Maple St / Brooklyn Ave median real estate price is $1,463,304, which is more expensive than 88.3% of the neighborhoods in New York and 96.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Maple St / Brooklyn Ave is currently $3,352, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 41.6% of New York neighborhoods.
Maple St / Brooklyn Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Brooklyn, New York.
Maple St / Brooklyn Ave real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.
Maple St / Brooklyn Ave has a 10.0% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 61.6% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
In the Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood, 52.2% of people ride the train to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of train ridership than in 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 53.9% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 58,882 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.8% of the nation's neighborhoods. Being a walkable neighborhood can help increase property values for the simple reason that people enjoy it and value it. To put it plainly, despite our love affair with the automobile, American's enjoy taking to the streets, sidewalks, paths, and courtyards of a place to get a coffee, relax, and take in the sights and sounds. And, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive and first quantitative walkable score index, the Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood is one of the most walkable neighborhoods in America.
With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 86.2% of the neighborhoods in NY. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood has more Haitian and British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Haitian ancestry and 3.1% have British ancestry.
Maple St / Brooklyn Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 14.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood in Brooklyn are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood, 37.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.6%), and 10.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood is English, spoken by 74.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include French, German/Yiddish and Russian.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Haitian (6.7%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (6.2%), and residents who report African roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.2%), along with some British ancestry residents (3.1%), among others. In addition, 35.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Maple St / Brooklyn Ave neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (61.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (52.2%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (14.9%) and 8.4% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. This neighborhood is distinguished by the high number of residents who take the train to work each day, which can be a very good way to get to work at a lower cost and with less pollution.