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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave median real estate price is $1,725,135, which is more expensive than 91.0% of the neighborhoods in New York and 97.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave is currently $3,037, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 50.4% of New York neighborhoods.

Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Brooklyn, New York.

Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood are relatively historic, built no later than 1939, and in some cases, quite a bit earlier. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.

Real estate vacancies in Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave are 5.7%, which is lower than one will find in 62.0% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Modes of Transportation

If your dream is to be able to ride your bike to work each day, look no further than this unique neighborhood. With 8.4% of residents in the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood commuting on a bicycle to and from work daily, this neighborhood has more bicycle commuters than 99.4% of all neighborhoods in the U.S., according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis.

Also, if you like to ride the train to work, this neighborhood may be for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that 33.0% of the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood's commuters ride the train to and from work each day, which is more than we found in 98.4% of America's neighborhoods.

Real Estate

The Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 61,461 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.9% of the nation's neighborhoods. Being a walkable neighborhood can help increase property values for the simple reason that people enjoy it and value it. To put it plainly, despite our love affair with the automobile, American's enjoy taking to the streets, sidewalks, paths, and courtyards of a place to get a coffee, relax, and take in the sights and sounds. And, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive and first quantitative walkable score index, the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood is one of the most walkable neighborhoods in America.

In addition, corner bodegas, stores on the first floor and apartments above, former grand Victorian residences converted into apartments, three-deckers built shoulder-to-shoulder, duplexes. Such building types define the real estate of neighborhoods dominated by small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. Many are in older core neighborhoods of Eastern and Midwestern cities, or historic town centers in their hinterlands. If you wax romantic about the look and feel of such neighborhoods, with fresh pizza, falafel and an independent florist at the corner, then you might find the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood worth a close look. This neighborhood is an absolutely outstanding example of the dominance of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings compared to neighborhoods across the nation, as they make up a substantial portion of this neighborhood's real estate stock. In fact, no less than 45.3% of the real estate here is made up of such dwellings, which is higher than 97.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Furthermore, renter-occupied real estate is dominant in the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood. The percentage of rental real estate here, according to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, is 84.6%, which is higher than 95.2% of the neighborhoods in America. If you were to buy and live in the property you bought here, you would be almost alone in doing so.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. 55.8% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood has more Sub-Saharan African and Dominican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 22.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Sub-Saharan African ancestry and 9.2% have Dominican ancestry.

Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 0.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood in Brooklyn are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood, 48.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.0%), and 12.4% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood is English, spoken by 67.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (17.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (22.4%). There are also a number of people of Dominican ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (3.6%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (3.5%), along with some African ancestry residents (3.2%), among others. In addition, 23.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (33.0%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (20.4%) and 9.9% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. This neighborhood is distinguished by the high number of residents who take the train to work each day, which can be a very good way to get to work at a lower cost and with less pollution.


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