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How walkable is Brooklyn Heights?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Brooklyn Heights has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Brooklyn, which scores 92 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
3,650 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Brooklyn Heights. The nearest grocery is Dagostino Supermarket, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- KeyFood2 min
- Gristedes5 min
- Skyline Deli & Grill2 min
- Lantern2 min
- Cvs Pharmacy2 min
- Pet's Emporium2 min
- Beim Coffee Connection3 min
- Blank Street3 min
- Chase Bank5 min
- TD Bank5 min
- Cadman Plaza Park5 min
- Korean War Veterans Plaza6 min
- NY Preschool - Brooklyn Heights2 min
- Guidepost Montessori At Brooklyn Heights2 min
- Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Heights Branch5 min
- City Tech Bookstore & Cafe9 min
- Voices in the Heights3 min
- Brooklyn Chamber Music Society4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Brooklyn Heights at 40.6961, -73.9950. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 96 street intersections per km², and blocks average 94 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Brooklyn Heights
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Brooklyn Heights. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Brooklyn
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown Brooklyn | 850 m | 100 |
| Park Slope | 3 km | 96 |
| Bedford–Stuyvesant | 4.8 km | 94 |
| Crown Heights | 5.4 km | 94 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Brooklyn page.
Questions about walking in Brooklyn Heights
Is Brooklyn Heights walkable?
Yes. Brooklyn Heights in Brooklyn has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Brooklyn Heights more walkable than the rest of Brooklyn?
Brooklyn Heights is more walkable than Brooklyn as a whole: it scores 99, against 92 for the 5 km around Brooklyn's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Brooklyn neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Brooklyn?
Of the 5 Brooklyn neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Downtown Brooklyn (100), Brooklyn Heights (99) and Park Slope (96).
How is the walkability score of Brooklyn Heights 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 Heights it is the average of 53 points spread evenly across the 400 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.