What neighborhood should I move to in Brooklyn?

I’m an F line boy, myself (Windsor Terrace) so I’ll have some bias here, but if you must be on the 2/5 line try to be before the Franklin Ave stop. That way you’ll have access to the 3/4 as well. Are you attending Brooklyn College? You might consider being on the Q/B line. Church, Beverly or Cortelyou are all stops in very “up-and-coming” neighborhoods. By that, I mean there are already bars and restaurants moving in.

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Williamsburg – Its so nice, the people are amazing , first stop from the city in Brooklyn, amazing view of the city. The only drawback – its full of hipsters

Brooklyn Heights is even more expensive than Park Slope. I second Windsor Terrace. Otherwise look at Carroll Gardens or Boerum Hill.

this is a GREAT QUESTION. brooklynites LOVE to talk about brooklyn.

it depends entirely on what you need/want in a neighborhood. why do you have to be on the 2/5 line? where do you live now?? if park slope is too expensive for you then brooklyn heights probably is too. certainly consider prospect heights. (probably also astronomically expensive…)

also, if you’d like to be near a park, there’s a very small park in fort greene (“fort greene park”) which is super hip, as neighborhoods go, & kind of near the atlantic ave station which certainly has the 2 & 5 trains, in addition to almost every other train in brooklyn (& the LIRR!!).

i live along the B/Q line on the other side of the park from park slope (ditmas park, or kensington), in a neighborhood that breedmitch mentioned, which IS up-&-coming (see: bars, coffee shops, european-influenced restaurants).

good luck!

Stay in Park Slope somewhere near 7th Avenue. You are 7 blocks from the F, the 2 + 3, the N + the R. There is also Prospect Park.

Do you like kids and strollers? Or abhor them?