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NYC Neighborhood Comparison

Forest Hills vs Prospect Lefferts Gardens

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

Queens|Brooklyn

Forest Hills

Queens

Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Brooklyn

Median Sale Price
$433K
$1.3M
Median Rent
$3K
$3K
Active Listings
365
46
Avg Days on Market
85.5 days
32 days
YoY Price Change
+5.5%
+8.7%
Monthly Sales Volume
38
5

Detailed Comparison

MetricForest HillsProspect Lefferts Gardens
Median Sale Price$432,500$1,250,000
Median Condo Price$804,400$912,500
Median Co-op Price$356,000N/A
Median Rent$2,842$2,999.5
Active Listings36546
Rental Inventory221162
Days on Market85.532
Price Cut Share13.4%15.2%
Monthly Sales Volume385
YoY Price Change+5.5%+8.7%
YoY Rent Change+3.3%+6.1%
YoY Inventory Change+20.9%+4.5%
Subway LinesN/AN/A

Neighborhood Profiles

Forest Hills

Forest Hills is a sought-after and picturesque Queens neighborhood known for its lush greenery and exceptional architecture. The area is famous for Forest Hills Gardens, a private community featuring stunning Tudor-style homes and winding streets. The broader neighborhood offers a mix of grand pre-war cooperatives, modern luxury condominiums, and the vibrant shopping and dining destination of Austin Street, providing a suburban feel within the city limits.

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Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Prospect Lefferts Gardens borders the eastern edge of Prospect Park and sits adjacent to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Brooklyn Museum, with the Lefferts Manor Historic District preserving blocks of limestone, brownstone, and brick rowhouses in Renaissance Revival, Neo-Federal, and Tudor Revival styles. The B, Q, and S trains stop at Prospect Park station, the Q serves Parkside Avenue, and the 2 and 5 trains connect at Sterling and Winthrop Streets. Housing ranges from intact 19th- and early 20th-century rowhouses to prewar apartment buildings along the main corridors.

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Transit Access

Forest Hills

No subway data available

Prospect Lefferts Gardens

No subway data available

Active Listings

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