For many Rookie Roosters, buying that first home is all about finding a good place to raise the kids, and in that regard few things are more important than being able to send the kiddies to a good school. We've researched the best school districts in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, using the rating system on schooldigger.com (turns out ratings for NYC's public schools are a challenge to find), and identified a few potential starter homes on the market for between $200,000 and $800,000 zoned in each of those districts. For Manhattan, we chose District 2, for Brookyln, District 15, and for Queens, District 25 and District 26. Because of the Fair Housing Act, brokers are not supposed to promise buyers that particular houses will be zoned in certain school districts. And for other reasons, neither can we.
· Rookie Roosts Week 2012 [Curbed]