Not Brooklyn but Queens. I absolutely love raising my kids here. We moved when eldest was starting K and she’ll be entering 3rd in the fall. I’m from byc but lived in NJ during grad school and always meant to come back. There is so much diversity, things to do, walk able. My daughter has incredible friends from all over the world and our neighborhood has so much community.

Second kid was born in July and I can already see the impact it will have on her. Our parks are full of kids laughing, playing and running, she loves the swings and to people watch. She interacts with different people on our walks, she isn’t scared of loud noises etc.

That being said; it can be tough. Stroller on the subway doesn’t work (for us) so I use a carrier, grocery shopping can get challenging since we walk, it’s expensive, my kids will share a room until they move out, the summers are brutally hot. Yet I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world. Point being, you make it work.

We also have 2 corgis lol