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Best Reviewed Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods where buildings have the highest average Google review ratings.

1

Midtown

Manhattan · 2,479 buildings

4.5/5

6 buildings reviewed

2

Gowanus

Brooklyn · 1,964 buildings

4.5/5

10 buildings reviewed

3

Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn · 1,395 buildings

4.4/5

4 buildings reviewed

4

Upper East Side

Manhattan · 5,456 buildings

4.2/5

10 buildings reviewed

5

Financial District

Manhattan · 475 buildings

4.2/5

4 buildings reviewed

6

Flushing

Queens · 35,493 buildings

4.1/5

4 buildings reviewed

7

Chelsea

Manhattan · 2,029 buildings

4.1/5

21 buildings reviewed

8

Hell's Kitchen

Manhattan · 1,603 buildings

4/5

17 buildings reviewed

9

Greenpoint

Brooklyn · 5,388 buildings

4/5

12 buildings reviewed

10

Murray Hill

Manhattan · 541 buildings

3.9/5

8 buildings reviewed

11

Upper West Side

Manhattan · 4,374 buildings

3.9/5

9 buildings reviewed

12

Harlem

Manhattan · 4,820 buildings

3.9/5

8 buildings reviewed

13

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Brooklyn · 18,333 buildings

3.9/5

6 buildings reviewed

14

Lower East Side

Manhattan · 1,090 buildings

3.9/5

4 buildings reviewed

15

Williamsburg

Brooklyn · 8,440 buildings

3.8/5

22 buildings reviewed

16

East New York

Brooklyn · 15,424 buildings

3.8/5

5 buildings reviewed

17

Long Island City

Queens · 4,998 buildings

3.8/5

46 buildings reviewed

18

Port Morris

Bronx · 553 buildings

3.8/5

8 buildings reviewed

19

Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn · 289 buildings

3.7/5

7 buildings reviewed

20

Bushwick

Brooklyn · 11,346 buildings

3.7/5

16 buildings reviewed

21

Clinton Hill

Brooklyn · 2,384 buildings

3.7/5

4 buildings reviewed

22

Fort Greene

Brooklyn · 2,013 buildings

3.6/5

5 buildings reviewed

23

Jamaica

Queens · 29,590 buildings

3.6/5

13 buildings reviewed

24

Flatbush

Brooklyn · 5,996 buildings

3.6/5

10 buildings reviewed

25

East Harlem

Manhattan · 2,933 buildings

3.5/5

14 buildings reviewed

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