NYC Neighborhood Comparison
Side-by-side market data, transit, and neighborhood profiles to help you decide.
Brooklyn
Manhattan
For buyers focused on affordability, East New York has the lower median sale price at $722K vs $2.1M in Midtown.
Investors analyzing rental yield will find East New York offers a stronger rent-to-price ratio based on current market data.
Commuters have more transit options in Midtown, which is served by 19 subway lines compared to 0 in East New York.
| Metric | East New York | Midtown |
|---|---|---|
| Median Sale Price | $721,500 | $2,095,000 |
| Median Condo Price | $263,940 | $2,187,500 |
| Median Co-op Price | N/A | $834,500 |
| Median Rent | $3,000 | $6,000 |
| Active Listings | 82 | 369 |
| Rental Inventory | 129 | 409 |
| Days on Market | 64 | 96 |
| Price Cut Share | 9.8% | 7.0% |
| Monthly Sales Volume | 20 | 22 |
| YoY Price Change | -2.8% | +19.7% |
| YoY Rent Change | +7.1% | +21.2% |
| YoY Inventory Change | -7.9% | +10.5% |
| Subway Lines | N/A | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D E F M N Q R S W |
Prices in East New York moved -2.8% over the past year, compared to +19.7% in Midtown. Midtown is seeing price appreciation while East New York has softened, pointing to different supply-demand dynamics in each market.
East New York offers a wide range of housing types including semi-detached homes, two-to-four-family houses, brick rowhouses, and new affordable construction developments along major corridors like Atlantic and Pennsylvania Avenues. The neighborhood has strong transit coverage with the 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains on the New Lots Line and the L train along the Canarsie Line, plus the major transfer hub at Broadway Junction. Shirley Chisholm State Park on Jamaica Bay and Spring Creek Park provide waterfront green space along the neighborhood's southern edge.
View Full Market ReportMidtown Manhattan is the city's primary commercial and transit hub, home to Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, Bryant Park, and the Empire State Building. The residential market features luxury condo towers, classic pre-war cooperatives, and postwar doorman buildings served by nearly every subway line in the system. Properties range from high-floor units with skyline panoramas to well-maintained co-ops along the tree-lined side streets east and west of Fifth Avenue.
View Full Market ReportNo subway data available
Times Sq-42 St (1 2 3 7 N Q R S W) — 0.2 mi
42 St-Port Authority (A C E) — 0.4 mi
Grand Central-42 St (4 5 6 7 S) — 0.4 mi
34 St-Herald Sq (B D F M N Q R W) — 0.4 mi
34 St-Penn Station (1 2 3 A C E) — 0.5 mi
Listing data is derived in whole or in part from the RLS at REBNY (Real Estate Board of New York) Internet Data Exchange (IDX) database. Real estate listings held by brokerage firms other than Milton Coste | Keller Williams NYC are marked with the RLS logo. The information provided is for consumers' personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing. Data last updated: 1/1/1970.
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