Living in Middle Village: rent, commute and grades

Queens · Updated October 2026

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Photo: Vernon Pearson at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vernon Pearson at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vernon Pearson at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rent in Middle Village

$1,457 a month

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

C+Overall

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

C-Walkability
The average home has 3.9 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 72 places to eat or shop.
C-Food and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 17 places to eat, 12 kinds of cuisine, 1.2 large grocery stores and 43 open storefronts.
DParks and green space
91% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 91 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 351 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

DCommunity
14% of households moved in since 2018, 7% are roommates sharing a home, 14% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 9 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
CNightlife
About 7 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

ASafety
2.4 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (83 in all).
AQuiet
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.
ABuilding upkeep
5.7 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 3.6 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 hourMiddle Village

Middle Village is named for its spot halfway between Jamaica and Williamsburgh on the old Williamsburgh and Jamaica Turnpike, now Metropolitan Avenue, where farmers heading to market stopped to rest. Source
Middle Village began just after Metropolitan Avenue opened in 1816 as a rest stop for travelers. After the area's first cemetery opened in 1852 it served cemetery visitors, and it only became mainly residential in the 1920s. Source
Middle Village is part of Queens' cemetery belt: when Manhattan closed its churchyards in the 1850s, Middle Village, Ridgewood and Glendale filled with cemeteries. Source
Middle Village is mostly low-density one- and two-family houses, detached, semi-detached and attached. Much of the housing dates from the 1920s, alongside row houses built in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Source
Juniper Valley Park covers over 55 acres in Middle Village, with sports fields, playgrounds and picnic areas, and is known for its baseball and softball fields. One of its fields was renovated in 2024 with funding from the Amazin' Mets Foundation. Source
The M train ends at Metropolitan Avenue, just west of Middle Village, and buses run along Metropolitan and Myrtle avenues and Dry Harbor Road. Source