Your Neighborhood's Air Quality
We combine data from our air quality monitoring network, NYCCAS, with other data to understand what makes one neighborhood's air quality different from another's. We found that building emissions, building density, industrial areas, and traffic density are associated with differences in air quality.
If we don't have an air quality monitor in one neighborhood, but we know its building density, its industrial area, and its traffic, then we can model (estimate or predict) its air quality - based on monitored air quality in similar neighborhoods.
Read about Neighborhood Tabulation Areas.
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Air quality in your neighborhood
PM2.5 (fine particles)
PM2.5 worsens lung and heart diseases and are linked to cancer and premature death. NYC meets the EPA's annual average standard (measured in micrograms per cubic meter, or μg/m3), but short-term concentrations sometimes exceed this threshold.
Your neighborhood:
NYC average:
EPA standard:
XXX μg/m3
5.8 μg/m3
9 μg/m3
Nitrogen dioxide
Nitrogen dioxide is linked to asthma hospitalizations and other respiratory conditions. NYC meets the EPA's annual standard (measured in parts per billion, or ppb), but short-term concentrations sometimes exceed this threshold.
Your neighborhood:
NYC average:
EPA standard:
XXX ppb
14.7 ppb
53 ppb
PM2.5 and NO2 data are from 2022.
What affects air quality in your neighborhood?
Buliding emissions: XXX
Like vehicles, buildings burn fuel: their boilers run on oil or gas to produce heat and hot water. These boilers emit pollutants that affect your neighborhood's air quality.
Commercial cooking: XXX
Commercial cooking density - specifically, the density of restaurant permits to use charbroilers or open-fire grills without equipment to trap smoke and PM2.5 - is associated with higher levels of PM2.5 in the neighborhood.
Industrial area: XXX
Manufacturing can emit pollutants, construction can kick up particulate matter, and increased truck traffic can produce more emissions.
Traffic density: XXX
Traffic produces "tailpipe emissions" like PM2.5, NOx and carbon monoxide (CO), and tire wear and braking release additional particulate matter into the air.
Industrial area data is from 2022; commercial cooking, traffic, and building data are from 2019.
More Air Quality resources
NYCCAS Annual Report
Key findings from NYC's comprehensive air quality monitoring program, including pollutant trends and local sources.
Real-Time Air Quality
Get hourly PM2.5 readings from real-time air quality monitors in strategic spots around the city.