Overview
- StreetEasy’s January 2026 list is based on growth in buyer and renter searches from January–November 2024 to the same period in 2025, limited to neighborhoods with high search volume and at least 100 for-sale and for-rent listings.
- The top gainers were the Financial District (+46.7%), East Village (+45.8%), Windsor Terrace (+44.9%), Lower East Side (+44.4%), and Carroll Gardens (+44.4%).
- Brooklyn and Queens feature prominently with Downtown Brooklyn, Sunnyside, Ridgewood, Long Island City, and Fort Greene, reflecting recent outer-borough development that is expanding options outside Manhattan.
- FiDi’s median asking price was $1.197 million with a median rent of $4,690, and StreetEasy cites ongoing office-to-residential conversions as a driver of interest.
- Reported medians highlight affordability contrasts, including Sunnyside at a $2,695 median rent and $475,000 median asking price, and Long Island City at a $4,345 median rent.