Living in Prospect Lefferts Gardens: rent, commute and grades

Brooklyn · Updated October 2026

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This guide also covers Wingate, which shares Prospect Lefferts Gardens’s official city boundaries.

Rent in Prospect Lefferts Gardens

$1,800 a month

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

B-Overall

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

BWalkability
The average home has 4.6 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 212 places to eat or shop.
Residents: Errands are convenient, with restaurants, grocery stores and shops close by. Resident of 4 years, Feb 2025
BFood and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 54 places to eat, 21 kinds of cuisine, 2.5 large grocery stores and 128 open storefronts.
Residents: There is plenty of good Caribbean food. Resident, Mar 2026
City data alone would give B-; what residents say in 5 Reddit threads moves it to B.
A+Parks and green space
100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 272 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 519 street trees within 300 m of the average home.
Residents: Prospect Park is a great city park with programs and recreation. Resident, Mar 2026
City data alone would give A; what residents say in 4 Reddit threads moves it to A+.

B+Community
25% of households moved in since 2018, 9% are roommates sharing a home, 23% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 25 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
BNightlife
About 18 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
Residents: There are a few good bars, but nothing exceptional. New resident, Jul 2026
City data and 5 resident threads on Reddit agree on this grade.

DSafety
8.4 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (377 in all).
Residents: Streets feel unsafe and worse after dark, so the hours that feel safe shrink in winter. Former resident, stayed one month, Jul 2026
City data alone would give C-; what residents say in 4 Reddit threads moves it to D.
DQuiet
61 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: Loud music plays from buildings, stores, houses and parked cars at any time of day. Former resident, stayed one month, Jul 2026
City data and 3 resident threads on Reddit agree on this grade.
DBuilding upkeep
59.1 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 16.7 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.
Residents: One ground-floor rent-stabilized unit needed constant cockroach treatment and had gaps in its floors and walls. Resident of nearly three years, Sep 2025

SafetyLiving next to Kings County Hospital and the psychiatric hospital has caused no problems in five years. Resident of 5 years, Jul 2026
Food and shoppingThere is plenty of good Caribbean food. Resident, Mar 2026
WalkabilityErrands are convenient, with restaurants, grocery stores and shops close by. Resident of 4 years, Feb 2025
QuietIt is not too loud, though there is plenty of activity. New resident, Aug 2025
Parks and green spaceThe park is very nice. Lives in a new building, Jul 2026

SafetyStreets feel unsafe and worse after dark, so the hours that feel safe shrink in winter. Former resident, stayed one month, Jul 2026
Building upkeepOne ground-floor rent-stabilized unit needed constant cockroach treatment and had gaps in its floors and walls. Resident of nearly three years, Sep 2025
QuietLabor Day weekend brings the chaos of the West Indian Day Parade. Resident of 10 years, Jul 2026

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Coming home between 2 and 4 a.m. felt pretty safe most of the time, though one apartment was broken into.
Former resident, 2015 to 2018, Jul 2026
Hostile stares are common, and street harassment including being spat at and homophobic slurs has happened.
Lives in a new building, Jul 2026
Theft and gun violence are rare in day-to-day life.
Not a resident, Jan 2025

Many local businesses and restaurants offer a wide variety of choices.
New resident, Aug 2025
There are lots of restaurants, grocery stores, cafes and other shops.
Resident of 4 years, Feb 2025
There are lots of shops, cafes and restaurants.
Not a resident, Jan 2025

There are a few good bars, but nothing exceptional.
New resident, Jul 2026
Deia is an intimate venue with an all-day happy hour on weeknights.
Not a resident, Mar 2026
The neighborhood has lots of bars and venues.
Not a resident, Aug 2025

Loud music plays from buildings, stores, houses and parked cars at any time of day.
Former resident, stayed one month, Jul 2026
The neighborhood is fairly quiet.
New resident, Jul 2026
The tree-lined side streets are quiet.
New resident, Jul 2026

Prospect Park is a great city park with programs and recreation.
Resident, Mar 2026
Prospect Park is the top draw of living here.
New resident, Aug 2025
Living near Prospect Park is an unmatched benefit.
Resident, Feb 2025

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

Residents: The area between the Parkside Avenue and Prospect Park stations is well connected by transit. New resident, Aug 2025

Residents: The ride to Washington Square is long for daily trips but manageable a few days a week. Former resident, law student, Jun 2025

Lefferts Manor, an eight-block rectangle bounded by Lincoln Road, Flatbush Avenue, Fenimore Street and Rogers Avenue, lies within the neighborhood. Its 600 homes are restricted by a single-family covenant. Source
In 1893 James Lefferts subdivided the estate part of his farm in northern Flatbush for development. Covenants on each lot required single-family houses of brick or stone, at least two stories tall plus a cellar. Source
Lefferts Manor's houses are mostly two- and three-story row houses in unified blockfronts, with a few large freestanding homes. The earliest rows, in the Romanesque Revival style, were built in 1898. Source
The city designated Prospect-Lefferts Gardens a historic district in 1979, so changes to the outside of its buildings need Landmarks Preservation Commission approval before work begins. Source
Rogers Avenue was built up mainly with residential buildings over ground-floor shops, unlike the single-family blocks of Lefferts Manor. Source
Lefferts Historic House, an 18th-century Flatbush farmhouse and city landmark, originally stood at 563 Flatbush Avenue near Maple Street and was moved into Prospect Park in 1918. Source