NYC Cultural Organizations Directory:
NYC Cultural Organizations Directory, via NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs.
Annual Arts in Schools Report:
Annual Arts in Schools Report from NYC Department of Education.
Events in NYC Calenders:
ReferenceUSA:
ReferenceUSA (CUNY J-School Database) - Search their US Businesses database.
NYC Data's Listing of Legally Operating Businesses
NYC Fiscal Oversight Reports from the Office of the State Deputy Comptroller for the City of New York. Includes economic snapshots of boroughs and neighborhoods.
Queens Economic Development Corp Profiles and Reports
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Research Reports
Business Improvement District (BID) Directory
Explore projects by industry across NYC NYC Economic Development Corporation
To find Organizations in your CD or Neighborhood, scroll down on main page at NYC Facilities Explorer to "Build a Custom Map." Then filter by type of facility, and scroll further down to click "view selected features."
Then Choose Type of Area (neighborhood, CD) and then the Area itself, facilities appear on the map.
NYC Community Based Organizations you can search by neighborhood withing this NYC Open Data list.
NYCity Map (works best on Safari). Use the advanced bar on the top right, choose Community District on the pulldown menu, and then choose your CD. Click on “show additional data on map” on the bottom right. If you check off the icons on the right and they will display on your map. Hover over them for details.
NYC Service Database of civic organizations and community-based groups throughout New York City’s five boroughs.
Aunt Bertha is a national online social services directory. MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS LISTED BEFORE YOU CONTACT THEM. GOOGLE THEM OR SEARCH CHARITY WATCH.
Your Community Board website may list local civic organizations, like this one and this one.
The NYC Population Fact Finder provides access to Democraphic, Social, Housing and Economic Data by CD or Neighborhoood
The New York City Census Fact Finder provides easy access to Census data for New York City. To search, first choose the type of geographic area you want (census tract or Neighborhood Tabulation Area). Then pick your location. You can search by address, intersection, place of interest, census tract, subway station, or neighborhood.
Social Explorer - (J-School Subscription) - a database of local, national and worldwide demographic data.
Step-by-step guide to Social Explorer
Infoshare - Easy to search NYC demographic info from the Census.
Census Reporter is a Knight News Challenge-funded project to make it easy for journalists to write stories using US Census data.
Map of New York City PUMAs by CD (Public Use Microdata Areas as defined by the Census) and Community Districts. Note that PUMAs approximate NYC Community Districts (CDs) borders.
State of Our Immigrant New Yorkers - From the Mayor's Office of Immigration Affairs
The US Census' Database and How to Use American Community Survey (ACS) Geodatabase Files and ArcMap
You can also contact US Census' Data Dissemination Branch at clmso.ddb.questions@census.gov, 301-763-2032
New York From the 1940s to Now form the CUNY Center for Urban Research
Find schools and capacity by neighborhood or CD on NYC Facilities Explorer (instructions below)
Find most recent enrollment in Enrollment, Capacity & Utilization Report
Find schools by neighborhood or CD on NYC Facilities Explorer main page, scroll down to "Build a Custom Search" and filter by type of facility, click "education, welfare, and youth," then "schools K-12." Then scroll further and click "view selected features"
Then where it says "filter by administrative boundary," choose neighborhood or CD and then the specific CD or neighbohood itself, facilities appear on the map. On the top right you can download the filtered data into a CSV file. Mosts of the schools list a capacity.
LCGMS - DOE School Information Report "spreadsheet of New York City district and charter school information." | NYC Open Data
DOE Information and Data Overview, which includes: Test Results, Graduation Results, Demographic Snapshot (with enrollment data), NYC School Survey Results, Principal Satisfaction Survey, School Quality Reports, Quality Review Ratings, Doing Research on New York City Public Schools
You can also search by zip code at the National Center for Education Statistics: https://nces.ed.gov/datatools/
Data on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice:
NYC Administration for Children's Services Data and Analysis Page links to Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Data
NYC School Quality Reports:
NYC School Quality Reports from the Department of Education
NYC School Performance Dashboard
NYC Dept. of Education Budget & Finance Links:
School Based Expenditure Reports
School district total expenditures, percent, and per capita by function
NYC Department of City Planning’s Community District Profiles, Gateway to Data, Maps and more
Find your CD's Profile, and Scroll down for Statement of Needs, see screenshot below:
Environmental & Health Data Portal:
Environmental & Health Data Portal — view environmental and health profiles of NYC neighborhoods.
Source: Environmental & Health Data Portal
Property Search (Environmental):
Searchable Property Environmental E-Database to search for vacant properties, brownfields, incentive zones, and more.
