Business Survivability in Park Slope, New York City
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Park Slope is a Convenience Store with a 84.4% 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 Convenience Store in Park Slope (84.4% Typical, 90.5% Best)
- Neighborhood rank: #12 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City
- Neighborhood average: 73.2% 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: November 2026 by Robert Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring
In this article:
- Summary
- Is Park Slope 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 Park Slope is a Convenience Store with a 84.4% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, and 90.5% Best; next is a Clothing Store with 90.5% Best, followed by a Bar with 90.3% Best.
Is Park Slope a good place to start a business?
StreetSpring ranks Park Slope #12 of 180 neighborhoods in and around New York City, with an average Survivability Score of 73.2% across the business types ranked there.
- For the top-ranked business type, 90.5% Best is 6.1 points above 84.4% Typical in Park Slope.
- However, those same business types at the weakest addresses in Park Slope can score considerably below average. Even the most in-demand concept in Park Slope will struggle if it opens at the wrong address.
- Park Slope's employment rate of 94.0% and housing vacancy rate of 7.8% are two of the Census inputs StreetSpring's model reads for this neighborhood.
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 Park Slope?
StreetSpring narrows the decision down to the exact address, showing which blocks in Park Slope produce the highest survivability scores for your concept. The location below represents the address in Park Slope with the highest projected survivability for a Convenience Store:
According to StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, this circle outlines the best area for a Convenience Store in Park Slope. Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. 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 Park Slope?
| Rank | Business type | Best | Typical | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Convenience Store | 90.5% | 84.4% | 78.4% |
| 2 | Clothing Store | 90.5% | 83.1% | 77.0% |
| 3 | Bar | 90.3% | 85.1% | 78.9% |
| 4 | Cafe | 90.0% | 84.1% | 77.7% |
| 5 | Hair Salon | 90.0% | 83.0% | 76.6% |
| 6 | Spa | 89.7% | 82.1% | 75.8% |
| 7 | Eye Care Center | 89.1% | 84.1% | 79.1% |
| 8 | Veterinary Clinic | 89.1% | 82.9% | 76.7% |
| 16 | Gym | 88.1% | 76.5% | 69.5% |
| 22 | Dance Club | 85.5% | 77.7% | 72.1% |
Best and Worst are the average results for the better and the worse of two addresses picked at random in the place: a weighted average of every scored location in which the best locations count the most for Best and the weakest count the most for Worst. Typical is the average address. Best is shown for a smaller space (half the standard size) and Worst for a larger one (half again as large), at the metro's median asking rent, using the same rent rule as our tool; Typical is at the market rent.
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 Park Slope
- #1 Convenience Store (Ranked #1): 84.4% Typical in Park Slope. Best: 90.5%. Worst: 78.4%.
- #2 Clothing Store is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Park Slope: 83.1% Typical, 90.5% Best, 77.0% Worst.
- #3 Bar: 85.1% Typical across Park Slope; Best 90.3%, Worst 78.9%.
- #4 Opening a Cafe in Park Slope shows 84.1% Typical survivability, 90.0% Best and 77.7% Worst.
- #5 Hair Salon (Ranked #5): 83.0% Typical in Park Slope. Best: 90.0%. Worst: 76.6%.
Strong Performers in Park Slope
- #6 Spa is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Park Slope: 82.1% Typical, 89.7% Best, 75.8% Worst.
- #7 Eye Care Center: 84.1% Typical across Park Slope; Best 89.1%, Worst 79.1%.
- #8 Opening a Veterinary Clinic in Park Slope shows 82.9% Typical survivability, 89.1% Best and 76.7% Worst.
- #16 Gym (Ranked #16): 76.5% Typical in Park Slope. Best: 88.1%. Worst: 69.5%.
- #22 Dance Club is ranked #22 for top businesses to open in Park Slope: 77.7% Typical, 85.5% Best, 72.1% Worst.
Top 3 Compared Nationally
- Convenience Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Clothing Store: See how this compares to other cities →
- Bar: See how this compares to other cities →
How much money could a business in Park Slope make?
Best location vs. average location
Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, going with one of the top-scoring locations in the neighborhood rather than an average one in Park Slope 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
- Different business models thrive in different micro-locations.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- When the question is money, the Revenue Capture Score comes first: it is StreetSpring's estimate of the revenue a business can capture at a specific address.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What businesses should open next in Park Slope?
The top businesses to open next in Park Slope:
- Convenience Stores: 84.4% Typical, 90.5% Best
- Clothing Stores: 83.1% Typical, 90.5% Best
- Bars: 85.1% Typical, 90.3% Best
Even the best-ranked neighborhoods contain locations that underperform, and the worst-ranked ones have hidden gems. The model draws from 100+ location-specific factors to generate each survivability score. 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. StreetSpring's model accounts for Park Slope's 94.0% employment rate when projecting survivability: businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. Survivability scores are recalculated regularly as new competitors open and spending patterns shift: visit StreetSpring to see the current score for any open location in Park Slope right now.
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- Explore Convenience Store survivability across New York City neighborhoods
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Park Slope.
What type of business should you rent your Park Slope storefront to?
Our 2026 survivability data for Park Slope shows that Convenience Stores, Clothing Stores, and Bars rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.
- A great product in the wrong location will underperform; an average product in the right location can thrive.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate. StreetSpring can show you which specific address in your portfolio scores highest for each tenant type.
Related: See How Landlord Representatives in New York City Can Reduce Vacancy & Increase Tenant Longevity
Should you rent your Park Slope storefront to a Convenience Store?
StreetSpring's 2026 analysis supports renting to a Convenience Store in Park Slope: it posts 90.5% Best, and 78.4% Worst.
- StreetSpring gives you a precise survivability probability for any specific address and business type combination, not a generalized estimate.
What should I consider when opening a business in Park Slope?
Start any location decision in Park Slope with the Survivability Score: it combines 100+ location factors into one projected two-year chance.
- Revenue Capture Score comes first when comparing locations: it turns local competition and consumer spending into the share of revenue a business can expect to win.
- These insights come from StreetSpring's exclusive, in-house forecasting models.
- You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Park Slope with a free 10-minute trial of StreetSpring's live tool.
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StreetSpring's AI platform has analyzed thousands of business openings to identify success patterns. 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.