Is Bath Beach Safe? Brooklyn Livability, Crime & Rent
Bath Beach scores 5.8 composite: quiet, leafy and safer than average, with no subway station of its own.
Bath Beach at a glance
- Borough
- Brooklyn
- Livability score
- 5.8/10
- Borough rank (NYC Open Data guides)
- #19 of 28
- Safety verdict
- Safer Than Average
- Crimes (12 mo)
- 1,598
- ZIP codes
- 11214 (76%), 11228 (24%)Share of residential units, NYC PLUTO 26v2
- Subway stations
- 0
- Data updated
- 2026-09-26
Is Bath Beach Safe?
Bath Beach, Brooklyn scores 5.8/10 for overall livability, ranking #19 of 28 Brooklyn neighborhoods scored from NYC Open Data. Bath Beach scores 5.8 composite: quiet, leafy and safer than average, with no subway station of its own.
The livability score draws on HPD housing violations, subway access, NYC Parks' tree inventory and parks, and 311 noise complaints per resident from NYC Open Data, refreshed periodically rather than live. It does not include crime; NYPD complaint and shooting figures are on the Bath Beach safety page. Safety varies by block — check a specific Bath Beach address below for a block-level breakdown.
Score Overview
Vertical line = borough median. Scale: 0-10.
Practical measures HPD housing violations per residential lot over the last 12 months (higher = fewer violations). Borough medians are computed across DwellCheck's Brooklyn neighborhood guides.
Neighborhood Character
You'll find a small, low-rise neighborhood on the water: two-family houses are 53% of residential tax lots, walk-ups 26% and one-family houses 12%. Trees are fairly dense, about 195 in a typical 200m circle and a tree density of 7.2/10, and complaint rates are low, with noise at 30.8 per 1,000 residents, labelled Low.
Three NYC Parks properties sit inside the neighborhood: Bensonhurst Park, Bath Beach Park and Benson Playground. Bath Beach Park is the nearest to the center, 372m away.
No subway station sits inside the neighborhood's boundary, so commute scores 1/10. DwellCheck rates Bath Beach safer than average, with a lower crime rate per resident than 56% of Brooklyn neighborhoods and no shootings in 12 months.
Livability & Restoration
Trees
195 trees
Expected in a 200m circle (NYC Parks tree inventory) | Density: 7.2/10 (city percentile)
In Toronto, 10 more trees on a city block went with a rise in self-rated health comparable to being 7 years younger (Kardan et al., 2015, Scientific Reports). In a cross-sectional study of London boroughs, each additional street tree per km of street went with 1.18 fewer antidepressant prescriptions per 1,000 residents (Taylor et al., 2015, Landscape and Urban Planning).
Park Access
3 parks
NYC Parks properties inside the neighborhood | largest: Bensonhurst Park | nearest to the center: Bath Beach Park, 372m | 3 nearest average 603m from the neighborhood's center
Acoustic Quality
6/10
Noise proxy score (higher = quieter)
Environmental noise exposure increases the occurrence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease; WHO's night-noise guidelines call average outdoor night noise above 55 dB increasingly dangerous for public health (Basner et al., 2014, The Lancet).
What is the ART Score?
ART stands for Attention Restoration Theory (Kaplan & Kaplan, 1989) — the framework environmental psychologists use to measure whether a place helps your brain recover from mental fatigue, or pushes it deeper into overload. Cities deplete directed attention (the effortful focus you use at work); exposure to restorative environments replenishes it.
DwellCheck uses the idea in two separate places, and they measure different things. The neighborhood ART score below comes from neighborhood-wide data: up to 5 points from tree density (a city percentile) and up to 5 from how few 311 noise complaints there are per resident. An address report has no ART score. It runs the Wellness checks below, and their points go into the address’s overall score.
More than a point above the Brooklyn median: denser trees, fewer noise complaints per resident, or both.
