NYC Neighborhood Comparison
Side-by-side market data, transit, and neighborhood profiles to help you decide.
Queens
Brooklyn
For buyers focused on affordability, Hillcrest has the lower median sale price at $1.1M vs $1.3M in Sunset Park.
| Metric | Hillcrest | Sunset Park |
|---|---|---|
| Median Sale Price | $1,150,000 | $1,307,500 |
| Median Condo Price | N/A | $519,307 |
| Median Co-op Price | N/A | $553,550 |
| Median Rent | $2,400 | $2,800 |
| Active Listings | 10 | 60 |
| Rental Inventory | 4 | 105 |
| Days on Market | 0 | 63 |
| Price Cut Share | 23.1% | 10.0% |
| Monthly Sales Volume | 7 | 14 |
| YoY Price Change | +25.8% | -1.1% |
| YoY Rent Change | -5.9% | +5.7% |
| YoY Inventory Change | +400.0% | 0.0% |
| Subway Lines | N/A | N/A |
Prices in Hillcrest moved +25.8% over the past year, compared to -1.1% in Sunset Park. Hillcrest is seeing price appreciation while Sunset Park has softened, pointing to different supply-demand dynamics in each market.
Hillcrest is a hilly residential Queens neighborhood of brick Tudor and Colonial homes, garden-apartment cooperatives, and mid-rise condominium buildings along the spine of the Jamaica Hills ridge. The F train at Parsons Boulevard and 169th Street stations provides subway access, and local buses connect to Jamaica Center. St. John's University campus borders the neighborhood to the north.
View Full Market ReportSunset Park features four landmarked historic districts of Italianate, Neo-Grec, and Romanesque Revival brick and brownstone rowhouses climbing the hillside between Fourth and Eighth Avenues in western Brooklyn. The namesake hilltop park offers panoramic Manhattan skyline views and a 1936 neoclassical public pool, while the commercial corridors along Fifth Avenue and Eighth Avenue anchor the neighborhood. The D train at Ninth Avenue, N/R at 36th-45th-53rd Streets provide multiple subway connections to Manhattan.
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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 last updated: 1/1/1970.
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