nyc_neighborhoods

Background

New York has a rich history of neighborhood names and extent. Neighborhoods are social constructs that do not follow lines laid down by the government. For example, the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, and Cobble Hill were once collectively known as “South Brooklyn.” And now, depending on which real estate agent you talk to, the same four blocks in the-neighborhood-formerly-known-as-Red-Hook can be referred to as Columbia Heights, Carroll Gardens West, or Red Hook!

The neighborhoods of New York City

Field attributes

| Field | Description | | :——– | :———- | | name | Name of the neighborhood | | boroname | Name of the New York borough. Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens | | geom | Polygon boundary of the neighborhood |

| File metadata

| Metadata | Value | | :——- | :—- | | Number of records | 129 |

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