New York City is infinitely less cool when you’re a parent. That open-concept walk-up studio is not very appealing when you’re raising a little person and dealing with stairs, shouty neighbors and dirty parks.
StreetEasy feels you, parents. Using listings data for two or more bedroom rentals, they created a list of the 10 best New York neighborhoods to raise a family. (Spoiler: Brooklyn dominates.) The criteria behind the rankings: be surrounded by other families; have good schools nearby; and not break the bank.
Find the neighborhoods with their scores and StreetEasy’s estimated median rents below:
Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn
(NabeWise)
StreetEasy score: 10
Median rent for two (or more) bedroom home in June 2017: $2,350
Auburndale, Queens
(Keller Williams Realty)
StreetEasy score: 9.8
Median rent for two (or more) bedroom home in June 2017: $2,200
Columbia Street Waterfront District, Brooklyn
(Wikimedia Commons / The lorax)
StreetEasy score: 9.6
Median rent for two (or more) bedroom home in June 2017: $2,888
Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
(Zillow)
StreetEasy score: 9.6
Median rent for two (or more) bedroom home in June 2017: $1,900
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
(Wikimedia Commons/Jim Henderson)
StreetEasy score: 9.5
Median rent for two (or more) bedroom home in June 2017: $3,750
Bayside, Queens
(Wikimedia Commons/Antipastarasta)
StreetEasy score: 9
Median rent for two (or more) bedroom home in June 2017: $2,525
Red Hook, Brooklyn
(Wikimedia Commons/Rhododendrites)
StreetEasy score: 8.6
Median rent for two (or more) bedroom home in June 2017: $2,825
Stuyvesant Town, Manhattan
(David Shankbone)
StreetEasy score: 8.6
Median rent for two (or more) bedroom home in June 2017: $4,658
Bath Beach, Brooklyn
(Zillow)
StreetEasy score: 8.6
Median rent for two (or more) bedroom home in June 2017: $1,925
Ridgewood, Queens
(The Real Deal)
StreetEasy score: 8.5
Median rent for two (or more) bedroom home in June 2017: $2,093
[StreetEasy] — E.K. Hudson