Living in Stuyvesant Heights: rent, commute and grades

Brooklyn · Updated November 2026

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Rent in Stuyvesant Heights

$1,842 a month

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

BOverall

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

BWalkability
The average home has 4.8 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 191 places to eat or shop.
Residents: Broadway, a short walk north, has many shops, restaurants and everyday stores. Resident, Oct 2024
B-Food and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 56 places to eat, 23 kinds of cuisine, 4.6 large grocery stores and 92 open storefronts.
Residents: Plenty of good coffee shops, such as Early Yves Coffee, plus nice restaurants like Chez Oscar. Resident, Apr 2025
B-Parks and green space
100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 26 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 498 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

ACommunity
29% of households moved in since 2018, 16% are roommates sharing a home, 27% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 32 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
Residents: Few third spaces, but people host clubs and art events often, so community is there if you look. Resident, Oct 2024
B+Nightlife
About 24 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

CSafety
6.2 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (578 in all).
Residents: Lexington Avenue between Stuyvesant Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard is a safe neighborhood. Resident, Oct 2024
C-Quiet
51 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: Utica Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard are noisy and loud all day. Resident, Apr 2025
C-Building upkeep
28.3 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 9.6 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

SafetyLexington Avenue between Stuyvesant Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard is a safe neighborhood. Resident, Oct 2024
QuietA bit on the quiet side by NYC standards. Resident of 5 years, Apr 2025

QuietUtica Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard are noisy and loud all day. Resident, Apr 2025

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Feels safe overall; the two minutes around the Utica Avenue station are the least pleasant part.
Resident, Apr 2025
The area around the Utica Avenue stop can look scary, but it is not.
Resident of 5 years, Apr 2025
Feels safe walking at all hours of the day.
New resident, Apr 2025

Few third spaces, but people host clubs and art events often, so community is there if you look.
Resident, Oct 2024
Stuyvesant Heights has a sense of community.
Not a resident, Apr 2025

Plenty of good coffee shops, such as Early Yves Coffee, plus nice restaurants like Chez Oscar.
Resident, Apr 2025
Many great coffee shops and a few excellent restaurants, but no great grocery store.
Resident of 5 years, Apr 2025
There are solid places to eat.
Not a resident, Apr 2025

A good club and bar scene near Lexington and Patchen Avenues.
Not a resident, Oct 2024

Broadway, a short walk north, has many shops, restaurants and everyday stores.
Resident, Oct 2024

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

Residents: The J train is a poor ride. Resident, Apr 2025

Residents: The A express at Utica Avenue is very convenient, three stops to Jay Street. Resident, Apr 2025

Stuyvesant Heights is part of Bedford-Stuyvesant, which for two-thirds of the 20th century has been one of the country's largest and best-known African American and Caribbean American communities, according to the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission. Source
The name Stuyvesant Heights came into local use in the first decade of the 20th century and comes from Stuyvesant Avenue, the area's main street. Source
Part of the Battle of Long Island in 1776 was fought in and around today's historic district, as British troops marched west along the old road from Jamaica toward Bedford. Source
Housing is mainly late 19th century masonry row houses, with some four and five story apartment buildings from the 1890s. The expanded historic district designated in 2013, about 825 buildings between Tompkins Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard, is more than 85 percent residential. Source
Fulton Street, on the southern edge, and Malcolm X Boulevard, formerly Reid Avenue, are the area's older roads, and most of the earliest buildings went up along them. Source
Fulton Park fills a triangular block bounded by Fulton Street, Stuyvesant Avenue and Chauncey Street. It was planted in 1905 and has held a statue of Robert Fulton since 1930. Source
Macon Library, at 361 Lewis Avenue at Macon Street, is a Carnegie branch that opened in 1907. It houses the Dionne Mack-Harvin Center, the branch's African American Heritage Center. Source