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# How Affordable Is Ditmas Park?
- URL: https://bklyner.com/affordable-ditmas-park-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2015-02-19T17:15:45.000Z
- Updated: 2015-02-21T16:45:57.000Z
- Author: Anna Gustafson
- Tags: Cobble Hills, curbed, #API-Imported

![Photo via Zumper](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Zumper-Broooklyn-median-rent-702x974.png)

Photo via [Zumper](http://blog.zumper.com/2015/02/nyc-rents-changed-january/?ref=bklyner.com)

The [real estate website Zumper](http://blog.zumper.com/2015/02/nyc-rents-changed-january/?ref=bklyner.com) recently crunched numbers for median rents in January in neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan, as noted [by Curbed](http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/02/16/mapping%5Fthe%5Fcheapest%5Fpriciest%5Fplaces%5Fto%5Frent%5Fin%5Fnyc.php?ref=bklyner.com), and while they don’t single out Ditmas Park, the new map shows that Flatbush, with a median rent for a one bedroom hovering around $1,530, remains more affordable than our neighbors in Kensington and Windsor Terrace but more expensive than areas like Sunset Park and Flatlands.

Of course, we frequently [see one bedrooms listed for more](/blog/real-estate/ditmas-park-rental-roundup-53) than $1,530 in our neck of the woods, and we know [rents have been skyrocketing](/blog/politics/equality-flatbush-aims-connect-neighbors-new-affordable-housing-campaign) for some of our neighbors ([such as this neighbor](/blog/real-estate/the-rent-is-too-damn-high-jimmy-mcmillan-comes-to-ditmas-park), whose rent jumped by $430 each month to $1,550 for a studio near Newkirk Plaza) – but it’s still interesting to see the breakdown of the various neighborhoods. [According to the maps published by Zumper](http://blog.zumper.com/2015/02/nyc-rents-changed-january/?ref=bklyner.com), Brooklyn’s most expensive area was Dumbo, which, at a median rent of $4,000 for a one bedroom place, was the second priciest neighborhood in all of New York City, following Tribeca’s $4,150.

Following Dumbo, our borough’s most expensive neighborhoods (based on the median rent for a one bedroom apartment) were: Vinegar Hill ($3,600), Williamsburg ($3,100), Downtown Brooklyn ($3,090), and Cobble Hill ($3,000).

As for the least expensive? Of the neighborhoods [mapped by Zumper](http://blog.zumper.com/2015/02/nyc-rents-changed-january/?ref=bklyner.com) (which leaves out many of our neighbors to the south), Canarsie rang in at the most affordable with $1,290; and Sunset Park and Flatlands tied for the second least expensive neighborhoods, having a median rent of $1,350\. East Flatbush’s average was $1,500 and Brownsville came in at $1,600.

What do you think of these numbers? We’d like to start compiling what rents people are paying in our neighborhood – and by how much those rents have increased in, say, the past five years. If you have a minute, we’d love it if you could let us know what you’re paying now and what kinds of increases you’ve seen. You can comment below or email us at [editor@ditmasparkcorner.com](mailto:editor@ditmasparkcorner.com).