Public | New York
Family-friendly neighborhoods
Neighborhood Median
2BR rent
Median
3BR rent
Safety 1 Commute: FiDi
(minutes)
Commute: Midtown
(minutes)
Notable public & charter schools 2
Upper West Side (M) $4,700 $6,200 #18 37 18 The Anderson School (100 W 77th St.), PS 166 (132 W 89th), MS 243 (100 W 84th)
Upper East Side (M) $3,600 $5,000 #14 34 22 JHS 167 Robert F. Wagner (ADDRESS), PS 77 (1700 3rd Ave.), PS 290 (311 E 82nd)
Financial District (M) $3,900 $4,200 #63 9 20 Spruce Street School (12 Spruce St.) / PS 234 (292 Greenwich St.) / PS 89 (201 Warren St.)
Washington Heights (M) $2,400 $2,800 #24 50 32 PS 187 Hudson Cliffs (349 Cabrini Blvd.)
Inwood (M) $2,300 $2,600 #23 52 37 Muscota (4862 Bwy)
Brooklyn Heights (Bk) $4,400 $6,000 #60 10 24 PS 8 (37 Hicks St.)
Windsor Terrace (Bk) $3,000 $3,500 #16 37 39 Magnet School for Science & Technology (1625 11th Ave.)
Williamsburg (Bk) $3,200 $3,800 #47 19 22 Success Academy (183 S 3rd St.)
Cobble Hill (Bk) $3,800 $4,500 #37 22 29 Success Academy (284 Baltic St.) / PS 29 (425 Henry St.)
Crown Heights (Bk) $2,500 $3,000 #46 29 44 School of Integrated Learning (1224 Park Place)
Roosevelt Island $3,700 $5,300 n/a 33 17 PS IS 217 (645 Main St.)
Jackson Heights (Q) $2,300 $2,700 #20 55 44 PS 69 (77-02 37th Ave., IS 230 (73-10 34th Ave.)
Douglaston (Q) $2,500 $3,500 n/a 63 46 PS 98 (40-20 235th St.)
Woodside (Q) $2,300 $2,700 #25 50 27 46-2 47th Avenue
Ridgewood (Q) $2,200 $2,900 n/a 37 37 PS 290 (55-20 Metropolitan Ave.)
Riverdale (Bx) $2,500 $3,500 #13 78 65 PS 24 (660 W 236th St.)
Bay Ridge (Bk) $2,100 $2,700 #7 38 57 PS 102 (211 72nd St.) / PS 185 (8601 Ridge Blvd.) / PS 104 (9115 5th Ave.)
Throgs Neck (Bx) $1,800 $2,600 #28 93 80 PS 34 (2750 Lafayette Ave.)
Whitestone (Q) $2,000 $2,400 #9 81 70 PS 193 (152-20 11th Ave.)
Flatbush (Bk) $2,200 $2,500 #30 36 41 Brooklyn College Academy (350 Coney Island Ave.), S 249 (18 Marlborough Rd.)
Mott Haven (Bx) $1,700 $2,400 #59 43 40 Family Life Academy Charter School (296 E 140th), Success Academy (339 Morris Ave.)
Greenwood (Bk) $2,400 $3,100 N/R 35 43 PS 172 (825 4th Ave.)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bk) $2,500 $2,900 #62 40 47 Success Academy (211 Throop Ave.) / Success Academy (70 Tompkins Ave.
FOOTNOTES
1. Safety rankings from DNAInfo.
2. School rankings from Great Schools.