Our Search for a Single-Family Home in Brooklyn

:: Since neither Rachel or I are from New York, there are a lot of neighborhoods in Brooklyn that we don’t know about, so to be fair, I think we will have to at least consider all of them (except for a few that are easy to cross off).

Northwestern Brooklyn

Boerum Hill 

Carroll Gardens

Cobble Hill

Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Navy Yard Commercial property only

Clinton Hill

Downtown Brooklyn

DUMBO

Fort Greene

Gowanus

Park Slope

Prospect Heights

Red Hook

Vinegar Hill

Windsor Terrace

Northern Brooklyn

Bushwick

Greenpoint

Williamsburg

East Williamsburg

South Williamsburg Orthodox community

Northeastern Brooklyn

Cypress Hills High crime rate

East New York High crime rate

Highland Park High crime rate

New Lots High crime rate

Spring Creek High crime rate

Starrett City High crime rate

Central Brooklyn

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Brownsville

Crown Heights

Ditmas Park

East Flatbush

Flatbush

Kensington

Midwood

Ocean Parkway

Wingate / Pigtown

Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Southwestern Brooklyn

Bath Beach Too far

Bay Ridge

Bensonhurst Too far

Borough Park

Dyker Heights Too far

Fort Hamilton Too far

New Utrecht Too far

Sunset Park

Southern Brooklyn

Brighton Beach Too far

Coney Island Too far

Gerritsen Beach Too far

Gravesend Too far

Homecrest Too far

Manhattan Beach Nostalgic, but too far 

Plum Beach Too far

Sea Gate Too far

Sheepshead Bay Too far

Southeastern Brooklyn

Barren Island Too far

Bergen Beach Too far

Canarsie Too far