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NYC Neighborhood Comparison
Side-by-side market data, transit, and neighborhood profiles to help you decide.
Manhattan
Brooklyn
For buyers focused on affordability, Sunset Park has the lower median sale price at $1.3M vs $2.1M in Midtown.
Investors analyzing rental yield will find Midtown 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 Sunset Park.
| Metric | Midtown | Sunset Park |
|---|---|---|
| Median Sale Price | $2,095,000 | $1,307,500 |
| Median Condo Price | $2,187,500 | $519,307 |
| Median Co-op Price | $834,500 | $553,550 |
| Median Rent | $6,000 | $2,800 |
| Active Listings | 369 | 60 |
| Rental Inventory | 409 | 105 |
| Days on Market | 96 | 63 |
| Price Cut Share | 7.0% | 10.0% |
| Monthly Sales Volume | 22 | 14 |
| YoY Price Change | +19.7% | -1.1% |
| YoY Rent Change | +21.2% | +5.7% |
| YoY Inventory Change | +10.5% | 0.0% |
| Subway Lines | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D E F M N Q R S W | N/A |
Prices in Midtown moved +19.7% over the past year, compared to -1.1% in Sunset Park. Midtown is seeing price appreciation while Sunset Park has softened, pointing to different supply-demand dynamics in each market.
Midtown 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 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.
View Full Market ReportTimes 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
No subway data available
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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