Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights
Community district in New York City
Borough: Brooklyn
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About Brooklyn
The most populous borough, at the western end of Long Island, across the East River from Lower Manhattan.
What stands out
- Among the likeliest to drive to work in Brooklyn (34% of commuters)
- Among the oldest housing in Brooklyn (61% built 1939 or earlier)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $1M · renters pay $1,840/moSurvey estimates for 2020–2024, not current prices, for the whole community district. Rent is what renting households pay, utilities included, counting rent-stabilized and subsidized homes, so it sits well below what a new lease costs. Use them to compare districts, not to budget.
- To Penn Station
- Over an hour. About 62 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 34% drive · 52% transit · 11% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 60% rent
- Tree canopy
- 10–20%. 13% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 6% · Attached 14% · 2–19 units 44% · 20+ units 36%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 61% · 1940–79 31% · 1980–99 5% · 2000 or later 4%
- Ages
- Under 15 17% · 15–24 10% · 25–44 28% · 45–64 26% · 65+ 20%
- Language at home
- English only 46% · Chinese 17% · Spanish 13%English only, or the language besides English that each person 5 or older speaks at home. For tracts the Census groups some languages: Bengali, Hindi and Urdu are among “other Indo-European”.
- Recent immigrants
- 10% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey.
American Community Survey 2020–2024 and MTA schedules, Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights. Tiers compare the 59 community districts.