Impervious Surfaces (Area-weighted) by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Impervious Surfaces (Area-weighted) across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square (93.5%). Lowest: Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights (25.1%). New York City avg: 59.9%. Data: 2021–2023.
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Impervious Surfaces (Area-weighted) · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2021–23

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Earlier releases not shown — comparable National Baseline Assessment of Urban and Community Forests historical data are unavailable. Current data: 2021–2023.

Citywide overview
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New York City citywide · Impervious Surfaces (Area-weighted) 59.9%
Highest neighborhood Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square: 93.5%
Lowest neighborhood Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights: 25.1%

Note: Based on classified aerial imagery rather than a household survey.

Universe: Land area classified from high-resolution aerial imagery · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: USDA Forest Service, Arbor Day Foundation, and PlanIT Geo National Baseline Assessment of Urban and Community Forests, 2026 (2021–2023 imagery)

Neighborhood distribution Hover or click any dot to inspect
Min 25% 25th pct 64% Median 72% 75th pct 79% Max 93%

Neighborhood ranking: Impervious Surfaces (Area-weighted)

#1 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 93.5%+33.5 pts
#2 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 90.5%+30.6 pts
#3 Fordham Heights 89.5%+29.6 pts
#4 Midtown-Times Square 88%+28.1 pts
#5 Hunts Point 86.8%+26.9 pts
#6 Bensonhurst 86.6%+26.7 pts
#7 Hell's Kitchen 86.2%+26.3 pts
#8 Astoria (Central) 86.2%+26.2 pts
#9 Brighton Beach 86%+26 pts
#10 Gravesend (West) 85.8%+25.9 pts
#11 Tribeca-Civic Center 85.6%+25.7 pts
#12 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 85.3%+25.4 pts
#13 Corona 84.7%+24.8 pts
#14 Bushwick (West) 84.2%+24.3 pts
#15 South Richmond Hill 84.1%+24.2 pts
#16 Dyker Heights 84.1%+24.2 pts
#17 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 83.9%+23.9 pts
#18 Jamaica 83.8%+23.9 pts
#19 Ozone Park (North) 83.8%+23.8 pts
#20 Mount Hope 83.7%+23.8 pts
#21 Sunset Park (West) 83.6%+23.7 pts
#22 Sunnyside 83.6%+23.7 pts
#23 Westchester Square 83.6%+23.7 pts
#24 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 82.9%+23 pts
#25 North Corona 82.7%+22.8 pts
#26 Gramercy 82.4%+22.5 pts
#27 East Flatbush-Erasmus 82.4%+22.5 pts
#28 Maspeth 82.3%+22.4 pts
#29 Long Island City-Hunters Point 82%+22.1 pts
#30 East Flatbush-Rugby 81.5%+21.6 pts
#31 Sunset Park (Central) 81.5%+21.6 pts
#32 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 81.5%+21.5 pts
#33 Greenpoint 81.3%+21.4 pts
#34 Bath Beach 81.1%+21.2 pts
#35 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 81.1%+21.2 pts
#36 Concourse-Concourse Village 81.1%+21.2 pts
#37 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 80.8%+20.9 pts
#38 East Williamsburg 80.6%+20.7 pts
#39 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 80.6%+20.6 pts
#40 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 80.5%+20.6 pts
#41 Longwood 80.4%+20.5 pts
#42 Greenwich Village 80.3%+20.4 pts
#43 Williamsburg 79.9%+20 pts
#44 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 79.9%+20 pts
#45 Woodside 79.8%+19.8 pts
#46 Borough Park 79.7%+19.8 pts
#47 East New York-New Lots 79.6%+19.7 pts
#48 Elmhurst 79.5%+19.6 pts
#49 East New York (North) 79.5%+19.6 pts
#50 East Flatbush-Farragut 79%+19.1 pts
#51 Richmond Hill 78.9%+19 pts
#52 Ridgewood 78.8%+18.9 pts
#53 Cypress Hills 78.6%+18.7 pts
#54 Crown Heights (South) 78.3%+18.4 pts
#55 Flushing-Willets Point 78.3%+18.4 pts
#56 Glendale 78.2%+18.3 pts
#57 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 78.2%+18.3 pts
#58 South Williamsburg 78.1%+18.2 pts
#59 Crotona Park East 78.1%+18.2 pts
#60 Castle Hill-Unionport 77.9%+18 pts
#61 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 77.8%+17.8 pts
#62 Madison 77.8%+17.8 pts
#63 Flatbush 77.7%+17.8 pts
#64 Woodhaven 77.7%+17.8 pts
#65 Chinatown-Two Bridges 77.6%+17.6 pts
#66 Mott Haven-Port Morris 77.4%+17.5 pts
#67 Ocean Hill 77.2%+17.3 pts
#68 Inwood 77.1%+17.2 pts
#69 Tremont 76.8%+16.9 pts
#70 Ozone Park 76.6%+16.6 pts
#71 Harlem (South) 76.5%+16.6 pts
#72 West Village 76.4%+16.5 pts
#73 East Elmhurst 76.4%+16.5 pts
#74 South Ozone Park 76.2%+16.3 pts
#75 Kensington 76.1%+16.2 pts
#76 Flatlands 76.1%+16.1 pts
#77 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 75.8%+15.9 pts
#78 West Farms 75.5%+15.6 pts
#79 Jackson Heights 75.4%+15.5 pts
#80 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 75.1%+15.2 pts
#81 Bushwick (East) 74.9%+15 pts
#82 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 74.9%+14.9 pts
#83 Belmont 74.6%+14.7 pts
#84 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 74.4%+14.5 pts
#85 Gravesend (South) 74.4%+14.4 pts
#86 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 74.2%+14.3 pts
#87 Financial District-Battery Park City 74.1%+14.2 pts
#88 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 73.9%+14 pts
#89 Melrose 73.8%+13.9 pts
#90 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 73.7%+13.8 pts
#91 Queens Village 73.5%+13.6 pts
