Living in Bath Beach: rent, commute and grades

Brooklyn · Updated October 2026

A shaded paved path with benches and tables under trees in orange and yellow autumn colour beside apartment buildings.

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge across calm water under a pink and orange sunset sky.

A long bridge across blue water under a large partly cloudy sky.

A tan brick apartment building with arched windows at a quiet street corner under blue sky.

The elevated station over a shopping street near dusk with shopfronts and pedestrians below.

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Rent in Bath Beach

$1,367 a month

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

Bath Beach is cheaper with roommates

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B-Overall

Bath Beach graded

Grades compare NYC neighborhoods with each other. How the grades work.

Everyday life

C-Walkability
The average home has 3.8 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 136 places to eat or shop.
C+Food and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 32 places to eat, 17 kinds of cuisine, 3.5 large grocery stores and 77 open storefronts.
CParks and green space
82% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 152 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 451 street trees within 300 m of the average home.
Residents: The water is close enough for regular walks along the waterfront. New resident in their 20s, Jun 2024

People

CCommunity
20% of households moved in since 2018, 5% are roommates sharing a home, 16% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 12 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
Residents: The Gravesend and Bath Beach area is very quiet, enough to feel isolating after the Lower East Side. New resident, Sep 2026
CNightlife
About 7 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

Home and safety

A-Safety
3.3 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (98 in all).
AQuiet
23 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.
B-Building upkeep
17.3 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 6.1 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

Who lives there

Older residents

What residents say

Residents like

Parks and green spaceThe water is close enough for regular walks along the waterfront. New resident in their 20s, Jun 2024

Residents don’t like

CommunityThe Gravesend and Bath Beach area is very quiet, enough to feel isolating after the Lower East Side. New resident, Sep 2026
CommunityYoung people are hard to meet; the area seems to be mostly families with young kids. New resident in their 20s, Jun 2024

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Nightlife

For nightlife and young crowds, residents need to head further north in Brooklyn.
Not a resident, Jun 2024

Getting around from Bath Beach

By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourBath Beach

Residents: Crosstown trips are slow: buses to nearby Bay Ridge can take 40 minutes, as long as getting to Downtown Brooklyn. New resident in their 20s, Jun 2024

What to know about Bath Beach

Bath Avenue, Bath Beach's main shopping street, is becoming a hub for Southeast Asian, Latin American and Eastern European businesses. Source
Starting in the late 1980s, immigrants from China and the former Soviet Union settled along 86th Street, under the elevated subway, between 18th and Stillwell avenues, a 2023 city study says. Source
Bath Beach was named for the English spa town of Bath and was once home to many luxury resorts. Source
In the 1880s developers marketed the area, together with Bensonhurst, as the resort of Bensonhurst-by-the-Sea. Source
Bensonhurst Park, by Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue, is one of 26 city parks crossed by the Belt Parkway, which splits it in two. Source