Community Gardening:
New York City Community Gardening Resources from OASINYC.net
Park Inspections:
NYC Parks Inspection Data from the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Firehouses in Your CD:
At the top of your Community District Profile, locate the Projects and Resources icon:
Scroll down for the Selected Facilities and Program Sites, like this one for Bronx CB #1.
NYC Map:
NYC Map - Search by address, community district or neighborhood for a wealth of community data, like firehouse, precinct and school locations.
Find hospitals by neighborhood or CD on NYC Facilities Explorer main page, scroll down to "Build a Custom Search" and filter by type of facility, click "All Health Care," scroll further and click "view selected features"
Then Choose Type of Area (neighborhood, CD) and then the Area itself, facilities appear on the map.
COVID-19 Data NYC
COVID-19 Data page includes scroll down for data on Case, Hospitalization and Death Rates, by zip code, and by Age, Sex, Race/ethnicity, Poverty, and Borough
Additional Health Data for NYC
EpiQuery: NYC Interactive Health Data, includes data on community health, child health, communicable diseases HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, etc.
NYC Department of Health Map Gallery Includes Community Health Profiles Atlas and Health Survey Atlas.
NYC Community Health Profiles 2018 from NYC DOH
Environmental & Health Data Portal — view environmental and health profiles of NYC neighborhoods.
NYC Mosquito Control Map from NYC Department of Health. They trap adult mosquitoes to find out where mosquitoes are and test the adult mosquitoes to check if they have Zika or West Nile viruses
Homeless Services Data:
Data Dashboard from the Department of Homeless Services
Homeless Datasets on NYC Open Data
Our Homelessness Crisis: The Case for Change, City Council Report has a lot of data by Council District
Family Homelessness in NYC:
Food Insecurity & NYC’s Homeless Children food insecurity impact on children experiencing homelessness in my neighborhood, Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness
ICPH also has Community District Homelessness Snapshots.
Finding information on specific addresses/buildings
ACRIS is the NYC Department of Finance's Automated City Register Information System, to search real property records and documents online by address and party name.
Here's a nice video tutorial on how to up property on ACRIS
You have to email Barb or Tinamarie for a report on a property from PropertyShark.com, a database of all things related to a certain property! It searches NYC, NYS, Miami, LA, San Fran, and other selected areas nationwide, for real estate information by owner (it also unmasks real owners of LLCs), address, and parcel ID. It combines public records and proprietary commercial data into one report.
Remember when you are looking at these docs, that a seller, attorney, address for the buyer, business address of the buyer, etc., can all lead to more information in other databases.
NYCHA Developments:
NYCHA Developments Page Interactive maps and data on the 328 NYCHA Developments.
NYCHA Map Also listed by CD - scroll down on the page to page 2 of this doc - there is a list by CD.
NYCHA Community Engagements and Partnerships Map
More Neighborhood Data Search Tools:
Neighborhood Data Profiles - Furman Center’s New York City Housing and Neighborhood Information System, includes mortgage lending and housing price appreciation data by Neighborhood.
Search HPD Building, Registration & Violations
CoreData.nyc - New York City’s housing and neighborhood data hub, find data by borough, CD, neighborhood, Congressional District, etc., presented by the NYU Furman Center.
A Guide to Researching the History of a New York City Building, by Christopher Gray, via the NYC Society Library
Foreclosures & Sales:
RealtyTrac — real estate market and foreclosure info by county, zip code, and address.
NYC Map DOITT:
NYC Map - [if this site gives you trouble in Chrome, try it in Safari]. Search by address, community district, or neighborhood for a wealth of community data, like firehouses, precincts, NYCHA Houses, and schools.
NYC Real Estate Market Reports:
NYU's Library has a comprehensive list of real estate market reports
Yardi Matrix Real Estate Reports
New York City Neighborhood Rent Prices Mapped (Fall 2017) from Zumper
Real Estate Board of NY (REBNY) Research Reports
Elliman Report on NYC Residential sales and rentals
NYC Office Market Report Colliers International
How to Search Foreign Born Population by Place of Birth for a Community District:
STEP ONE
STEP TWO
STEP THREE
STEP FOUR
Income Data
New York City Neighborhood Economic Profiles - Includes Unemployment by Age, by Neighborhood
NYC Department of City Planning’s Community District Profiles, Gateway to Data, Maps and more
Income distribution:
Social Explorer - (J-School Subscription) - a database of local, national and worldwide demographic data.
Step-by-step guide to Social Explorer - search household income
Unemployment Statistics
Unemployment in NYC by Neighborhood, Feb 2020 vs June 2020, NYT Upshot, also compares other cities.
