of neighborhoods. Walkability and transit follow.
The one real hole is long commutes, near the bottom of the country. Taxes and civic engagement also cost it ground. That one depends almost entirely on which part you pick, which is what the map below settles.
Where Sunset Park, Brooklyn ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA−, better than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
Where Sunset Park, Brooklyn ranks low
- Short commute43.5 minutes each way, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
A household needs to earn about $282,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sunset Park, Brooklyn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $70,524, 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 Sunset Park, Brooklyn's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Sunset Park, Brooklyn runs younger than the country, 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 Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Who works in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and how
Work in Sunset Park, Brooklyn centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 21%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 68%
Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Sunset Park, Brooklyn, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, month by month
Sunset Park, Brooklyn sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Newark Liberty International sits about 9 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 Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Schools across Sunset Park, Brooklyn average an A−, better than 96% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 69 Vincent D Grippo SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Ps 169 Sunset ParkA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jhs 220 John J PershingA+ · 68% proficient
- Jhs 259 William MckinleyA+ · 68% proficient
- Jhs 223 Montauk (the)A · 60% 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 Sunset Park, Brooklyn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sunset Park, 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 Sunset Park, Brooklyn against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Sunset Park, Brooklyn suits
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Common questions about living in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Is Sunset Park, Brooklyn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sunset Park, Brooklyn ranks 3,076th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on big-city access, walkability, and transit, 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 Sunset Park, Brooklyn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,110,637. The overall cost of living runs about 62% above the national average. Set against a $70,524 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Sunset Park, Brooklyn safe?
Yes, Sunset Park, Brooklyn is safer than 92% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sunset Park, Brooklyn?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 26. That works out to about 58 pleasant days a year, more than 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Sunset Park, Brooklyn good for families?
Schools beat 96% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 92%, and childcare runs $1,344 a month.
Is Sunset Park, Brooklyn good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 6% of neighborhoods, though advertised internet speeds beat only 46% of neighborhoods. About 11% of workers already work from home.
Compare Sunset Park, Brooklyn with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sunset Park, 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.
Sunset Park, Brooklyn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sunset Park, Brooklyn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sunset Park, Brooklyn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sunset Park, Brooklyn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sunset Park, Brooklyn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sunset Park, 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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