Place Database

Median rent in Brooklyn climbed between two to six percent each month during the first half of 2019, reaching $2,914 by July, according to Bloomberg (Price 2019). As the map indicates, low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) tend to be clustered in the northeast section of the borough. Affordable housing is in short supply in the more westerly neighborhoods whose mixed-use library and housing projects are described in this issue: Brooklyn Heights, where average rent increased 53 percent from 1990 to 2010–2014, and Sunset Park, where average rent increased 24 percent during the same period (NYU 2016).

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References:

NYU Furman Center. 2016. “State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2015.” New York: New York University. https://furmancenter.org/files/sotc/NYUFurmanCenter_SOCin2015_9JUNE2016.pdf.

Price, Sydney. 2019. “Brooklyn Beats Manhattan for NYC Apartment Rent Increases.” Bloomberg. July 11. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-11/brooklyn-beats-manhattan-for-new-york-apartmentrent-increases.