Is Park Slope Safe? Brooklyn Livability, Crime & Rent

By NYPD data, Park Slope is rated "Average", with a lower crime rate per resident than 47% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. 2,806 crime incidents and 2 shooting incidents over the past 12 months. See the safety page for the full breakdown.

Rents in Park Slope, Brooklyn vary significantly by building and apartment type. The median listing price is $1.4M. Use DwellCheck to research specific addresses.

Park Slope has a commute score of 8.4/10. 8 subway stations serve the area: Union St, Bergen St, 7 Av.

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Park Slope sits in Brooklyn and ranks #9 of 11 Brooklyn neighborhoods scored from for-sale listings on DwellCheck's livability score (5.5/10). It's served by 8 subway stations (Union St, Bergen St, 7 Av), with a median listing price of $1.4M. Park Slope delivers strong livability and transit for those who can afford the $1.45M median entry point, but financial and investment metrics suggest you're paying for established character rather than appreciation potential.

Park Slope's scores are medians across 76 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 5.5/10. Park Slope delivers strong livability and transit for those who can afford the $1.45M median entry point, but financial and investment metrics suggest you're paying for established character rather than appreciation potential. For the block-by-block view, run any specific Park Slope address through DwellCheck.

Median listing price in Park Slope, Brooklyn is $1.4M based on 76 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.

Park Slope is in Brooklyn, New York City. DwellCheck maps it to the Park Slope Neighborhood Tabulation Area (BK0602), which falls in the Census tabulation area that approximates Brooklyn Community District 6 (Park Slope-Carroll Gardens). Its main ZIP codes are 11215 and 11217. Subway stations in the neighborhood include Union St, Bergen St and 7 Av.

Park Slope spans ZIP codes 11215 (72% of residential units) and 11217 (27%). Shares are of the 30,303 residential units in the Park Slope Neighborhood Tabulation Area (BK0602), from NYC PLUTO 26v2 tax-lot records. 1 other ZIP code holds under 5%.

Park Slope is classified as "Average" by NYPD complaint data. Over the past 12 months it recorded 2 shooting incidents and 2,806 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, Park Slope is rated "Average", with a lower crime rate per resident than 47% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. 2,806 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.

Park Slope scores 5.5/10 for overall livability and has a lower crime rate per resident than 47% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. Park Slope delivers strong livability and transit for those who can afford the $1.45M median entry point, but financial and investment metrics suggest you're paying for established character rather than appreciation potential. 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 5.5 (interquartile range 4.8–7.1). The neighborhood excels in commute (8.4) and livability (7.0) but lags in financial viability (4.9) and investment potential (5.4), creating a split profile: excellent for living, challenging for buying as a financial asset.

It outperforms on commute (+0.4), livability (+2.0), and outdoor access (+0.7), but underperforms on financial metrics (−0.8) and investment outlook (−0.4). You're paying a premium for proximity and amenity, not for upside.

Median listing price is $1,450,000 ($1,362/sqft). Properties spend an average of 62 days on market, indicating stable, non-distressed turnover. Year-over-year appreciation data is not available for this dataset.

You'll have access to the R (Union St, Prospect Ave), 2/3 (Bergen St, Grand Army Plaza), B/Q/F/G (7th Ave, 4th Ave–9th St, 15th St–Prospect Park), and the full network via Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center. Commute score of 8.4 reflects this redundancy.