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New York City
Five boroughs and hundreds of neighborhoods, divided by water, subway lines, and price. Start with two: Astoria in Queens, all food and waterfront, and Park Slope in Brooklyn, all brownstones and park.
Metro Snapshot
Park Slope sets the top of the range so far: a median sale price of $1,939,064 (Redfin, August 2026), a median rent of $3,885 a month (StreetEasy), a Walk Score of 98, and a Transit Score of 100. The western Queens waterfront sets the next comparison points. Astoria's median sale price of $790,000 (Redfin data, rolling three months through August 2026) sits above Jackson Heights at $516,000 and just below Sunnyside at $830,000, and well below Long Island City at $1,205,000 (Realtor, September 2026). The median asking rent in Astoria is $3,450 a month against a Queens average of $3,400 (StreetEasy). The commute is the draw: the N and W subway runs from Ditmars Boulevard to 5 Av/59 St in about 17 minutes, and Astoria carries a Walk Score of 94.
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Park Slope
Park Slope sells at a median of $1,939,064 (Redfin, August 2026). Buyers pay for 526 acres of Olmsted and Vaux parkland, the largest landmarked row house district in New York City, and subway rides of 20 minutes to Lower Manhattan and 31 minutes to Midtown.
Photo: Jeffrey O. Gustafson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Astoria
Astoria sells at a median of $790,000 (Redfin data, rolling three months through August 2026). Buyers pay for a 17 minute subway ride to Midtown, a 59 acre park, and the deepest bench of restaurants in Queens.
Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The rest of the city is waiting its turn: deeper into Brooklyn and Queens, up through Manhattan, and out to the Bronx and Staten Island.