Living in City Line: rent, commute and grades

Brooklyn · Updated November 2026

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Rent in City Line

$1,173 a month, estimated

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

DOverall

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

CWalkability
The average home has 4.2 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 100 places to eat or shop.
CFood and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 24 places to eat, 11 kinds of cuisine, 3.6 large grocery stores and 48 open storefronts.
C+Parks and green space
100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 60 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 373 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

C-Community
18% of households moved in since 2018, 5% are roommates sharing a home, 18% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 4 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
DNightlife
About 3 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

C-Safety
8.3 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (390 in all).
B+Quiet
27 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.
C-Building upkeep
30.5 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 8.5 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

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

City Line has a growing Bangladeshi community: a 2013 City Limits report counted over 2,000 Bangladeshi residents and found halal groceries and South Asian clothing shops replacing older Latino and Italian businesses. Source
A mosque built on Forbell Street and six smaller mosques draw new Bangladeshi immigrants to City Line. Source
Liberty and Pitkin Avenues are City Line's main east to west streets, with shops mixed in among homes, light industry and houses of worship, a 2016 city study found. Source
The Cypress Hills branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, at 1197 Sutter Avenue at Crystal Street, began in 1955 on the ground floor of the Cypress Hills Houses; its current building, with a skylit atrium, opened in 1995. Source
City Line is named for its spot at the edge of the old City of Brooklyn, on the border with Queens County, before both joined New York City in 1898. Source
The A train runs underground along Pitkin Avenue to Grant Av, its last subway station in Brooklyn, then comes out on an elevated line over Liberty Avenue into Queens. The C ends a stop earlier, at Euclid Av. Source