Living in Yorkville: rent, commute and grades

Manhattan · Updated November 2026

Brick row houses with arched windows and stoops behind a leafy tree on East 78th Street.
Red brick townhouse with a slate turret at a corner with zebra crosswalks, parked cars and tall apartment buildings behind.
The yellow Gracie Mansion with white balconies, bare trees and snow on the hedges.
A cyclist passes the John Finley Walk sign beside the East River railing with snow and a pale blue sky.
The yellow Gracie Mansion with green shutters seen over a ivy-covered wall under trees.
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Rent in Yorkville

$2,891 a month

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

Yorkville is cheaper with roommates

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A+Overall

Yorkville graded

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

Everyday life

  • AWalkability

    The average home has 4.9 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 822 places to eat or shop.

  • A+Food and shopping

    Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 217 places to eat, 35 kinds of cuisine, 11.4 large grocery stores and 558 open storefronts.

    Residents: There is a great range of restaurants and coffee shops. New resident, Jul 2026

    City data and 3 resident threads on Reddit agree on this grade.

  • A-Parks and green space

    100% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 51 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 655 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

    Residents: Carl Schurz Park and the Asphalt Green sports center are a big plus for families with kids. Parent, Oct 2026

    City data and 5 resident threads on Reddit agree on this grade.

People

  • ACommunity

    35% of households moved in since 2018, 10% are roommates sharing a home, 26% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 156 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

    Residents: The public school community has been great for families with children. Parent, Oct 2026

    City data and 3 resident threads on Reddit agree on this grade.

  • A+Nightlife

    About 125 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

    Residents: There is a good mix of bars. New resident, Jul 2026

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

Home and safety

  • A+Safety

    2.7 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (193 in all).

    Residents: It felt safe enough to walk around at night after coming home from downtown. Former resident, Jul 2026

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

  • B+Quiet

    29 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: Construction is constant as old walk-ups are torn down for taller buildings, though mid-block side streets see less. Resident of 30+ years, Nov 2025

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

  • A-Building upkeep

    6.3 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 3.8 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

Who lives there

  • Older residents
  • Recent grads and young professionals

What residents say

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Safety

Community

Food and shopping

Nightlife

Walkability

Quiet

Parks and green space

Getting around from Yorkville

Map of New York City neighborhoods shaded by travel time by subway or bus from Yorkville
By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourYorkville
  • 86 St Q

Residents: Transit is good. Resident, Aug 2025

Residents: Busier parts of the city are easy to reach from around 92nd Street and First Avenue. New resident, Feb 2025

What to know about Yorkville

  • By 1900 Yorkville was the center of German-American New York, with beer halls, bakeries, delicatessens, dance halls and theaters, and East 86th Street from Lexington Avenue to Carl Schurz Park was the community's main street. Source
  • Yorkville began as a small village on the Boston Post Road around today's Third Avenue and East 86th Street, and grew after the New York and Harlem Railroad opened a station at 86th Street and Fourth (now Park) Avenue in 1834. Source
  • German immigrants moved up from Kleindeutschland on the Lower East Side to the blocks between 76th and 100th streets for affordable housing and jobs at three breweries, and by the turn of the century Hungarian and Czechoslovak families were arriving too. Source
  • Yorkville still has a few of Manhattan's early wood frame houses: 412 East 85th Street, built before 1861, is one of only six pre-Civil War wood frame houses left on the Upper East Side and became a city landmark in 2016. Source
  • Henderson Place, a cul-de-sac by East End Avenue, keeps 24 of its original 32 Queen Anne row houses, built for John C. Henderson for "persons of moderate means" and completed in 1882. It became a city historic district in 1969. Source
  • Asphalt Green, a sports and fitness center at York Avenue and 90th Street, occupies the former Municipal Asphalt Plant, which local residents saved from 1972 and which opened as Asphalt Green in 1984. Source
  • Carl Schurz Park runs along the East River at the end of East 86th Street, and its riverside esplanade over the East River Drive (now the FDR) was dedicated as John Finley Walk in July 1942. Source

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