Pitkin Ave / Watkins St median real estate price is $708,305, which is more expensive than 51.8% of the neighborhoods in New York and 79.7% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Pitkin Ave / Watkins St is currently $2,640, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 57.6% of New York neighborhoods.
Pitkin Ave / Watkins St is a densely urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Brooklyn, New York.
Pitkin Ave / Watkins St real estate is primarily made up of small (studio to two bedroom) to medium sized (three or four bedroom) apartment complexes/high-rise apartments and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is renter occupied. Many of the residences in the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
Real estate vacancies in Pitkin Ave / Watkins St are 3.4%, which is lower than one will find in 76.6% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Pitkin Ave / Watkins St is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood buck this trend. 80.0% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Single parenting is hard. But you don't have to tell the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood about it; they already know. 34.4% of this neighborhood's households are run by single mothers, which is a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.8% of American neighborhoods. Further NeighborhoodScout research showed strong statistical correlations among high rates of children living in single parent households, and neighborhood crime, particularly violent crime, neighborhood poverty, and, importantly, the percentage of low weight births and rates of infant mortality.
In addition, one of the unique characteristics of the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America. Also of note, 56.0% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
Also, the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood is unique for having just 5.2% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.2% of America's neighborhoods.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 21.9% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.7% of all neighborhoods in America.
In the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood, 48.3% of people ride the train to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of train ridership than in 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Also, more people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 97.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Renter-occupied real estate is dominant in the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood. The percentage of rental real estate here, according to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, is 99.5%, which is higher than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America. If you were to buy and live in the property you bought here, you would be almost alone in doing so.
In addition, the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood is very densely populated compared to most U.S. neighborhoods. In fact, with 59,965 persons per square mile in the neighborhood, it is more packed with people than 98.8% of the nation's neighborhoods.
Furthermore, one of the really unique and interesting things about the look and setting of the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood is that it is almost entirely dominated by large apartment buildings, such as apartment complexes or high-rise apartments. 83.3% of the residential real estate here is classified as such. This puts this neighborhood on the map as having a higher proportion of large apartment buildings than 97.2% of all neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood has more Dominican and Haitian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Dominican ancestry and 8.4% have Haitian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood in Brooklyn are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 56.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood, 50.7% of the working population is employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (11.9%), and 10.7% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood is English, spoken by 77.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (21.5%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (12.4%). There are also a number of people of Dominican ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report Haitian roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (4.1%), along with some African ancestry residents (1.5%), among others. In addition, 14.4% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Pitkin Ave / Watkins St neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (29.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (48.3%) take the train to get to work. In addition, quite a number also drive alone in a private automobile to get to work (14.9%) and 14.0% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. This neighborhood is distinguished by the high number of residents who take the train to work each day, which can be a very good way to get to work at a lower cost and with less pollution.