What an address report checks instead (Wellness)
- ±Sensory environment. A calm score minus a busy score, each starting at 50. Busy: a firehouse within 100m (+15) or 200m (+8), and 311 noise complaints within 200m over 6 months (15+ adds 5, 40+ adds 12, 80+ adds 20, and 3 more at 20+ complaints that include vehicle or street noise). Calm: a library (+15), community garden (+12) or public plaza or atrium (POPS; +15 indoor, +8 outdoor) within 200m, and a park within 300m (+10; +15 at 1+ acre; +20 at 5+ acres). A difference of +20 or more adds 8 points; −10 to −29 costs 2; −30 or less costs 4. Bars, museums, tourists and foot traffic are not counted.
- +Third places (Oldenburg, 1989). Public libraries, public plazas and atriums (POPS) and community gardens within 400m: 1–2 add 5 points, 3 or more add 10. Cafés and community centers are not counted. In a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies, loneliness or social isolation went with a 29% higher risk of incident coronary heart disease (Valtorta et al., 2016, Heart).
- 0Street vitality (Jacobs, 1961). Permitted block parties, farmers markets and similar community events in the borough over the past 12 months. The event data has no coordinates, so this is a borough-wide count shown for context. It doesn’t change the score.
Health mechanism. The theory holds that natural settings let directed attention recover. The evidence is mixed: a systematic review of 31 studies (Ohly et al., 2016, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B) found that time in natural environments improved 3 of 13 pooled attention measures (Digit Span Forward, Digit Span Backward and Trail Making Test B) and showed no marked benefit on the other 10.
Theoretical foundations. Kaplan & Kaplan (1989), The Experience of Nature; Jacobs (1961), The Death and Life of Great American Cities; Oldenburg (1989), The Great Good Place.
Transit & Commute
Subway Stations
No transit data available
Commute Score
1/10
Borough median: 5.5/10
Outdoor & Green Space
Avg Tree Count
195
Trees expected in a 200m circle
Tree Density
7.2/10
1,550 trees per km² in NYC Parks' tree inventory (street and park trees); city percentile, 1 = sparsest
Largest Parks In or Near the Neighborhood
- Bensonhurst Park
- Bath Beach Park
- Benson Playground
Nearest to the neighborhood's center: Bath Beach Park, about 372m. The 3 nearest NYC Parks properties average 603m from the center (approximate park centers, not entrances).
Practical Living
Practical (HPD violations): 9/10 (Brooklyn median 7.5). It measures HPD housing violations per residential lot over the last 12 months (higher = fewer violations).
Building Mix (Residential Tax Lots)
Share of the 3,652 residential tax lots in the neighborhood by PLUTO building class (NYC Department of City Planning).
Who Bath Beach Is For
People who want quiet streets
ART/Livability scores 6.1 against a borough median of 4.4; noise complaints are 30.8 per 1,000 residents, labelled Low.
Owners of two-family houses
Two-family houses are 53% of residential tax lots, and Practical scores 9/10 (few HPD violations).
Drivers
Commute scores 1/10 because no subway station is inside the neighborhood.
Pros & Cons
Strengths
Quiet and leafy
Tree density 7.2/10; noise, rodent and sanitation complaints all labelled Low.
Few housing violations
Practical scores 9/10 against a Brooklyn median of 7.5.
Crime falling
Rated safer than average; 1,598 crimes in 12 months, trend improving (-8.9%).
Trade-offs
No subway inside the neighborhood
Commute scores 1/10 against a borough median of 5.5.
Outdoor below the borough
Outdoor scores 5.4/10 against a Brooklyn median of 5.9.
Few parks
3 NYC Parks properties inside the neighborhood; the 3 nearest average 603m from its center.
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Search an Address in Bath BeachFrequently Asked Questions about Bath Beach
1Is Bath Beach safe?
By NYPD data, Bath Beach is rated "Safer Than Average", with a lower crime rate per resident than 56% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. 1,598 crime incidents and 0 shooting incidents over the past 12 months. See the safety page for the full breakdown.
2What is the average rent in Bath Beach?
Rents in Bath Beach, Brooklyn vary significantly by building and apartment type. Market pricing isn't aggregated for this neighborhood yet; use DwellCheck to research specific addresses for HPD registration, HPD violations, and other building-level records. DwellCheck doesn't show rent-stabilization status; request the apartment's rent history from DHCR for that.
