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.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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, in the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood, 33.0% of people ride the train to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of train ridership than in 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
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. Even if you drive or take transit to your place of employment, many people enjoy being able to walk in their neighborhood. What many people don't realize is that most of America's premier vacation locations are also very walkable. The Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood is among the top 5% of American neighborhoods in terms of walkability.
In addition, three-deckers, duplexes, old Victorian homes cut up into apartments. Independent stores on the corner selling pizza. These are some of the hallmarks of neighborhoods with lots of small 2, 3, and 4 unit apartment buildings. The Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood really stands out in this regard, however, as it is dominated by such small apartment buildings more than nearly any other neighborhood in America. This is a stunning visual and lifestyle example of this type of neighborhood. In fact, 45.3% of the real estate here are small 2, 3, or 4 unit apartment buildings, which is a higher proportion than found in 97.9% of America's neighborhoods.
Furthermore, 84.6% of the real estate in the Kosciuszko St / Stuyvesant Ave neighborhood is occupied by renters, which is nearly the highest rate of renter occupancy of any neighborhood in America.
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.
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.
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.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
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.
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%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
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.
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.