Site says Brighton is best place to live in NY, Webster and Pittsford not on county list

Niche, a website that analyzes public data and reviews to create rankings of U.S. schools, colleges and communities, has determined that Brighton is the best place to live in all of New York.

Better than Manhattan’s chic Chelsea. Better than Long Island’s affluent Syosset. Better than Brooklyn’s hip DUMBO. Better than Buffalo’s quaint Williamsville.

Brighton Supervisor Bill Moehle shared news of the ranking Thursday night on his Facebook page, calling the town “a special community” and “truly extraordinary in so many ways.”

In arriving at its 2018 Best Places to Live in New York findings, Niche considered such factors as quality of schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment and access to amenities.

A deeper dive into the Pittsburgh-based site reveals that Brighton also ranks as the best place to live in Monroe County, followed, in order, by Fairport, Irondequoit, East Rochester, Honeoye Falls, Spencerport, Brockport, Scottsville, Churchville and North Gates. (Fairport was the next-closest Monroe County town to make Niche's Best Places in New York list, coming in at No. 77.)

Among the towns that didn’t make the Monroe County top 10: Pittsford, Perinton, Penfield, Mendon, Henrietta and Webster.

MGreenwo@Gannett.com