Midwood offers a suburban feel with tree-lined streets and diverse religious communities. Brooklyn College anchors the southern end with affordable housing nearby.
Midwood offers a suburban feel with tree-lined streets and diverse religious communities. Brooklyn College anchors the southern end with affordable housing nearby.
Did you know?
Brooklyn College's campus was designed in Georgian style and built during the Great Depression using WPA labor — the quadrangle was modeled after Harvard Yard.
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$525 / sq ft
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Kolbert Playground is the main game in town for Midwood — a solid, well-maintained playground that locals rely on. Beyond that, the neighborhood leans more on its quiet residential streets and nearby corner parks than any major green space. It's thin but what's there is decent, and the area's flat, walkable layout makes it easy to find a patch of shade on warmer days.
Schools & early education
Midwood runs a deep bench of schools — zoned public options like P.S. 197 The Kings Highway Academy and Edward R. Murrow High School sit alongside a robust cluster of private yeshivas and one charter (Urban Dove Team Charter School). The private sector dominates here, with over twenty religious schools filling most of the landscape. Public zoned options are thinner on the ground, and secular private school choices are limited. Specialized programs include the Hebrew Institute for the Deaf.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Midwood a good neighborhood for families?
- Midwood scores 48/100 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 Midwood safe?
- Midwood scores 41/100 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 Midwood?
- Midwood has 30 schools mapped inside its boundary and scores 67/100 for schools — ahead of most NYC neighborhoods.
- Is Midwood affordable?
- Midwood scores 39/100 for affordability on Motley — among the pricier parts of the city.
- Which borough is Midwood in?
- Midwood is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City.
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