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NYC Neighborhood Comparison

East New York vs Kensington

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

Brooklyn|Brooklyn

East New York

Brooklyn

Kensington

Brooklyn

Median Sale Price
$891K
$568K
Median Rent
$3K
$3K
Active Listings
99
76
Avg Days on Market
52.5 days
53.5 days
YoY Price Change
+2.7%
-24.5%
Monthly Sales Volume
16
7

Detailed Comparison

MetricEast New YorkKensington
Median Sale Price$890,625$567,500
Median Condo Price$263,940$537,104.5
Median Co-op PriceN/A$515,000
Median Rent$3,250$3,000
Active Listings9976
Rental Inventory10774
Days on Market52.553.5
Price Cut Share7.1%11.8%
Monthly Sales Volume167
YoY Price Change+2.7%-24.5%
YoY Rent Change+1.6%+11.5%
YoY Inventory Change+13.8%0.0%
Subway LinesN/AN/A

Neighborhood Profiles

East New York

East New York offers a wide range of housing types including semi-detached homes, two-to-four-family houses, brick rowhouses, and new affordable construction developments along major corridors like Atlantic and Pennsylvania Avenues. The neighborhood has strong transit coverage with the 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains on the New Lots Line and the L train along the Canarsie Line, plus the major transfer hub at Broadway Junction. Shirley Chisholm State Park on Jamaica Bay and Spring Creek Park provide waterfront green space along the neighborhood's southern edge.

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Kensington

Kensington is a residential Brooklyn neighborhood bordered by Prospect Park to the north and the landmarked Green-Wood Cemetery to the west, with Ocean Parkway running through its center as one of the borough's signature tree-lined boulevards. The housing stock includes brick rowhouses, prewar co-op apartment buildings along Ocean Parkway and Coney Island Avenue, and detached Victorian homes on the side streets, served by the F and G trains at Fort Hamilton Parkway and Church Avenue. The B and Q express trains are accessible within a short walk, providing a 30-to-35-minute commute to Midtown Manhattan.

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Transit Access

East New York

No subway data available

Kensington

No subway data available

Active Listings

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