Is Windsor Terrace Safe? Brooklyn Livability, Crime & Rent
Windsor Terrace scores 7.0: strong livability, few housing violations, and a lower crime rate per resident than 97% of Brooklyn neighborhoods, offset by longer commute times.
Windsor Terrace at a glance
- Borough
- Brooklyn
- Livability score
- 7/10
- Borough rank (NYC Open Data guides)
- #3 of 28
- Safety verdict
- Exceptionally Safe
- Crimes (12 mo)
- 384
- ZIP codes
- 11215 (52%), 11218 (48%)Share of residential units, NYC PLUTO 26v2
- Subway stations
- 2 (15 St-Prospect Park, Fort Hamilton Pkwy)
- Data updated
- 2026-09-14
Is Windsor Terrace Safe?
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn scores 7/10 for overall livability, ranking #3 of 28 Brooklyn neighborhoods scored from NYC Open Data. Windsor Terrace scores 7.0: strong livability, few housing violations, and a lower crime rate per resident than 97% of Brooklyn neighborhoods, offset by longer commute times.
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 Windsor Terrace safety page. Safety varies by block — check a specific Windsor Terrace 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
Windsor Terrace is a tree-dense, park-adjacent neighborhood where you'll encounter roughly 238 trees within every 200-meter radius and a tree density of 8.9/10. You're minutes from Prospect Park's eastern edge and surrounded by neighborhood parks including Greenwood Playground and Detective Joseph Mayrose Park; the 3 nearest parks average 288 meters from the neighborhood's center. The building stock is uniformly walk-ups, giving the area a consistent, low-rise residential feel. Transit access via the F and G lines at 15 St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy keeps you connected, and the commute score of 5.5 equals the borough median. The neighborhood maintains a village atmosphere anchored by local pubs and proximity to Green-Wood Cemetery, with 1,037 noise complaints annually and crime trending down (-15.8% over 12 months).
Livability & Restoration
Trees
238 trees
Expected in a 200m circle (NYC Parks tree inventory) | Density: 8.9/10 (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
12 parks
NYC Parks properties inside the neighborhood | largest: Greenwood Playground | nearest to the center: Park, 23m | 3 nearest average 288m from the neighborhood's center
Acoustic Quality
5/10
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
Commute Score
5.5/10
Borough median: 5.5/10
Outdoor & Green Space
Avg Tree Count
238
Trees expected in a 200m circle
Tree Density
8.9/10
1,894 trees per km² in NYC Parks' tree inventory (street and park trees); city percentile, 1 = sparsest
Largest Parks In or Near the Neighborhood
- Greenwood Playground
- Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
- Sitting Area
- Thomas J. Cuite Park
- Captain John McKenna, IV Park
Nearest to the neighborhood's center: Park, about 23m. The 3 nearest NYC Parks properties average 288m from the center (approximate park centers, not entrances).
Practical Living
Practical (HPD violations): 8/10 (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 3,157 residential tax lots in the neighborhood by PLUTO building class (NYC Department of City Planning).
Who Windsor Terrace Is For
Park-centric residents
Art/Livability score of 6.5 exceeds the borough median by 2.1 points, driven by exceptional tree cover (8.9/10 tree density) and five parks within walking distance
Walk-up apartment dwellers
Practical score of 8.0 (borough median: 7.5) reflects a low rate of HPD housing violations across its walk-up building stock
Pros & Cons
Strengths
Exceptional tree density
8.9/10 tree density with 238 trees per 200m radius
Multiple parks within short distance
The 3 nearest parks average 288m from the neighborhood's center; parks include Greenwood Playground and Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
Few housing violations
Practical score of 8.0, highest among all measured dimensions, reflecting a low rate of HPD housing violations per residential building
Direct transit access
F and G line service at two nearby stations (15 St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy)
Trade-offs
Moderate noise complaints
1,037 noise complaints annually—indicative of ongoing sound issues from transit, street activity, or nightlife
Middling commute score
Commute score of 5.5 equals the borough median; limited express transit options affect travel times
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Search an Address in Windsor TerraceFrequently Asked Questions about Windsor Terrace
1Is Windsor Terrace safe?
