Frequent Mental Distress by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Frequent Mental Distress across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: South Williamsburg (23.1%). Lowest: Douglaston-Little Neck (10.9%). New York City avg: 15.4%. Data: 2023.
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Frequent Mental Distress · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2023

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New York City citywide · Frequent Mental Distress 15.4%
Highest neighborhood South Williamsburg: 23.1%
Lowest neighborhood Douglaston-Little Neck: 10.9%

Note: Frequent mental distress is defined as reporting that mental health was not good for 14 or more of the past 30 days.

Universe: Adult population (Age 18+) · Geography: Census Tract · Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES (2023 BRFSS; 2019–2023 ACS)

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Min 11% 25th pct 14% Median 15% 75th pct 17% Max 23%

Neighborhood ranking: Frequent Mental Distress

#1 South Williamsburg 23.1%+7.7 pts
#2 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 21.5%+6.1 pts
#3 Belmont 20.6%+5.2 pts
#4 Brownsville 20.4%+5 pts
#5 Borough Park 20.3%+4.9 pts
#6 Morrisania 19.6%+4.2 pts
#7 Mott Haven-Port Morris 19.5%+4.1 pts
#8 West Farms 19.5%+4 pts
#9 East Harlem (North) 19.2%+3.8 pts
#10 Harlem (North) 19.2%+3.8 pts
#11 Melrose 19.1%+3.7 pts
#12 Manhattanville-West Harlem 19%+3.6 pts
#13 Tremont 18.9%+3.5 pts
#14 Fordham Heights 18.8%+3.4 pts
#15 Crotona Park East 18.5%+3.1 pts
#16 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 18.4%+3 pts
#17 Highbridge 18.3%+2.9 pts
#18 East New York (North) 18.3%+2.9 pts
#19 Mount Hope 18.2%+2.8 pts
#20 Longwood 18.2%+2.8 pts
#21 East New York-New Lots 18%+2.6 pts
#22 Ocean Hill 18%+2.6 pts
#23 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 18%+2.6 pts
#24 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 18%+2.6 pts
#25 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 17.9%+2.5 pts
#26 Hunts Point 17.8%+2.4 pts
#27 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 17.8%+2.4 pts
#28 Williamsbridge-Olinville 17.8%+2.4 pts
#29 East Harlem (South) 17.8%+2.4 pts
#30 East New York-City Line 17.6%+2.2 pts
#31 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 17.5%+2.1 pts
#32 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 17.5%+2.1 pts
#33 South Jamaica 17.4%+2 pts
#34 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 17.4%+2 pts
#35 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 17.4%+2 pts
#36 Baisley Park 17.4%+2 pts
#37 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 17.4%+2 pts
#38 Crown Heights (South) 17.3%+1.9 pts
#39 Bedford Park 17.3%+1.9 pts
#40 Morningside Heights 17.2%+1.8 pts
#41 Concourse-Concourse Village 17.2%+1.8 pts
#42 Bushwick (East) 17.1%+1.7 pts
#43 East Village 17%+1.6 pts
#44 University Heights (North)-Fordham 17%+1.6 pts
#45 Crown Heights (North) 16.9%+1.5 pts
#46 Allerton 16.9%+1.5 pts
#47 South Ozone Park 16.8%+1.4 pts
#48 Washington Heights (South) 16.8%+1.4 pts
#49 Soundview-Clason Point 16.8%+1.4 pts
#50 East Flatbush-Rugby 16.7%+1.3 pts
#51 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 16.7%+1.3 pts
#52 St. George-New Brighton 16.7%+1.3 pts
#53 Harlem (South) 16.6%+1.2 pts
#54 Port Richmond 16.6%+1.2 pts
#55 East Flatbush-Erasmus 16.6%+1.2 pts
#56 Norwood 16.6%+1.2 pts
#57 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 16.5%+1.1 pts
#58 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 16.5%+1.1 pts
#59 Spring Creek-Starrett City 16.5%+1 pts
#60 North Corona 16.4%+1 pts
#61 South Richmond Hill 16.4%+1 pts
#62 Canarsie 16.3%+0.9 pts
#63 East Williamsburg 16.3%+0.9 pts
#64 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 16.3%+0.9 pts
#65 Flatbush 16.3%+0.9 pts
#66 Castle Hill-Unionport 16.3%+0.9 pts
#67 Bushwick (West) 16.3%+0.8 pts
#68 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 16.1%+0.7 pts
#69 Lower East Side 16.1%+0.7 pts
#70 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 16.1%+0.7 pts
#71 Wakefield-Woodlawn 16%+0.6 pts
#72 Corona 16%+0.6 pts
#73 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 16%+0.6 pts
#74 Jamaica 16%+0.6 pts
#75 Cypress Hills 16%+0.6 pts
#76 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 15.9%+0.5 pts
#77 Sunset Park (Central) 15.9%+0.5 pts
#78 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 15.9%+0.5 pts
#79 Westchester Square 15.9%+0.5 pts
#80 Ridgewood 15.9%+0.5 pts
#81 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 15.9%+0.5 pts
#82 St. Albans 15.9%+0.5 pts
#83 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 15.9%+0.5 pts
#84 East Flatbush-Farragut 15.9%+0.4 pts
#85 Inwood 15.8%+0.4 pts
#86 Coney Island-Sea Gate 15.5%+0.1 pts
#87 Washington Heights (North) 15.5%+0.1 pts
#88 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 15.5%+0.1 pts
#89 Rosedale 15.5%+0 pts
#90 Flatlands 15.4%+0 pts
#91 Chinatown-Two Bridges 15.3%-0.1 pts
#92 Hollis 15.3%-0.1 pts
