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NYC Neighborhood Comparison

DUMBO vs Midtown

Side-by-side market data, transit, and neighborhood profiles to help you decide.

Brooklyn|Manhattan

DUMBO

Brooklyn

Midtown

Manhattan

Median Sale Price
$1.7M
$1.3M
Median Rent
$5K
$5K
Active Listings
88
360
Avg Days on Market
69 days
117 days
YoY Price Change
-29.1%
-13.4%
Monthly Sales Volume
2
18

Detailed Comparison

MetricDUMBOMidtown
Median Sale Price$1,684,500$1,342,000
Median Condo Price$1,720,000$1,610,000
Median Co-op PriceN/A$834,500
Median Rent$5,372.5$5,300
Active Listings88360
Rental Inventory194368
Days on Market69117
Price Cut Share9.1%9.4%
Monthly Sales Volume218
YoY Price Change-29.1%-13.4%
YoY Rent Change-6.6%+10.4%
YoY Inventory Change+22.2%+13.6%
Subway Lines2 3 A C F R1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D E F M N Q R S W

Neighborhood Profiles

DUMBO

DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) sits between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges along the East River waterfront, with a 95-building historic district of converted industrial warehouses. The housing market features spacious loft residences with exposed brick and high ceilings alongside modern luxury condominiums with skyline and waterfront views, served by the F train at York Street and the A and C at High Street. Brooklyn Bridge Park stretches along the waterfront with piers, playgrounds, and Jane's Carousel.

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Midtown

Midtown Manhattan is the city's primary commercial and transit hub, home to Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, Bryant Park, and the Empire State Building. The residential market features luxury condo towers, classic pre-war cooperatives, and postwar doorman buildings served by nearly every subway line in the system. Properties range from high-floor units with skyline panoramas to well-maintained co-ops along the tree-lined side streets east and west of Fifth Avenue.

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Transit Access

DUMBO

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York St (F) — 0.2 mi

High St (A C) — 0.3 mi

Clark St (2 3) — 0.5 mi

Court St (R) — 0.7 mi

East Broadway (F) — 0.7 mi

Midtown

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Times Sq-42 St (1 2 3 7 N Q R S W) — 0.2 mi

42 St-Port Authority (A C E) — 0.4 mi

Grand Central-42 St (4 5 6 7 S) — 0.4 mi

34 St-Herald Sq (B D F M N Q R W) — 0.4 mi

34 St-Penn Station (1 2 3 A C E) — 0.5 mi

Active Listings

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