By NYPD data, Windsor Terrace is rated "Exceptionally Safe", with a lower crime rate per resident than 97% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. 384 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 Windsor Terrace?
Rents in Windsor Terrace, 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 Windsor Terrace?
Windsor Terrace has a commute score of 5.5/10. 2 subway stations serve the area: 15 St-Prospect Park, Fort Hamilton Pkwy.
4What are the best streets in Windsor Terrace?
The best streets depend on your priorities. Use DwellCheck to compare specific addresses across livability, safety, transit, and environmental factors.
5What is Windsor Terrace known for?
Windsor Terrace sits in Brooklyn and ranks #3 of 28 Brooklyn neighborhoods scored from NYC Open Data on DwellCheck's livability score (7/10). It's served by 2 subway stations (15 St-Prospect Park, Fort Hamilton Pkwy). Windsor Terrace scores 7.0: strong livability, few housing violations, and a lower crime rate per resident than 97% of Brooklyn neighborhoods, offset by longer commute times.
6What is it like to live in Windsor Terrace?
DwellCheck scores Windsor Terrace, 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). Windsor Terrace's composite is 7/10. Windsor Terrace scores 7.0: strong livability, few housing violations, and a lower crime rate per resident than 97% of Brooklyn neighborhoods, offset by longer commute times. For the block-by-block view, run any specific Windsor Terrace address through DwellCheck.
7Where is Windsor Terrace?
Windsor Terrace is in Brooklyn, New York City. DwellCheck maps it to the Windsor Terrace-South Slope Neighborhood Tabulation Area (BK0701), which falls in the Census tabulation area that approximates Brooklyn Community District 7 (Sunset Park-Windsor Terrace). Its main ZIP codes are 11215 and 11218. Subway stations in the neighborhood include 15 St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy.
8What ZIP code is Windsor Terrace in?
Windsor Terrace spans ZIP codes 11215 (52% of residential units) and 11218 (48%). Shares are of the 12,086 residential units in the Windsor Terrace-South Slope Neighborhood Tabulation Area (BK0701), from NYC PLUTO 26v2 tax-lot records.
9Can you walk around Windsor Terrace at night?
Windsor Terrace is classified as "Exceptionally Safe" by NYPD complaint data. Over the past 12 months it recorded 0 shooting incidents and 384 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 Windsor Terrace dangerous?
By NYPD data, Windsor Terrace is rated "Exceptionally Safe", with a lower crime rate per resident than 97% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. 384 crime incidents over 12 months. Block-level risk varies; check the address-level safety score for any specific street or building.
11What parts of Windsor Terrace 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 Windsor Terrace a good place to live?
Windsor Terrace scores 7/10 for overall livability and has a lower crime rate per resident than 97% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. Windsor Terrace scores 7.0: strong livability, few housing violations, and a lower crime rate per resident than 97% of Brooklyn neighborhoods, offset by longer commute times. 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 Windsor Terrace?
The composite score is 7.0. This reflects strong Practical (8.0), Art/Livability (6.5) and Outdoor (7.5) scores, countered by a weaker Commute score (5.5).
14How does Windsor Terrace compare to Brooklyn overall?
It outperforms the borough medians on Art/Livability (+2.1 points), Outdoor (+1.6 points) and Practical (+0.5 points), and matches the median on Commute.
15Is Windsor Terrace safe?
Windsor Terrace has a lower crime rate per resident than 97% of Brooklyn neighborhoods. Total crimes over 12 months: 384. Crime has fallen 15.8%. Noise complaints are moderate at 1,037 annually; rodent complaints are very high at 169.
16What's the transit situation?
You'll access the F and G lines via 15 St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy stations. The commute score of 5.5 reflects adequate but not premium connectivity.
17How green is Windsor Terrace?
Very. Average 238 trees within 200 meters and 8.9/10 tree density. Five parks are nearby, and Prospect Park's eastern edge is accessible.
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