#92 Hollis 73.5%+13.6 pts
#93 Crown Heights (North) 73.4%+13.5 pts
#94 Rego Park 73%+13.1 pts
#95 Allerton 72.7%+12.8 pts
#96 Brownsville 72.6%+12.7 pts
#97 Wakefield-Woodlawn 72.6%+12.7 pts
#98 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 72.4%+12.5 pts
#99 Upper East Side-Yorkville 72.4%+12.5 pts
#100 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 72.4%+12.5 pts
#101 Prospect Heights 72.3%+12.4 pts
#102 Midwood 72.1%+12.2 pts
#103 Morrisania 72%+12.1 pts
#104 Middle Village 71.9%+12 pts
#105 Washington Heights (South) 71.8%+11.9 pts
#106 Williamsbridge-Olinville 71.6%+11.7 pts
#107 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 71.5%+11.6 pts
#108 Canarsie 71.4%+11.5 pts
#109 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 71.3%+11.4 pts
#110 South Jamaica 70.9%+11 pts
#111 Pelham Gardens 70.8%+10.8 pts
#112 East Village 70.7%+10.8 pts
#113 Bay Ridge 70.6%+10.7 pts
#114 Coney Island-Sea Gate 70.2%+10.3 pts
#115 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 70%+10.1 pts
#116 Manhattanville-West Harlem 69.7%+9.8 pts
#117 Laurelton 69.7%+9.7 pts
#118 Harlem (North) 69.5%+9.6 pts
#119 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 69.4%+9.5 pts
#120 Highbridge 69.2%+9.3 pts
#121 University Heights (North)-Fordham 69.1%+9.2 pts
#122 Morris Park 69%+9.1 pts
#123 East Harlem (South) 68.7%+8.8 pts
#124 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 68.6%+8.7 pts
#125 Lower East Side 68.5%+8.6 pts
#126 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 68.5%+8.5 pts
#127 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 68.4%+8.5 pts
#128 East New York-City Line 68.1%+8.1 pts
#129 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 68%+8.1 pts
#130 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 67.9%+8 pts
#131 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 67.9%+8 pts
#132 Port Richmond 67.7%+7.8 pts
#133 Fort Greene 67.5%+7.5 pts
#134 College Point 67.3%+7.4 pts
#135 St. Albans 67.1%+7.2 pts
#136 Norwood 67%+7 pts
#137 Park Slope 66.8%+6.9 pts
#138 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 66.4%+6.5 pts
#139 East Harlem (North) 66.3%+6.4 pts
#140 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 66.2%+6.3 pts
#141 Cambria Heights 66.1%+6.1 pts
#142 Forest Hills 65.8%+5.9 pts
#143 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 65.8%+5.9 pts
#144 Clinton Hill 65.6%+5.7 pts
#145 Upper West Side (Central) 65.6%+5.7 pts
#146 Baisley Park 65.3%+5.3 pts
#147 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 65.1%+5.2 pts
#148 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 64.5%+4.6 pts
#149 Brooklyn Heights 64.5%+4.5 pts
#150 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 64.4%+4.5 pts
#151 Auburndale 64.3%+4.3 pts
#152 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 64.2%+4.3 pts
#153 Parkchester 64%+4.1 pts
#154 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 63.5%+3.6 pts
#155 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 63.2%+3.2 pts
#156 East Flushing 62.9%+3 pts
#157 Whitestone-Beechhurst 62.1%+2.2 pts
#158 Kew Gardens Hills 62%+2.1 pts
#159 Kew Gardens 62%+2.1 pts
#160 Washington Heights (North) 61.9%+1.9 pts
#161 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 61.9%+1.9 pts
#162 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 61.8%+1.9 pts
#163 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 61.8%+1.9 pts
#164 Bedford Park 60.4%+0.5 pts
#165 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 60.1%+0.2 pts
#166 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 59.9%+0 pts
#167 Soundview-Clason Point 59.6%-0.3 pts
#168 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 59.5%-0.4 pts
#169 New Dorp-Midland Beach 59.5%-0.4 pts
#170 Queensboro Hill 59.4%-0.5 pts
#171 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 59.3%-0.6 pts
#172 Bayside 56.7%-3.3 pts
#173 Co-op City 56.4%-3.5 pts
#174 Great Kills-Eltingville 56.2%-3.8 pts
#175 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 56.2%-3.8 pts
#176 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 55.7%-4.2 pts
#177 Bellerose 55.5%-4.4 pts
#178 Spring Creek-Starrett City 55.1%-4.8 pts
#179 St. George-New Brighton 55%-4.9 pts
#180 Morningside Heights 54.9%-5 pts
#181 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 53.7%-6.2 pts
#182 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 53.5%-6.4 pts
#183 Bay Terrace-Clearview 53.4%-6.5 pts
#184 Rosedale 53%-6.9 pts
#185 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 52.9%-7 pts
#186 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 52.8%-7.2 pts
#187 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 52.3%-7.6 pts
#188 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 50.7%-9.2 pts
#189 Oakwood-Richmondtown 49%-10.9 pts
#190 Arden Heights-Rossville 47%-12.9 pts
#191 Douglaston-Little Neck 45.3%-14.6 pts
#192 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 42%-18 pts
#193 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 41.2%-18.8 pts
#194 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 36.7%-23.2 pts
#195 Tottenville-Charleston 36.2%-23.7 pts
#196 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 34.2%-25.7 pts
#197 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 25.1%-34.8 pts
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