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How walkable is Brooklyn?
Brooklyn has a walkability score of 93 out of 100 around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 8th most walkable of 15 cities ranked in the United States.
What's within walking distance
1,227 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Brooklyn. The nearest grocery is Labay Market, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Labay Market230 m · 3 min
- KeyFood400 m · 5 min
- Forbell Meat Corp400 m · 5 min
- Joy's Kitchen90 m · 1 min
- Bedford Manor130 m · 2 min
- Crust Baker140 m · 2 min
- The Haus Of Neon90 m · 1 min
- Express Health Mart Pharmacy90 m · 1 min
- Deals Plus Inc.90 m · 1 min
- DaleView Biscuits & Beer170 m · 2 min
- Antilles Cafe170 m · 2 min
- Toast230 m · 3 min
- Carver Federal Savings Bank840 m · 11 min
- Chase Bank930 m · 12 min
- TD Bank1.4 km · 18 min
- Wingate Park610 m · 8 min
- Winthrop Playground690 m · 9 min
- Marc and Jason's Playground760 m · 9 min
- Irving Golding School100 m · 1 min
- Mary Bobb Learning Academy170 m · 2 min
- Midwood Early Learning Center270 m · 3 min
- Brooklyn Public Library - Crown Heights Branch440 m · 6 min
- Medgar Evers College960 m · 12 min
- Sosover Seforim Store1.1 km · 14 min
- Fun Times Wine and Paint180 m · 2 min
- Sheepshead Bay Regal Theater440 m · 5 min
- Kiddie Science520 m · 6 min
Measured from the representative point at 40.6591, -73.9496. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the representative point there are about 48 street intersections per km², and blocks average 162 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 4%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability around the centre
Scores at seven points within 1 km of the centre range from 66 to 97, and Brooklyn's score of 93 is their median. Walkability changes a lot across the centre, so check a specific address on the map.
| Point | Score | Map |
|---|---|---|
| City centre | 94 | Map |
| 1 km north | 93 | Map |
| 1 km east-northeast | 83 | Map |
| 1 km east-southeast | 66 | Map |
| 1 km south | 97 | Map |
| 1 km west-southwest | 92 | Map |
| 1 km west-northwest | 97 | Map |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| New York City, United States | 9 km | 100 |
| Queens, United States | 10 km | 90 |
| Manhattan, United States | 15 km | 95 |
| The Bronx, United States | 23 km | 91 |
| Philadelphia, United States | 129 km | 100 |
Questions about walking in Brooklyn
Is Brooklyn a walkable city?
Yes. Central Brooklyn has a walkability score of 93 out of 100, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It ranks 8th of 15 cities in the United States and 111th of 252 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in the United States?
Philadelphia is the most walkable of the 15 cities ranked in the United States, with a score of 100. Brooklyn ranks 8th with 93.
How does Brooklyn compare with nearby cities?
Brooklyn sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: Brooklyn scores 93, against New York City (100, 9 km away), Queens (90, 10 km away) and Manhattan (95, 15 km away).
How is Brooklyn's walkability score calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Brooklyn it is the median of seven points within 1 km of the city centre, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. City position and population from GeoNames.