Mapleton-Midwood West offers quiet residential streets with a mix of single-family homes and apartment buildings. Affordable housing near Borough Park's amenities.
Mapleton-Midwood West offers quiet residential streets with a mix of single-family homes and apartment buildings. Affordable housing near Borough Park's amenities.
Did you know?
Mapleton was originally farmland owned by the Bennett family, whose 1766 homestead still stands as one of Brooklyn's oldest surviving houses.
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Housing cost
$655 / sq ft
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Mapleton-Midwood (West) anchors its family blocks around three playgrounds — Colonel David Marcus Playground brings the most developed equipment to the south end, while Friends Field and Gravesend Park serve the interior residential streets with reliable, smaller-scale options. There's no marquee park or waterfront green space here, and splash pads are absent — that's an honest gap for summer months. But the trio of playgrounds works, and they're the kind of consistent, well-worn spots that families build routines around.
Schools & early education
Mapleton-Midwood runs a deep bench of educational options, with a notable split between public zoned schools and private yeshivas. P.S. 048 Mapleton and P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller anchor the public side, while the private landscape is dominated by Bais Yaakov and Yeshiva campuses — there's a concentration along Ocean Parkway and Avenue P that reflects the neighborhood's character. FDR High School on 20th Avenue handles the larger public high school needs. The Catholic option at St. Athanasius adds some variety to the mix.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Mapleton-Midwood (West) a good neighborhood for families?
- Mapleton-Midwood (West) scores 51/100 for families on Motley — near the middle of the pack citywide. The Family Fit score blends safety, schools, parks, cost of living, and community.
- Is Mapleton-Midwood (West) safe?
- Mapleton-Midwood (West) scores 58/100 on safety — near the middle of the pack citywide. We build the score from NYPD complaint data, normalized by population.
- How are the schools in Mapleton-Midwood (West)?
- Mapleton-Midwood (West) has 22 schools mapped inside its boundary and scores 55/100 for schools — near the middle of the pack citywide.
- Is Mapleton-Midwood (West) affordable?
- Mapleton-Midwood (West) scores 30/100 for affordability on Motley — among the pricier parts of the city.
- Which borough is Mapleton-Midwood (West) in?
- Mapleton-Midwood (West) is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City.
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