Introduction
Welcome to Brooklyn Heights, the prettiest neighborhood in Brooklyn. There's historic architecture, expansive skyline views and a new, vibrant waterside park. Though just across the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan, its leafy, peaceful streets feel like a world apart. The city's first historic district, Brooklyn Heights is well-maintained and has a sense of community. Energetic and creative kids play catch and make chalk drawings on side streets, while the more enterprising ones sell lemonade to tourists on the harbor-front Promenade. The area draws affluent families and young professionals, who, once here, tend to stay a while.
Transportation and Livability
Brooklyn Heights is located along the East River, west of Cadman Plaza and north of Atlantic Avenue, adjacent to Downtown Brooklyn. The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway runs along the west side of the neighborhood. To lower Manhattan, it's just over a mile by bridge or one stop by subway. The area is very well-connected, served by eight subway lines.
Livability
For urban family life, Brooklyn Heights is hard to beat. Children are spoiled with choice playgrounds (with views of the Statue of Liberty from the swings), like the slick new one at Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 6 playground, which has a giant sandbox and water jets. Residents run with their dogs along the waterfront or take them to the large dog park on north Columbia Heights. In the summer, people hang out on their stoops and have block parties. To have all this within a quick commute to Manhattan makes the neighborhood that much more desirable.
If you crave excitement after dark, take note: You don't move here for the nightlife. The north Heights, especially, is sleepy once the sun sets; those closer to Atlantic Avenue have better nighttime venue options. But there are plenty of cool bars and restaurants in Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill, within a 15-minute walk away. Young people looking for more buzz might prefer those neighborhoods or , especially near Smith Street.
