Living in Marine Park: rent, commute and grades

Brooklyn · Updated October 2026

Boats at a marina in Bergen Beach, Marine Park.
Snow on a block in Mill Basin, Marine Park.
Avenue S at East 36th Street at dusk, Marine Park.
Aimee Triangle on Nostrand Avenue, Marine Park.
Aimee Triangle seen from Nostrand Avenue, Marine Park.
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This guide also covers Mill Basin and Bergen Beach, which share Marine Park’s official city boundaries.

Rent in Marine Park

$1,300 a month

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

Marine Park is cheaper with roommates

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COverall

Marine Park graded

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Everyday life

  • C-Walkability

    The average home has 3.5 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 70 places to eat or shop.

    Residents: A bike lane along Burnett Street and Gerritsen Avenue is separated from traffic, not busy and well paved. Resident, Apr 2025

    City data alone would give D; what residents say in 6 Reddit threads moves it to C-.

  • FFood and shopping

    Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 16 places to eat, 10 kinds of cuisine, 0.9 large grocery stores and 47 open storefronts.

    Residents: Marine Park is not a strong area for food or thrift shops. Grew up there, Dec 2024

    City data alone would give D; what residents say in 6 Reddit threads moves it to F.

  • B+Parks and green space

    86% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 669 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 383 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

    Residents: The park is a regular spot for low intensity walks. Resident, Feb 2025

    City data alone would give B-; what residents say in 7 Reddit threads moves it to B+.

People

  • FCommunity

    12% of households moved in since 2018, 4% 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.

    Residents: The neighborhood is tight knit and very kid oriented. Resident, Mar 2025

  • DNightlife

    About 4 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

    Residents: Nightlife is limited to sports bars and a few old dives. Lifelong resident, Feb 2024

Home and safety

  • A+Safety

    2.4 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (103 in all).

    Residents: Late night walks in the park itself have gone without any trouble. Resident, Feb 2025

    City data alone would give A; what residents say in 4 Reddit threads moves it to A+.

  • A+Quiet

    24 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: Mill Basin is super quiet. Mill Basin resident, Apr 2026

    City data alone would give A-; what residents say in 5 Reddit threads moves it to A+.

  • A-Building upkeep

    8 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 3.7 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

Who lives there

  • Older residents
  • Families with kids

What residents say

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Safety

Community

  • With kids in local schools there is a strong community, but it is boring without kids or family nearby.

    Not a resident, Feb 2025

Food and shopping

Nightlife

Walkability

Quiet

Parks and green space

Getting around from Marine Park

Map of New York City neighborhoods shaded by travel time by subway or bus from Marine Park
By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourMarine Park

Residents: Marine Park has no subway line at all, so every subway trip starts with a bus. Grew up there, Apr 2025

Residents: Marine Park is closer to the subway, but Mill Basin also has plenty of bus lines. Mill Basin resident, Apr 2026

What to know about Marine Park

  • Marine Park, at 798 acres, is Brooklyn's largest park. It has bike paths, ball fields, bocce, nature trails, playgrounds, a 210-acre golf course and a place to launch boats and kayaks into Jamaica Bay. Source
  • Residents share the park next door: its 530 acres of grassland and salt marsh are protected as a Forever Wild Preserve, and Urban Park Rangers run weekly activities at its Salt Marsh Nature Center. Source
  • The Marine Park neighborhood is roughly the square formed by Gerritsen Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Avenue U and Kings Highway. Source
  • Marine Park was one of the last parts of the city to turn from farmland into suburb. Building took off around 1926, when city water and sewer lines arrived, with modest homes for the middle class. Source
  • The Hendrick I. Lott House is a Dutch-American farmhouse built around 1800 that takes in a 1720 house built by Hendrick's grandfather. It is a city landmark, and the city bought it in 2002. Source
  • The plan for Marine Park won a silver medal in town planning at the 1936 Olympics. In the 1970s, parts of the park were joined to the new Gateway national park. Source
  • Mill Basin, once an island in Jamaica Bay, became a residential area from the 1950s. Its Mill Island section was built in the 1960s with detached and semi-detached one- and two-family homes, and Kings Plaza, Brooklyn's first enclosed regional mall, opened at Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U in the late 1960s. Source

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