This Neighborhood Has The Most Street Trees In NYC, Study Shows

COBBLE HILL, BROOKLYN — New Yorkers looking for a little natural shade in their walk around the city will have the most luck in Cobble Hill, a new study found.

Cobble Hill topped a list of the neighborhoods with the most street trees in an analysis done by Localize.city released Monday. Every square mile of the neighborhood has 5,783 trees lining its sidewalks, more than any other neighborhood across New York City, the study found.

The brownstone Brooklyn spot was far from the only one in the borough to make the leafy top 10, too.

Half of the top 10 street-lined neighborhoods in New York City were found in Brooklyn, including nearby Park Slope, Boerum Hill and Carroll Gardens. Ditmas Park also made it into one of the top spots, landing ninth on the list likely because of its suburban-like Victorian mansions, researchers said.

The study specifically counted city-maintained trees planted on sidewalks and also looked into the median home values, which they say the greenery can play a part in. The rankings do not incorporate trees in front yards, parks or actual forested areas.

“Street trees not only offer us a respite from the midday sun and make the sidewalks more beautiful, but their presence has proven to be good for our health,” says Dan Levine, an Urban Planner at Localize.city. “New York City has lots of homes on tree-lined blocks. At Localize.city, we help New Yorkers find these homes by providing a filter for ‘tranquil streets’ that directs home hunters to the listings on leafy, quiet blocks.”

Like with many of the neighborhoods on the list, the abundance of trees come with a cost in Cobble Hill, the researchers found. The median home there is listed for nearly $1.8 million, the second-highest price among the top 10, according to Localize.city.

Carroll Gardens was the most expensive with a median listing price of $2.25 million. It landed in sixth place with 5,012 trees per square mile.

But, more trees don't always mean high prices. Ditmas Park had the cheapest median home value on the list with a price of $580,000, the study found.

Queens and Manhattan also made it into the top 10. Floral Park got the second spot with 5,703 trees per square mile and the West Village, Upper East Side, the Upper West Side and Gramercy also made the cut.

No Bronx neighborhood made the top 10 and Staten Island was not included in the ranking as many trees there are planted in front lawns, according to the website.

Here are New York City's top 10 tree-lined neighborhoods, according to Localize.city.

1. Cobble Hill — 5,783 trees per square mile
2. Floral Park — 5,703 trees per square mile
3. Park Slope — 5,197 trees per square mile
4. West Village — 5,102 trees per square mile
5. Upper East Side — 5,056 trees per square mile
6. Carroll Gardens — 5,012 trees per square mile
7. Boerum Hill — 4,991 trees per square mile
8. Gramercy — 4,687 trees per square mile
9. Ditmas Park — 4,507 trees per square mile
10. Upper West Side — 4,502 trees per square mile