#93 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 15.2%-0.2 pts
#94 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 15.2%-0.2 pts
#95 Maspeth 15.2%-0.2 pts
#96 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 15.2%-0.2 pts
#97 Sunset Park (West) 15.1%-0.3 pts
#98 Gramercy 15.1%-0.3 pts
#99 East Elmhurst 15.1%-0.3 pts
#100 Williamsburg 15.1%-0.3 pts
#101 Ozone Park (North) 15.1%-0.3 pts
#102 Parkchester 15.1%-0.3 pts
#103 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 15.1%-0.3 pts
#104 New Dorp-Midland Beach 15.1%-0.3 pts
#105 Glendale 15%-0.4 pts
#106 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 15%-0.4 pts
#107 Arden Heights-Rossville 15%-0.4 pts
#108 Queens Village 15%-0.4 pts
#109 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 14.9%-0.5 pts
#110 Tottenville-Charleston 14.9%-0.5 pts
#111 Bensonhurst 14.9%-0.5 pts
#112 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 14.9%-0.5 pts
#113 Midwood 14.9%-0.5 pts
#114 Ozone Park 14.9%-0.6 pts
#115 Laurelton 14.9%-0.6 pts
#116 Oakwood-Richmondtown 14.9%-0.6 pts
#117 Gravesend (South) 14.7%-0.7 pts
#118 Morris Park 14.7%-0.7 pts
#119 Richmond Hill 14.7%-0.7 pts
#120 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 14.7%-0.7 pts
#121 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 14.7%-0.7 pts
#122 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 14.6%-0.8 pts
#123 Fort Greene 14.6%-0.8 pts
#124 Greenpoint 14.5%-0.9 pts
#125 Financial District-Battery Park City 14.5%-0.9 pts
#126 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 14.5%-0.9 pts
#127 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 14.5%-0.9 pts
#128 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 14.5%-0.9 pts
#129 Tribeca-Civic Center 14.4%-1 pts
#130 Clinton Hill 14.4%-1 pts
#131 Woodhaven 14.4%-1 pts
#132 Madison 14.4%-1 pts
#133 Great Kills-Eltingville 14.4%-1 pts
#134 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 14.3%-1.1 pts
#135 Cambria Heights 14.3%-1.1 pts
#136 Gravesend (West) 14.3%-1.1 pts
#137 Brighton Beach 14.3%-1.1 pts
#138 Astoria (Central) 14.3%-1.1 pts
#139 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 14.2%-1.2 pts
#140 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 14.1%-1.3 pts
#141 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 14.1%-1.3 pts
#142 Dyker Heights 14.1%-1.3 pts
#143 Co-op City 14%-1.4 pts
#144 Bath Beach 14%-1.4 pts
#145 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 14%-1.4 pts
#146 Middle Village 14%-1.4 pts
#147 Pelham Gardens 14%-1.4 pts
#148 Hell's Kitchen 13.9%-1.5 pts
#149 Greenwich Village 13.9%-1.5 pts
#150 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 13.9%-1.5 pts
#151 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 13.9%-1.5 pts
#152 College Point 13.9%-1.5 pts
#153 Sunnyside 13.8%-1.6 pts
#154 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 13.8%-1.6 pts
#155 Kew Gardens Hills 13.8%-1.6 pts
#156 Kensington 13.7%-1.7 pts
#157 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 13.7%-1.7 pts
#158 Bay Ridge 13.7%-1.7 pts
#159 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 13.7%-1.7 pts
#160 Upper East Side-Yorkville 13.6%-1.8 pts
#161 West Village 13.6%-1.8 pts
#162 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 13.6%-1.8 pts
#163 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 13.5%-1.9 pts
#164 Jackson Heights 13.4%-2 pts
#165 Midtown-Times Square 13.3%-2.1 pts
#166 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 13.3%-2.1 pts
#167 Elmhurst 13.2%-2.2 pts
#168 Kew Gardens 13.2%-2.2 pts
#169 Flushing-Willets Point 13.1%-2.3 pts
#170 Woodside 13%-2.4 pts
#171 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 13%-2.4 pts
#172 Whitestone-Beechhurst 13%-2.4 pts
#173 Prospect Heights 12.9%-2.5 pts
#174 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 12.8%-2.6 pts
#175 East Flushing 12.8%-2.6 pts
#176 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 12.7%-2.7 pts
#177 Queensboro Hill 12.6%-2.8 pts
#178 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 12.6%-2.8 pts
#179 Rego Park 12.6%-2.8 pts
#180 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 12.6%-2.8 pts
#181 Long Island City-Hunters Point 12.4%-3 pts
#182 Upper West Side (Central) 12.4%-3 pts
#183 Auburndale 12.4%-3.1 pts
#184 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 12.3%-3.1 pts
#185 Bellerose 12.2%-3.2 pts
#186 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 12.1%-3.3 pts
#187 Park Slope 12.1%-3.3 pts
#188 Forest Hills 11.9%-3.5 pts
#189 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 11.8%-3.6 pts
#190 Brooklyn Heights 11.8%-3.6 pts
#191 Bayside 11.7%-3.7 pts
#192 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 11.6%-3.8 pts
#193 Bay Terrace-Clearview 11.4%-4 pts
#194 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 11.4%-4 pts
#195 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 11.2%-4.2 pts
#196 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 11.2%-4.2 pts
#197 Douglaston-Little Neck 10.9%-4.5 pts
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