Moving To Brooklyn? Everything you need to know.

With new business booming in Brooklyn, moving to the area has never been more inviting, which is why Brooklyn is one of the fastest-growing boroughs in New York. However, there’s more than just business booming in Brooklyn. Plenty of the local sights and sites will make you want to stay in Brooklyn forever.

For starters, Brooklyn’s urban jungle is charming and beautiful. Despite the fact that Brooklyn is not as monied as Manhattan, you still can get an A-class experience just walking around the area. Artistic graffiti and sculpture litter the entire borough, adding spice and flare to the average walk around the block. If you want something a bit more official, the Brooklyn Museum displays art from all manner of time periods done in all manner of mediums.

Parks are part of Brooklyn’s charm as well. Of course, every borough of New York has a myriad of parks to attend, but most are small and overcrowded, while Brooklyn boasts larger and more open areas for you to enjoy your leisure in.

And just because Brooklyn is a packed city doesn’t mean there isn’t a community. Every neighborhood has a distinct look, feel, ethnic flavor, and history, and you have the chance to be a part of that history. This makes Brooklyn more like a conglomeration of different cultures rather than one monotonous city, meaning you’ll never be bored.

Brooklyn is a hustling and bustling city with a population of about 2.6 million. If you love the throngs of people and the active nightlife of the big city, you’ll love it here. Rest assured, you will never have to look far for new vibrant people to meet and new vibrant opportunities to grab hold of.

However, just because there’s a lot of people doesn’t mean you can’t hope to ever find a place to live. The population of Brooklyn has actually ever so slightly been decreasing over the course of 2018, although the number of people leaving relative to the amount coming in isn’t so drastic that you’ll have to worry about Brooklyn becoming a ghost town anytime soon. This means that finding housing might not be as much of a headache as you might think it would be.

It’s true, Brooklyn and the Big Apple in general aren’t very cheap places to live. According to SmartAsset , the general estimated cost of living in the New York City area is about 68.8% more expensive than the U.S. average. From housing to the products you buy at the grocery store, don’t be taken by surprise if the price tag takes a sharp hike compared to what you’re used to.

For example, the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, which is very close to Brooklyn physically and cost-wise, is a hefty sum of $3,895 per month. Buying housing in Brooklyn won’t be any easier on your wallet either, with the cost of the average home in the New York metro area coming around to $455,500. On the bright side though, utilities are actually about 14% cheaper than the national average, coming to around $120 on average.

As previously stated, Brooklyn is more a conglomerate of neighborhoods rather than one monolithic entity, which is what makes it so interesting. But not all neighborhoods are created equal, so which are the best? Of course, no advice beats simply taking a trip to some neighborhoods in the area and seeing for yourself what the atmosphere is like, but for those who don’t have the time or money for that, we can give some general impressions.

According to Great American Country, some of the best neighborhoods include Park Slope, Bay Ridge, Williamsburg and Greenpoint. As with all of Brooklyn, none of these places are very easy on the wallet to live in, particularly the high class neighborhood of Park Slope, but all of them are safe, harbor a wide variety of businesses, and generally have excellent public education for your children.

Brooklyn, like the rest of New York, can get nice and warm during the summer but icy cold during the winter. Average highs during the summer are around the 80-degree mark while the average lows during the winter season can drop to around the 20-degree mark.

Compared to other places in the United States, the cold might not sound so bad, but beware! Combined with near constant winter storms and the humidity, it can get much colder than that in a flash. Be sure that your wardrobe is up to snuff for the chill.

Brooklyn is a cultural and entertainment juggernaut, with all manner of things to do and see. Should you decide to move here, you can be sure that you’ll never run out of exciting activities.

One of the most popular attractions in the area is Coney Island , a large beach and boardwalk which, historically, was a massive tourist attraction throughout the 20th century up until WWII, when it fell into abandon. However, the recent opening of several new attractions has reinvigorated the site, and now hundreds of thousands of people flock there everyday for all manner of entertainment, including amusement parks and a lovely beach.

If you’re more of a foodie type who eats every interesting snack you can get your hands on, you may want to take a trip to the Smorgasburg. It’s an annual, open-air flea market where all manner of vendors sell a cornucopia of interesting foods, and it runs from April through to November. The event is incredibly popular among tourists and locals in the area alike because of the incredible range of delicious foods you can get in one place.

Of course, there’s so many things to do in Brooklyn that you will never run out of activities and this is one of the main reasons so many people choose Brooklyn as their new residence. If you are living in Brooklyn and you want to explore all of the interesting sights and sounds of Brooklyn, you may just have to strike out there yourself.

As previously stated, Brooklyn is a new hotspot of business in the NYC area, and the opportunities for employment are many. The minimum wage in NYC is a hefty $15 an hour for businesses with more than 11 employees, although this is offset by the fact that the Brooklyn area in particular is very expensive.

According to the Indeed page for Brooklyn , there are around 130,000 jobs available in the Brooklyn area circa September, 2018. This number is projected to expand as more and more business moves in, so you won’t be struggling to find a job in the area any time soon.

Looking to find a job in Brooklyn? Then check out these large employers:

• J.B Morgan
• New York City Department of Education

Bringing children along for the ride and worried about their education? Have no fear! The NYC area and Brooklyn in general all have an excellent array of schools for your young ones. From elementary schools to colleges, you have plenty of options for your children’s future.

According to Zillow, there are about 1,000 schools in the Brooklyn borough, most of which are rated well. New York City is rated as the 23rd best state for education in the union, and Brooklyn is a particularly affluent area, so you can be sure that the school your child attends will be on the top of the cusp.