Where are nice places to live in Brooklyn. Also, what are the "bad" places to avoid there?

Question

I plan on living in Manhattan or Brooklyn but am completely oblivious about Brooklyn. Any tips on Manhattan would be appreciated too (I will be frequenting Wall Street regularly).

Answer 1

Since you are asking this question, you do NOT want to live in Crown Heights, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East New York, Ocean Hill, most of Canarsie or Coney Island. Some really nice Brooklyn areas are Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Bay Ridge,Dyker Heights, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Carroll Gardens and parts of Sunset Park.

Answer 2

I'll also add that you should avoid Flatbush. There are some beautiful parts of Flatbush where there are huge old Victorian houses where families live but if you turn a corner, it can become very dangerous. Walking to the subway at night in Flatbush is especially dangerous and most of the 'rich' families who own the houses all have cars. Bushwick is still very iffy even though it's becoming more gentrified with spillover from Williamsburg but it's still not on the list of 'safe' neighborhoods. Many apartments will be listed as being in 'East Williamsburg' but they will actually be in Bushwick.

Brooklyn Heights is pretty much the best neighborhood in Brooklyn if you are going to be commuting to the Wall St. area. It's directly across the East River, over the Brooklyn Bridge. It's a beautiful neighborhood but VERY expensive.

Answer 3

I am tired of all the people knock Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights. If these neighborhoods were so bad as people claim, they would not be in the midst of massive home buying and gentrification right now!

However, to answer your question, you need to decide HOW MUCH you wish to pay to live and HOW CLOSE to Manhattan you wish to live. Generally, the closer you live to Manhattan, the more expensive it will be. So-called "hip" neighborhoods such as Brooklyn Heights, Ft. Greene, Park Slope, and Williamsburg are close to Manhattan, but suffer from overpriced rent and home prices. You could be looking at $1500-$2000 a month for a small one bedroom.

You can find more affordable and larger apartments in neighborhoods such as Crown Heights, Flatbush, Bed-Stuy, Borough Park, and farther into Brooklyn such as Mill Basin, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, and Canarsie, but your commute will be longer.

Why not try visiting some neighborhoods if you can or check out a site such as craigslist.org and see the variations in prices based on the neighborhood.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Bedstuy is a place you wouldn't want to live crown heights is good or near eastern parkway or you can live in downtown Brooklyn around 5Th avenue or cobble hill .