Is Brooklyn Heights Safe? Brooklyn Livability, Crime & Rent

By NYPD data, Brooklyn Heights is rated "Much Safer Than Average", with a lower crime rate per resident than 75% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. 909 crime incidents and 0 shooting incidents over the past 12 months. See the safety page for the full breakdown.

Rents in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn vary significantly by building and apartment type. The median listing price is $770K. Use DwellCheck to research specific addresses.

Brooklyn Heights has a commute score of 9.6/10. 3 subway stations serve the area: Borough Hall/Court St, High St, Clark St.

The best streets depend on your priorities. Use DwellCheck to compare specific addresses across livability, safety, transit, and environmental factors.

Brooklyn Heights sits in Brooklyn and ranks #10 of 11 Brooklyn neighborhoods scored from for-sale listings on DwellCheck's livability score (5.4/10). It's served by 3 subway stations (Borough Hall/Court St, High St, Clark St), with a median listing price of $770K. Brooklyn Heights offers elite commute access and historic character at a median price of $770,000, but its listings score low on unit features and it trades outdoor space for Manhattan proximity.

Brooklyn Heights's scores are medians across 38 for-sale listings scored by DwellScore on six dimensions: practical (unit features of the listings: in-unit laundry, bedrooms, bathrooms and building age), commute, ART/livability, outdoor, financial and investment. Its composite is 5.4/10. Brooklyn Heights offers elite commute access and historic character at a median price of $770,000, but its listings score low on unit features and it trades outdoor space for Manhattan proximity. For the block-by-block view, run any specific Brooklyn Heights address through DwellCheck.

Median listing price in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn is $770K based on 38 active listings as of 2026-04-04. Whether that reads "expensive" depends on the comparison and varies considerably by building. That median is a sale price, not a rent. For rents, the city's 2023 Housing and Vacancy Survey put the citywide median at $1,500 a month for rent-stabilized apartments and $2,000 for market-rate rentals (NYC HPD, 2023 NYCHVS Selected Initial Findings, Table 6); it publishes no neighborhood breakdown, so check DHCR rent history for any specific address.

Brooklyn Heights is in Brooklyn, New York City. DwellCheck maps it to the Brooklyn Heights Neighborhood Tabulation Area (BK0201), which falls in the Census tabulation area that approximates Brooklyn Community District 2 (Downtown Brooklyn-Fort Greene). Its main ZIP code is 11201. Subway stations in the neighborhood include Borough Hall/Court St, High St and Clark St.

Brooklyn Heights is in ZIP code 11201 (100% of residential units). Shares are of the 14,457 residential units in the Brooklyn Heights Neighborhood Tabulation Area (BK0201), from NYC PLUTO 26v2 tax-lot records.

Brooklyn Heights is classified as "Much Safer Than Average" by NYPD complaint data. Over the past 12 months it recorded 0 shooting incidents and 909 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.

By NYPD data, Brooklyn Heights is rated "Much Safer Than Average", with a lower crime rate per resident than 75% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. 909 crime incidents over 12 months. Block-level risk varies; check the address-level safety score for any specific street or building.

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.

Brooklyn Heights scores 5.4/10 for overall livability and has a lower crime rate per resident than 75% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. Brooklyn Heights offers elite commute access and historic character at a median price of $770,000, but its listings score low on unit features and it trades outdoor space for Manhattan proximity. 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).

Median composite score is 5.4 (interquartile range 4.9–6.4). The neighborhood excels in commute (9.6) and arts/culture (6.0) but underperforms in outdoor access (2.5) and practical unit features (3.8), dragging the overall composite down.

You'll find an average of 239 trees within 200 meters with a canopy density of 6.8/10—moderate coverage that adds street-level greenery without creating a heavily forested feel.

Seven lines converge: the 2, 3, 4, 5 at Borough Hall/Court Street; the R also at Court Street; the A and C at High Street; and the 2 and 3 at Clark Street, making it one of Brooklyn's best-connected neighborhoods.

The Practical score of 3.8 (vs. borough median 6.4) rates the unit features of listings for sale—in-unit laundry, bedrooms, bathrooms and building age—so it describes the apartments on the market.