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optimal nyc neighborhood locator

what is this?

given a set of locations you must commute to every week, and max-min constraints on rent and commute time, find your pareto-optimal neighborhood by minimizing either rent or commute time.<br>every neighborhood is scored by median asking rent on (StreetEasy) against your trip-weighted door-to-door commute in minutes (fastest of transit or walking, chosen<br>automatically per trip). set a rent cap and a commute cap, pick which one to optimize, and the best candidate lights up orange. blue = the pareto frontier. click any candidate for its exact routes based on mta traintimes. this is a static website and updates automatically.

made with ❤️ by jean w claude. visit jean.land for more jean creations

optionally paste a<br>Google Maps API key<br>(Maps JavaScript, Distance Matrix, Directions, Places, Geocoding; restrict by referrer)<br>for live-scheduled routing, buses and bikes:

use key

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your journeys — weight = trips per week

or click map

candidates

neighborhoods<br>subway stops<br>census tracts

apartment size

all<br>studio<br>1 br<br>2 br<br>3+ br

optimize for

cheapest rent<br>shortest commute

rent cap ($/mo)

no cap<br>commute cap (avg minutes)

no cap

view

map + chart<br>table

top picks—<br>rent—<br>avg commute—<br>within caps—<br>pareto frontier—

the map

✕ = your destinations (drag to move) · click any neighborhood, stop, or tract for its routes

rent vs. commute

each dot one candidate · hover to identify · blue = pareto frontier, orange = argmin

best under your caps<br>pareto frontier<br>dominated<br>faded = outside your caps

ranked by your objective, feasible first

blue edge = pareto frontier · orange row = argmin · links open live StreetEasy listings

#candidateborough<br>rent $/mominwithin capslistings