Data Features

Interactive infographics, real-time data feeds, and annual reports on important environmental health topics.

Interactives

Rat Mitigation Zones

Rats can contaminate food, spread disease and reduce our quality of life. Rat Mitigation Zones (RMZ) are areas with high levels of rat activity, where …

Real-Time Air Quality: PM2.5 in NYC

Fine particles (PM2.5) are among the most harmful pollutants. Long-term exposure to PM2.5 contributes to an estimated 2,000 excess deaths from lung …

Real-time heat-related illness

The weather forecast is the best way to predict heat-related health outcomes.

We can also track heat-related illness with near real-time electronic …

Interactive Heat Vulnerability Index

Use this Heat Vulnerability Explorer to look up your the heat vulnerability of your neighborhood, and the neighborhood characteristics that affect it. …

Your Neighborhood's Air Quality


We combine data from our air quality monitoring network, NYCCAS, with other data to understand what makes air quality in one neighborhood different …

Reports

The New York City Community Air Survey

NYCCAS Report: 2008-2022 In 2007, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Health Department) established the New York City …

2024 NYC Heat-Related Mortality Report

Each summer, on average, an estimated 350 New Yorkers die prematurely because of hot weather in New York City (NYC). These heat-related deaths account …

Portals

Displacement Risk

Housing stability creates health, but in NYC, many people have difficulty accessing healthy, stable housing. In some neighborhoods, residents at are higher risk of being …

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Beach Water Quality

One month before New York City’s beaches open to the public, the Health Departments starts sampling and monitoring beaches. Sampling provides data about current water …

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Rat Information Portal

New York City’s Rat Information Portal is a web map application that lets you view rat inspection and action data collected by the NYC Health Department.

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