These Are Brooklyn's 21 Best Neighborhoods, According to a New Report

BROOKLYN, NY — Here to address those creeping midnight fears that your idyllic Brooklyn neighborhood might be scientifically less idyllic than the next neighborhood over: Niche.com's annual "Best Places to Live in America" report for 2016!

If you're not aware, Niche.com is one of those prolific ranking websites that mashes together a bunch of data from cops, schools, brokers, etc., to draw up (allegedly) definitive rankings of America's most live-able communities and most prestigious schools.

Because we're New York City, we get our own special Top 100 list. This year, Tribeca comes in as the city's No. 1 neighborhood, with Battery Park City and Nolita close behind.

But what about Brooklyn?

We've sifted through Niche's NYC rankings for borough specifics: Find the full list, which could basically function as a Brooklyn gentrification timeline, below.

Just click a neighborhood's name to see its full profile on Niche. Don't see your hood? That's because it wasn't in Niche's Top 100 for NYC. But you can still search for its ranking (out of all New York City neighborhoods) here. And as always, we'd love to know your thoughts: simone.wilson@patch.com.

1. DUMBO
2. Prospect Heights
3. Brooklyn Heights
4. Downtown Brooklyn
5. Vinegar Hill
6. Clinton Hill
7. Park Slope
8. Cobble Hill
9. Fort Greene
10. South Slope
11. Boerum Hill
12. Windsor Terrace
13. Carroll Gardens
14. Gowanus
15. Dyker Heights
16. Borough Park
17. Bay Ridge
18. Manhattan Beach
19. Marine Park
20. Sea Gate
21. Fort Hamilton