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NYC Neighborhood Comparison

Long Island City vs Prospect Lefferts Gardens

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

Queens|Brooklyn

Long Island City

Queens

Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Brooklyn

Median Sale Price
$1.0M
$1.3M
Median Rent
$4K
$3K
Active Listings
243
46
Avg Days on Market
3 days
32 days
YoY Price Change
+8.0%
+8.7%
Monthly Sales Volume
11
5

Detailed Comparison

MetricLong Island CityProspect Lefferts Gardens
Median Sale Price$1,048,000$1,250,000
Median Condo Price$1,048,000$912,500
Median Co-op PriceN/AN/A
Median Rent$4,351.5$2,999.5
Active Listings24346
Rental Inventory956162
Days on Market332
Price Cut Share5.3%15.2%
Monthly Sales Volume115
YoY Price Change+8.0%+8.7%
YoY Rent Change+1.0%+6.1%
YoY Inventory Change+48.2%+4.5%
Subway Lines7 E G M N R WN/A

Neighborhood Profiles

Long Island City

Long Island City (LIC) is one of New York’s fastest-growing residential neighborhoods, offering a modern urban lifestyle just one stop from Manhattan. Famous for its stunning waterfront parks and the iconic Pepsi-Cola sign, LIC is a hub for contemporary art and luxury living. The real estate market is dominated by sleek, new construction glass towers that offer world-class amenities and breathtaking, unobstructed views of the Manhattan skyline.

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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

Long Island City

7EGMNRW

Hunters Point Av (7) — 0.2 mi

Court Sq (7 E G M) — 0.2 mi

Long Island City (E G M R) — 0.6 mi

Queensboro Plaza (7 N W) — 0.6 mi

Prospect Lefferts Gardens

No subway data available

Active Listings

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