Living in Douglaston: rent, commute and grades

Queens · Updated November 2026

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This guide also covers Little Neck, which shares Douglaston’s official city boundaries.

Rent in Douglaston

$1,882 a month, estimated

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

COverall

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

DWalkability
The average home has 3.6 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 45 places to eat or shop.
Residents: Getting around Little Neck without a car can be tough. Resident, Feb 2024
DFood and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 12 places to eat, 6 kinds of cuisine, 1.2 large grocery stores and 30 open storefronts.
Residents: Little shopping beyond a small shopping center or two, so much of the shopping happens in nearby Long Island. Resident, Feb 2024
BParks and green space
100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 425 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 287 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

DCommunity
19% of households moved in since 2018, 5% are roommates sharing a home, 13% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 6 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
C-Nightlife
About 5 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

B+Safety
3.9 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (100 in all).
Residents: Little Neck feels very safe. Resident, Feb 2024
A+Quiet
13 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.
Residents: Little Neck feels very suburban and quiet. Resident, Feb 2024
A-Building upkeep
4.4 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 5.7 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

WalkabilityGetting around Little Neck without a car can be tough. Resident, Feb 2024

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Finding friends your age is trickier from Little Neck; a car helps, including for reaching Nassau County.
Not a resident, Sep 2026

Little shopping beyond a small shopping center or two, so much of the shopping happens in nearby Long Island.
Resident, Feb 2024
The Food Bazaar in Douglaston holds a fresh whole tuna cutting one Saturday a month.
Not a resident, Apr 2024
Bean and Bean on Northern Blvd in Little Neck roasts its coffee on site and sells fresh beans.
Not a resident, Feb 2024

You will pretty much need a car in Little Neck; it is not very walkable and bus options are limited.
Not a resident, Feb 2024
Most of Little Neck is more walkable than neighboring Great Neck, with signalized crossings of Northern Blvd every block or two.
Not a resident, Feb 2024

Little Neck feels very suburban and quiet.
Resident, Feb 2024
Little Neck is quiet and low density, about as suburban as it gets inside city limits.
Not a resident, Feb 2024

Plenty of great parks and fields for kids' sports, and the golf course is used for sledding in winter.
Grew up there, Feb 2024

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

Residents: Without the LIRR, reaching the subway means about a 30 minute bus ride to 169th St or Union Turnpike. Former resident, Oct 2026

Residents: The LIRR station in Little Neck gets you into Manhattan in about 30 to 35 minutes. Resident, Feb 2024

Douglaston is known for Douglas Manor, a landmarked early 20th century planned suburb of more than 600 houses on landscaped streets, set on a mile-long peninsula reaching into Little Neck Bay. Source
Much of Douglaston was settled after the Long Island Rail Road began service in the late 1860s, linking Little Neck to the Long Island City ferry to Manhattan. Between 1906 and the 1930s, the Rickert-Finlay Company planned and built much of Douglaston and Little Neck. Source
North of the Long Island Expressway, Douglaston and Little Neck are mostly single-family detached houses on larger lots. The southern part, built after World War II, is a little denser, with garden apartments, a townhouse condominium and one and two family homes. Source
Douglaston Hill, a second landmarked district just south of Douglas Manor, was laid out in 1853 ahead of the railroad's arrival and keeps thirty-one wood-frame houses built largely between 1890 and 1930. Source
The oldest buildings in Douglas Manor include the Van Wyck House of about 1735 and the Van Zandt manor house of about 1819, which was later expanded for the Douglaston Club. Source
The main commercial streets are Northern Boulevard, from Little Neck Parkway east to the city line, and the four block fronts around the Douglaston LIRR station, which the city zones for local shops. Source