3How is transit access in Bath Beach?
Bath Beach has a commute score of 1/10. It counts the subway stations inside the neighborhood and the lines they serve. Station-level mapping for this neighborhood isn't available yet.
4What are the best streets in Bath Beach?
The best streets depend on your priorities. Use DwellCheck to compare specific addresses across livability, safety, transit, and environmental factors.
5What is Bath Beach known for?
Bath Beach sits in Brooklyn and ranks #19 of 28 Brooklyn neighborhoods scored from NYC Open Data on DwellCheck's livability score (5.8/10). It's served by 0 subway stations. Bath Beach scores 5.8 composite: quiet, leafy and safer than average, with no subway station of its own.
6What is it like to live in Bath Beach?
DwellCheck scores Bath Beach, Brooklyn from NYC Open Data on practical (HPD housing violations per residential lot over the last 12 months (higher = fewer violations)), commute (subway stations and lines in the neighborhood), ART (tree density and 311 noise complaints per resident), outdoor (trees and park proximity). Bath Beach's composite is 5.8/10. Bath Beach scores 5.8 composite: quiet, leafy and safer than average, with no subway station of its own. For the block-by-block view, run any specific Bath Beach address through DwellCheck.
7Where is Bath Beach?
Bath Beach is in Brooklyn, New York City. DwellCheck maps it to the Bath Beach Neighborhood Tabulation Area (BK1102), which falls in the Census tabulation area that approximates Brooklyn Community District 11 (Bensonhurst-Bath Beach). Its main ZIP codes are 11214 and 11228.
8What ZIP code is Bath Beach in?
Bath Beach spans ZIP codes 11214 (76% of residential units) and 11228 (24%). Shares are of the 12,049 residential units in the Bath Beach Neighborhood Tabulation Area (BK1102), from NYC PLUTO 26v2 tax-lot records.
9Can you walk around Bath Beach at night?
Bath Beach is classified as "Safer Than Average" by NYPD complaint data. Over the past 12 months it recorded 0 shooting incidents and 1,598 total crime incidents. Walking at night carries the same risk profile as anywhere in NYC: stay on commercial corridors with foot traffic, avoid empty side streets after midnight, and prefer subway lines that run 24/7.
10Is Bath Beach dangerous?
By NYPD data, Bath Beach is rated "Safer Than Average", with a lower crime rate per resident than 56% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. 1,598 crime incidents over 12 months. Block-level risk varies; check the address-level safety score for any specific street or building.
11What parts of Bath Beach should I avoid?
NYPD complaint records carry approximate incident coordinates, but a neighborhood total can't tell you which blocks drive it, so we don't publish an "avoid this street" list. For a specific block, use DwellCheck's address-level safety score, which counts NYPD crime complaints within a 300m radius of the building over the latest 12 months of published data and compares that count with the borough average.
12Is Bath Beach a good place to live?
Bath Beach scores 5.8/10 for overall livability and has a lower crime rate per resident than 56% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. Bath Beach scores 5.8 composite: quiet, leafy and safer than average, with no subway station of its own. Whether it's a good fit depends on what you weight: families, solo renters, and remote workers each prioritize different factors (noise, transit access, parks, building quality).
13What is the average DwellScore in Bath Beach?
The composite score is 5.8. Practical (9) and ART/Livability (6.1) are above the Brooklyn medians of 7.5 and 4.4; Outdoor (5.4) and Commute (1) are below the medians of 5.9 and 5.5.
14Is Bath Beach safe?
DwellCheck rates it safer than average: it has a lower crime rate per resident than 56% of Brooklyn neighborhoods, with 1,598 crimes and no shootings in 12 months, and an improving trend (-8.9%).
15Is there a subway in Bath Beach?
No subway station sits inside the neighborhood's boundary, which is why its commute score is 1/10.
16What parks are in Bath Beach?
Bensonhurst Park, Bath Beach Park and Benson Playground are the NYC Parks properties inside the neighborhood; Bath Beach Park is 372m from its center.
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