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MANHATTAN
Neighborhood | Real Estate Medians | Details |
Financial District | Rent: 2750/3675/4640 | Quiet, safe, convenient, but no neighborhood night life. |
Tribeca | Rent: 4250/4300/8050 | Great schools, transit, waterfront access. Richest precinct in the city. |
Soho | Rent: 4050/5500/8950 | Great bars, restaurants, and retail. Busy in the day, quiet at night. |
Greenwich Village (West and Central Village) | Rent: 2800/3500/6500 | Lots of entertainment. Many residents live in subsidized student housing. |
East Village | Rent: 2000/2450/3800 | Most bars, lots of retail, but lacks good schools. Diversity stems from nearby NYU. |
Lower East Side | Rent: 2250/2200/3500 | Great nightlife, food, and retail, but noisy and with run-down housing. |
Nolita & Little Italy | Rent: no data/2745/4700 | Very expensive and crowded, little green space. |
Gramercy Park & Flatiron/Murray Hill | Rent: 2700/3875/5925 | Average, lacks bars and food. |
Chelsea | Rent: 2675/3624/7000 | Charming art colony, but pockets of high crime. |
Midtown East | Rent: 2200/3000/4950 | Commuter central, most services close at night. Petty crimes against tourists are high, violent crimes low. |
Midtown West / Hell’s Kitchen | Rent: 2450/3250/5000 | Cultural but gritty. Modestly high crime rate, lots of air, asbestos, and noise complaints. |
Upper East Side | Rent: 1970/2775/4647 | Safe, green, and beautiful, but less entertainment. |
Upper West Side | Rent: 2100/2800/4675 | Desirable real estate on Central Park West, but otherwise mid-rises that lack street life. |
Morningside Heights | Rent: 1890/2350/3300 | Diverse, more groceries than night life. Columbia University. |
Harlem | Rent: 1650/1800/2400 | Despite recent changes, crime is still high and schools could use improvement. |
Washington Heights | Rent: 1257/1550/1850 | Has avoided gentrification. Falling crime rate. |
ADJACENT TO MANHATTAN
Brooklyn Heights | Rent: 2872/2900/4400 | Excellent commutes, beautiful homes, but lacks retail and diversity. |
Carroll Gardens | Rent: no data/2800/3400 | Trees, gardens, diverse food. |
Red Hook | No Data. | Impoverished housing project, terrible transit. |
Dumbo & Downtown Brooklyn | Rent: 2400/2600/3950 | Dumbo provides arts while Downtown Brooklyn has great transit but little nightlife and high crime. 20% of the workforce are artists. |
Fort Greene & Clinton Hill | Rent: 1800/2465/3045 | Well-rounded, historic. Below-average schools and crime. Pratt Institute. |
Park Slope | Rent: 1700/2500/2775 | Well-rounded, excellent schools, low crime, green, diverse retail, many artists. |
Prospect Heights | Rent: 1525/no data/2600 | Middle-class, quality of real estate highly variable. |
Williamsburg | Rent: 2450/2700/3800 | Large population and area, varied retail and food. |
Astoria & Long Island City | Rent: 1725/1800/2200 | Large, eclectic, with strong ethnic clusters and diverse retail, but lacks greenery. Pedestrian-friendly. |