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Initial data from Congestion Relief Tolling

In January 2025, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridge and Tunnels (MTABT) started charging a toll for vehicles entering Manhattan’s …

Waterways

Healthy waterways are important for both aquatic life and humans who use the water for recreation. We measure the quality of harbor water through two …

Efforts to reduce air pollution should focus on neighborhoods with the worst health impacts

This story was recently updated with new data. Every year in NYC between 2017 and 2019 (The most recent data available. See all recorded years of …

Air quality

New York City’s air contains particles, drops of liquid, gasses, and other pollution that can affect health. Bad air quality can be particularly …

Air quality

Air quality is a measure of the condition of the air around us. The less air pollution there is, the better the air quality. Like many cities, New …

Health impacts of air pollution

Air pollution is an important environmental threat to the health of New York City residents. Exposures to two common air pollutants, fine particulate …

Tracking changes in New York City's sources of air pollution

Since we published this data story, some data in it have been updated. Get updated data on: Fine particles (PM2.5) As city life changes, so does its …

Air quality in car-free areas

Since we published this data story, some data in it have been updated. Get updated data on: seasonal Nitric oxide (NO) seasonal fine particles …

What our air quality monitors tell us about NYC's neighborhoods

Since we published this data story, some data in it have been updated. Get updated data on: seasonal fine particles (PM2.5) In Part 1, we looked at …