Find unemployment by CD here updated NYC Department of City Planning’s Community District Profiles, Gateway to Data, Maps and more
New York City Neighborhood Economic Profiles for 2018 - From NYC's Comptroller, Includes Unemployment by Age, by Neighborhood
NYS Open Data Site 1,400 New York State data resources from farmers’ markets to MTA turnstile usage.
Here is an annotated list of NYS Agency databases (Compiled by ALA Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT))
NYC Map - [if this site gives you trouble in Chrome, try it in Safari]. Search by address, community district or neighborhood for a wealth of community data, like firehouses, precincts, NYCHA Houses, and schools. It will also give you the zip codes for your CD (under "municipal boundaries").
NYC Maps Gallery - search by location for 311 service requests, zoning, business atlas, NYCHA houses, crime locations, schools, public services, and more.
311 Service Requests Map - Search 311 complaints by address or community district.
NYC Crime Map - View crimes by precinct, and a heat map of major felonies. Also lets you compare precincts.
In addition to searching for data in each of the Topic tabs in this research guide, search: NYC Open Data - database of public data generated by various New York City agencies and other City organizations.
Tutorial: How to do basic filtering on NYC Open Data
Learn the fundamentals of using NYC Open Data: BetaNYC's teaching materials, presentation slides, speaker notes, and tools
BoardStat new interactive dashboard from BetaNYC to gain insights from 311 complaint data, to help you discover trends and issues in your CB. Scroll down to begin your search by borough.
Here's a worksheet to teach you how to combine it with other NYC Open Data.
Beta NYC's List of NYC Open Data Resources
DATA2GO.NYC online mapping and data tool of indicators by Community District, created by the nonprofit Measure of America with funding from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
Here's a Guided Tutorial for using DATA2GO.NYC
Map out Schools, Parks, Libraries, Courts, and much more
Scroll down on main page NYC Facilities Explorer to "Build a Custom Map." Then filter by type of facility, and scroll further down to click "view selected features."
Then Choose Type of Area (neighborhood, CD) and then the Area itself, facilities appear on the map.
NYPD Precinct Map — note that police Precincts don’t match up perfectly with CDs.
NYPD Borough and Precinct Crime Statistics - CompStat, most recent as well as historical crime stats. Can compare with citywide stats. Also has historical crime stats.
The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services may be helpful with finding statistics too. Try calling their public information officer, for media inquiries.
Official NYC Crime Map View crimes by precinct, and a heat map of major felonies. Also lets you compare precincts.
NYC Department of Corrections Data
NYPD Motor Vehicle Collision Data Report
NYPD CompStat 2.0 view charts on NYC crimes by date and trends over decades.
NYC Map - Search by address, community district or neighborhood for a wealth of community data, like firehouse, precinct and school locations.
The NYPD Files: Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers from ProPublic, records span decades from September 1985 to January 2020
Elected Officials:
Find NYC Council Members & Districts by Neighborhood & Address NYC Council Website
Who Represents Me? from the Graduate Center, City University of New York by the Center for Urban Research in partnership with the League of Women Voters of the City of New York.
New York State District and Representative Lookup from the NYS Board of Elections
Find elected officials on NYC Map:
Search NYC Map by neighborhood, CD or zip code, then click on “show additional information,” on the right, which will bring up a menu of services. You can choose Council District and Assembly District, if you scroll down on the right, Then hover around your CD boundary and the Council District and AD will highlight. This site works best on Safari, for some reason.
NYC Green Book is the official directory of the City of New York, and includes detailed listings of contacts by city, county, state and federal agency.
Campaign Finance donations:
New York City Campaign Finance Searchable Database search by donor or candidate for contributions
NYS Campaign Contributions - search by contributor or candidate
FEC Federal Campaign Contributions Database
Income Assistance by Community District:
The front page of every Community District Profile includes income assistance trends
Social Services Data & Reports:
Social Services Data & reports from the NYC Human Resources Administration
311 Complaints
311 Service Requests Map - Search 311 complaints by address or community district.
Mayor's Management Report:
Mayor's Management Report an annual report on the performance of City agencies.
Performance Mapping Report view numbers of complaints by indicator, by community district.
Note on Religion Data:
THE CENSUS DOES NOT COLLECT DATA ON RELIGION
Congregational Membership by County:
U.S. Congregational Membership: County Reports from the Association of Religion Data Archives. Most recent data is from 2010, and the report is published every 10 years.
Third places are good places for reporters to search for and reach out to sources in a community.
"Third places is a term coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg and refers to places where people spend time between home (‘first’ place) and work (‘second’ place). They are locations where we exchange ideas, have a good time, and build relationships." “Third places” as community builders, Brookings Institute, Sept 14, 2016
Cherishing “Third Places” In Unhappy Times, City Journal, Aug 7, 2020