Brooklyn Heights Is BK's Darkest Winter Neighborhood: Report

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Residents in Brooklyn Heights might need to venture elsewhere in the borough to get some vitamin D this winter. The neighborhood topped a list of the 10 darkest Brooklyn neighborhoods in the wintertime, a new study shows.

Central Brooklyn neighborhoods made up the majority of the borough's 10 most light-deprived areas in winter, according to real estate website Localize.city. The site's data scientists used Geographic Information Systems to determine which neighborhoods in New York City get the most or least direct sunlight, according to the report.

Brooklyn Heights is the darkest in Brooklyn, followed closely by nearby Dumbo in third place and Downtown Brooklyn in fourth.

"(Though) these are waterfront neighborhoods — which often means great views and more sky — they have a higher concentration of taller buildings as well as some shorter ones in between, and those low-rise buildings tend to be the shadiest," the report said.

Check out the areas lacking sunlight in the coldest months:

Brooklyn's Darkest Neighborhoods

1. Brooklyn Heights
2. Prospect Park South
3. Dumbo
4. Downtown Brooklyn
5. Brighton Beach
6. Prospect Heights
7. Midwood
8. Ocean Parkway
9. Kensington
10. Ditmas Park

Waterfront neighborhoods without tall buildings, though, made it onto the report's list of the sunniest spots. These areas, such as Gowanus and East Williamsburg, were without tall buildings blocking the sunlight, the study said.

"All of the sunniest Brooklyn neighborhoods were also on the water or have waterways running through them," the report said. "But they are largely industrial areas with low-lying buildings or suburban-like areas largely made up of one- or two-family homes."

Brooklyn's Sunniest Neighborhoods

1. Old Mill Basin
2. Bergen Beach
3. Red Hook
4. Brooklyn Navy Yard
5. Canarsie
6. Mill Basin
7. Columbia Waterfront District
8. East New York
9. East Williamsburg
10. Gowanus

Check out the citywide findings on Localize.city.

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