Business Survivability in Brooklyn Heights, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Brooklyn Heights is a Chiropractor Office with a 81.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.
Quick Summary
- Survivability Score: the projected chance a business type lasts two or more years at a specific address
- Best business: a Chiropractor Office in Brooklyn Heights (81.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at best locations)
- Neighborhood rank: #24 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 67.5% two-year survival across the business types ranked here
- Coverage: This ranking carries one row per business type and neighborhood. Its score is the projected chance of lasting two or more years, averaged across the price points StreetSpring scores separately in the tool (most types have 5). The 10 business types here are base types; the tool offers 500+ business types, counting each type at each of its price points.
- Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data
- Detailed methodology
Last reviewed: October 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Brooklyn Heights a good place to start a business?
- How to find the best location
- Best businesses to open
- How much money could a business make?
- What businesses should open next?
- Frequently Asked Questions
Summary
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Brooklyn Heights is a Chiropractor Office with a 81.2% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a 90.0% chance; next is a Veterinary Clinic with a 79.7% chance, followed by a Dentist Office with a 80.0% chance. At a good address, Chiropractor Office is tied with Veterinary Clinic; the published file ranks it first on its average.
Is Brooklyn Heights a good place to start a business?
Brooklyn Heights holds the #24 position of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City for new business survivability, with an average score of 67.5% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, the best addresses in Brooklyn Heights score 8.8 points higher on the two-year chance than its average there.
- That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Brooklyn Heights can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
- With a 95.9% employment rate, Brooklyn Heights has the consumer spending foundation that supports a range of brick-and-mortar business types.
Employment and housing vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.
How can you find the best location to open a business in Brooklyn Heights?
Rather than relying on neighborhood averages, StreetSpring's scoring tells you which specific addresses in Brooklyn Heights give your concept the best odds of survival. The map below highlights the highest-survivability address for a Chiropractor Office in Brooklyn Heights:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Chiropractor Office in Brooklyn Heights. The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes hundreds of factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.
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What are the best businesses to open in Brooklyn Heights?
| # | Business type | Chance of lasting two or more years at a good address |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiropractor Office | 90.0% |
| 2 | Veterinary Clinic | 90.0% |
| 3 | Dentist Office | 89.6% |
| 4 | Physical Therapy Clinic | 89.6% |
| 8 | Eye Care Center | 89.2% |
| 9 | Convenience Store | 84.6% |
| 10 | Clothing Store | 84.6% |
| 11 | Dance Club | 84.2% |
| 22 | Cafe | 84.0% |
| 23 | Bar | 84.0% |
Ties at a good address: Chiropractor Office and Veterinary Clinic are tied; Dentist Office and Physical Therapy Clinic are tied; Convenience Store and Clothing Store are tied; Cafe and Bar are tied. A tie is a tie: the rank column is the published file's order, which looks at the average and the best address next.
The rank column is the published file's rank within this place; a skipped number is a business type the file ranks here that this list leaves out to keep any one business family from filling it.
Highest Survivability in Brooklyn Heights
- #1 Chiropractor Office is ranked #1 for top businesses to open in Brooklyn Heights: 81.2% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #2 Veterinary Clinic: 79.7% on average across Brooklyn Heights; best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.4%.
- #3 Opening a Dentist Office in Brooklyn Heights shows 80.0% average survivability. Top locations reach 90.0%; lower-end sites show 56.0%.
- #4 Physical Therapy Clinic (Ranked #4): 78.9% average in Brooklyn Heights. Best-case storefronts: 90.0%. Challenging locations: 56.0%.
- #8 Eye Care Center is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Brooklyn Heights: 75.8% chance on average, best at 90.0%, challenging at 56.0%.
Strong Performers in Brooklyn Heights
- #9 Convenience Store: 78.3% on average across Brooklyn Heights; best at 85.0%, challenging at 55.8%.
- #10 Opening a Clothing Store in Brooklyn Heights shows 77.4% average survivability. Top locations reach 85.0%; lower-end sites show 52.6%.
- #11 Dance Club (Ranked #11): 69.7% average in Brooklyn Heights. Best-case storefronts: 85.6%. Challenging locations: 50.0%.
- #22 Cafe is ranked #22 for top businesses to open in Brooklyn Heights: 77.3% chance on average, best at 84.0%, challenging at 49.8%.
- #23 Bar: 75.7% on average across Brooklyn Heights; best at 84.0%, challenging at 48.0%.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Chiropractor Office: See how this compares to other cities →
- Veterinary Clinic: See how this compares to other cities →
- Dentist Office: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Brooklyn Heights make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, securing a location with maximum Revenue Capture potential in Brooklyn Heights starts with the Revenue Capture Score, the most important factor in choosing a location: StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at that address.
How StreetSpring calculates location value
- Even within a high-performing neighborhood, the best location varies by business type: StreetSpring scores each combination separately.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- Compare the Revenue Capture Score of each shortlisted address first: it is the top factor in choosing a location, and it estimates the revenue a business can capture there.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What businesses should open next in Brooklyn Heights?
The top businesses to open next in Brooklyn Heights:
- Chiropractor Offices: 81.2% average survival rate, 90.0% at the best address
- Veterinary Clinics: 79.7% average survival rate
- Dentist Offices: 80.0% average survival rate
The most reliable survivability data for any specific location is always StreetSpring's most recent live analysis, not aggregate neighborhood rankings. We have been studying the businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans. StreetSpring scores 500+ business types: 153 base business types, most of them at 5 price points, which is 569 type-and-price combinations you can choose in the tool. Brooklyn Heights sits at 95.9% employment and 9.7% housing vacancy in Census data, context the model reads alongside competition and consumer spending. The data behind these rankings is updated regularly, so the best available storefront in Brooklyn Heights today may score differently than it did last month: check StreetSpring's live tool for the current picture.
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- See the New York City Business Survivability Rankings
- See the New York City Neighborhood Survivability Rankings
- Explore Chiropractor Office survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Brooklyn Heights.
What type of business should you rent your Brooklyn Heights storefront to?
According to StreetSpring's 2026 data, the strongest tenant types for a storefront in Brooklyn Heights are Chiropractor Offices, Veterinary Clinics, and Dentist Offices.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does. With StreetSpring, you can rank every potential tenant type by survivability score at your property address before committing to a lease.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Brooklyn Heights storefront to a Chiropractor Office?
Yes, StreetSpring's analysis finds that a Chiropractor Office would be the best type of business to rent your storefront to, with a potential 90.0% chance of lasting more than 2 years; however depending on your location, the chances could drop to a 56.4% chance.
- No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 500+ business types the way StreetSpring does.
What should I consider when opening a business in Brooklyn Heights?
Before committing to any location in Brooklyn Heights, the highest-priority metric to check is the Survivability Score: it encodes every relevant location factor into a single, actionable number.
- Revenue Capture Score is the top factor to weigh before signing a lease, because it measures how much of the local customer spending a business at that address can win.
- These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
- The most current survivability data for Brooklyn Heights is on StreetSpring, and a free 10-minute trial is enough to check your specific address.
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Real estate professionals and business owners across 24 major metros use StreetSpring to ground their site-selection decisions in data, not guesswork. Aggregated survivability rankings for New York City are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.
Full dataset for New York City: /resources/data/new-york-city-survivability-scores-2026.csv: includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.