NYC Neighborhood Comparison

Sunset Park vs Kensington

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

Brooklyn|Brooklyn

Sunset Park

Brooklyn

Kensington

Brooklyn

Median Sale Price

$815K

$568K

Median Rent

$3K

Active Listings

Avg Days on Market

63 days

53.5 days

YoY Price Change

-36.9%

-24.5%

Monthly Sales Volume

Detailed Comparison

Metric	Sunset Park	Kensington
Median Sale Price	$814,600	$567,500
Median Condo Price	$519,307	$537,104.5
Median Co-op Price	$553,550	$515,000
Median Rent	$2,800	$3,000
Active Listings	61	76
Rental Inventory	98	74
Days on Market	63	53.5
Price Cut Share	4.9%	11.8%
Monthly Sales Volume	8	7
YoY Price Change	-36.9%	-24.5%
YoY Rent Change	+7.7%	+11.5%
YoY Inventory Change	-19.7%	0.0%
Subway Lines	N/A	N/A

Neighborhood Profiles

Sunset Park

Sunset Park features four landmarked historic districts of Italianate, Neo-Grec, and Romanesque Revival brick and brownstone rowhouses climbing the hillside between Fourth and Eighth Avenues in western Brooklyn. The namesake hilltop park offers panoramic Manhattan skyline views and a 1936 neoclassical public pool, while the commercial corridors along Fifth Avenue and Eighth Avenue anchor the neighborhood. The D train at Ninth Avenue, N/R at 36th-45th-53rd Streets provide multiple subway connections to Manhattan.

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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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