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NYC Neighborhood Comparison
Brooklyn
Bronx
For buyers focused on affordability, Pelham Bay has the lower median sale price at $639K vs $1.9M in Borough Park.
Investors analyzing rental yield will find Pelham Bay offers a stronger rent-to-price ratio based on current market data.
| Metric | Borough Park | Pelham Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Median Sale Price | $1,930,000 | $638,500 |
| Median Condo Price | $995,000 | $237,500 |
| Median Co-op Price | $725,000 | $170,000 |
| Median Rent | $2,500 | $3,300 |
| Active Listings | 37 | 8 |
| Rental Inventory | 58 | 13 |
| Days on Market | 53.5 | 301 |
| Price Cut Share | 10.8% | 10.0% |
| Monthly Sales Volume | 17 | 4 |
| YoY Price Change | +28.7% | -1.6% |
| YoY Rent Change | 0.0% | +11.9% |
| YoY Inventory Change | -37.3% | +166.7% |
| Subway Lines | N/A | N/A |
Prices in Borough Park moved +28.7% over the past year, compared to -1.6% in Pelham Bay. Borough Park is seeing price appreciation while Pelham Bay has softened, pointing to different supply-demand dynamics in each market.
Borough Park is a large residential neighborhood in southwestern Brooklyn defined by brownstone and brick rowhouses, multi-family walk-ups, and low-rise co-ops, with an active commercial corridor along 13th Avenue. The D and N trains serve the BMT West End and Sea Beach Lines respectively, while the F and G trains run along McDonald Avenue on the IND Culver Line. Prospect Park lies just northeast of the neighborhood, offering 585 acres of meadows, sports fields, and parkland.
View Full Market ReportPelham Bay is a Bronx neighborhood of single-family detached homes, two-family brick houses, and co-op apartment buildings near the 2,772-acre Pelham Bay Park, the largest park in New York City. The 6 train terminates at Pelham Bay Park station, providing direct subway access to Manhattan. Orchard Beach, the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, and the Pelham Bay/Split Rock Golf Course are all within the park.
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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 is refreshed every 15 minutes per REBNY IDX requirements.
From the 2008 financial crisis through the 2020 pandemic, the NYC metro Case-Shiller composite fell about 25% peak-to-trough between 2007 and 2012, then fully recovered by 2017 and gained another 15% through Q1 2020. Borough Park and Pelham Bay both tracked this broader NYC arc, with annual closing volume contracting sharply in 2009 and again in Q2 2020 before normalizing.
Outer-borough submarkets including Borough Park and Pelham Bay generally tracked the broader NYC metro pattern of a 20% to 25% peak-to-trough decline before fully recovering by 2017 and posting further gains through early 2020.
Source: Per Case-Shiller Home Price Index, NYC metro subset, 2008-2020, cross-referenced with StreetEasy historical price data series.
| Metric (2026) | Borough Park | Pelham Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Median Sale Price | $1,930,000 | $638,500 |
| Median Rent | $2,500/mo | $3,300/mo |
| Year-over-Year Price Change | +28.7% | -1.6% |
| Average Days on Market | 53.5 days | 301 days |
| Distance to Nearest Subway | N/A | N/A |
Table values reflect current 2026 market conditions. Historical 2008-2020 commentary is sourced from Case-Shiller NYC metro composite and StreetEasy historical series.
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