Which New York Neighborhoods Have Great Schools and Affordable Home Prices?

You don't have to live in a fancy area, but it helps

Everyday at lunchtime I walk from my office in Gowanus (Brooklyn) to an adjacent neighborhood—Cobble Hill—to get a salad from my favorite bodega, Food U Desire. On the way there, I pass the Samuel Mills Sprole Elementary School.

PS 32: The Samuel Mills Sprole School in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

On a typical day, the school’s yard is a utopian scene of small …