Popular neighborhoods include Dumbo, which has Brooklyn’s premier arts district, galleries, and some very interesting residents.  DUMBO stands for “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass” and has some spectacular views.  In recent years, Dumbo has been highlighted for the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, the Jacques Torres Chocolate factory,Grimaldi’s pizza, and The River Cafe.  Its population is just under 3,000 residents with the median household income being $207,079.  Fifty-eight percent of these folks choose to rent their home, paying an average monthly rent of $3,367.  The median home value soars at $1,614,760.

Williamsburg provides some of the best local music.  Quaint music venues are scattered throughout the borough, but the Brooklyn Bowl is atop the list of unique halls.  This little community has 137,267 people that rent for a monthly fee of $1,689.  Median home values are lower here…$938,809…so is the median household income…$67,302.

Prospect Heights scores the fourth place, according to niche.com, for best places to raise a family in the Brooklyn area.  There is a population of 16,988, median home value of $1.09 million, median rent of $1,999, and median household income of $112,616.  Most people living here have a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Brooklyn Heights, population 20,480, is a scenic place to live as many of the living options have a waterfront view.  The median home value soars at $1.07 million, with a median rent of $2,319 a month.  The median household income is $143,408 and forty-six percent of these residents have a Master’s degree or higher.  The brownstone row houses, low-rise architecture, and gorgeous piers make this a beautiful place to live.

Greenpoint Historic District is what most people think of when they consider Brooklyn housing.  This district includes neighborhoods like Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Park Slope.  All of these locations have easy access to transportation and trendy restaurants, shops, and venues.

Careers in Finance can look to American Express, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse, Barclays, and Morgan Stanley for Brooklyn-located jobs.  In each of these companies, there are multiple administration, analyst, team manager, and IT employment opportunities.  The financial landscape is always growing and changing.  Along with the traditional healthcare, finance, education, and business employers, startup companies have entered the industry stage.  According to builtinnyc.com, Manhattan can no longer claim to be NYC’s sole tech hub.  Brooklyn provides space for offices and the opportunity to rent at a much lower cost.  Some of the top startup companies to work for in Brooklyn include,  Zipari, Work& Co, Vice Media, Red Antler, Kickstarter, Gimlet Media, Etsy, and Songkick.  

Zipari, located in the neighborhood of Dumbo, is in the healthtech industry and offers the first insurance-based Customer Experience Platform and CRM Solution.  They partner with Salesforce, a platform that improves interactions between healthcare carriers and customers.

Work& Co, also located in Dumbo, launches digital products for top brands like Google, Epic Games, IKEA, Apple, and Lyft.  

New to the Sports industry is SportsRecruits.  Located in the Downtown neighborhood, this company simplifies the college recruiting process for student athletes.  It thinks like an athlete because it was built by former athletes who have creatively created a platform that connects athletes to every college coach in the nation through profiles and a messaging system.  

Paperspace, a cloud based company in Dumbo, rents virtual desktops.  This platform enables a simple Macbook or Chromebook to work with complex programs for business or personal use.  Users can access all of their data from any device on the cloud instead of purchasing new hardware.  The cloud includes constant backups, powerful processing, and shared knowledge.  

Vice Media, located in the Williamsburg neighborhood, is in the digital media/news & entertainment industry.  This media source provides original content all day, everyday, for both international and domestic news.  Categories include pop culture, sports, music, technology, and general world-wide news.  What once started as a “punk zine” in 1994, has grown into a leading global source in 30 countries.  

Red Antler is an adtech company designed to aid companies build brands through research, product design, digital experience, art direction, and brand activation.  Casper, Zagat, Foursquare, and Vevo are clients of Red Antler.

Travel by bicycle is a popular mode of transportation in the city.  Motivate LLC is a transportation company that helps to bring innovative bike transport to cities.  It is the global bike share leader as it works with governments and corporations all over the world to bring an eco-friendly mode of transportation to major cities like Brooklyn.  Their company works to plan, operate, market, and find partnerships for individual city’s bike share programs.