Is Brooklyn a good place to live?

Question

We are looking to move back to the NE to be around family and I've been considering Brooklyn.
We are looking for a place that:
1. Has great public transportation AND you can walk to grocery stores, restaurants, coffee, etc. I don't want to be driving everywhere.
2. Is SAFE. We have a 2 year old daughter and it is very important that the area is relatively safe.
3. Somewhat of a nice area that isn't ugly to look at. Maybe with parks and trees somewhere nearby.
4. Not TOO expensive. I realize that all of NYC is expensive but if there is a nice, safe area that happens to be a little cheaper that'd be great.

Does a place like this exist in Brooklyn and if so.....Where?

Answer 1

Definitely check out:
-Park Slope
-Boreum Hill / Cobble Hill/ Carroll Gardens (sometimes referred to as BoCoCa)
-Brooklyn Heights
-Fort Greene
-Clinton Hill

Brooklyn is a great place to live. I have lived all over the country and Brooklyn is by far the best place I've lived. Unlike Manhattan, it has a charm to it--you actually get to know your neighbors. As far as safety and commute to Manhattan, Brooklyn is by far the best place to live in NYC!

Answer 2

Park Slope is lovely. You can step out of your door and walk to just about anything you need. I used to live there, 25 years ago, and in the 6 blocks I walked from the subway to the apartment, there were grocery stores, a toy store, several restaurants, a news stand--just everything. I think it's gotten very pricey. Brooklyn Heights--forget it unless you're rich. I think Bay Ridge is nice, and certainly safe, but it's kind of way down there, where Park Slope and the Heights are relatively close to Manhattan.

Answer 3

Brooklyn's great. I'm from there, so I'm a little biased. ;)

If you're looking for super-safe, try Park Slope (9th street and below, and from the park to 6th avenue). It's kind of pricey, but it's safe. You can also try Brooklyn Heights.

If you want super safe and nice in Brooklyn, you're going to have to pay higher prices. Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights are the most expensive neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

If you want a little cheaper, you could try Queens, but it's super dull or New Jersey.

Answer 4

huge apple is a lot safer than it was, however the assumption of specific neighborhoods maintains to be an identical. I stay in Bushwick, despite if everybody warned us that it grow to be an extremely risky section. i don't think of i've got ever run right into a concern here, different than for the occasional slump remark. The community is gentrifying. crimson Hook is likewise getting better, yet given the constrained practice get admission to, it is recommended to look at different thoughts. once you are trying to stay able with a youthful crowd (and a many times safer social undertaking), i might recommend Williamsburg, Park Slope or Greenpoint. of course, those areas tend to be extra costly. in case you come across a solid job, even though, the lease will look extra fee-effective, so the commerce-off may well be well worth it.

Answer 5

It's hard to know what a stranger considers "expensive." Try the south part of Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, or Fort Greene (all Brooklyn). Also might want to consider Hoboken, NJ or Queens.

Answer 6

Nothing wrong with Brooklyn. I was born there. I have relatives in Flatbush. I hear Bay Ridge is okay.

One thing I noticed is that every perpendicular surface in Brooklyn (Queens, too) seems to have some amount of spraypaint on it.

What's the deal?

Answer 7

Park Slope, Brooklyn, fits your description as to what you want. The rents there are pricey, but if you shop around you could find some deals in apartments.

Answer 8

why nobody never says the bronx i live there and there are really nice areas in the bronx and fyi there is really no 100 percent safe place in america and from the sound of your question i think you need to stay were you are at.

Answer 9

Park Slope....you can still find decently priced places if you look.

Answer 10

All that is good but the environment is to ghetto.