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data
links to info on the web
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demographics
If you are looking for data relating to children, the Kidscount
database on the Annie E. Casey Foundation's website is a great place
to start.
The Infoshare
website, when functioning, allows users to access an abundance of
NYC data by many geographical definitions, including census tract,
neighborhood and political boundaries. When working, Infoshare
Online is highly recommended and easy to use, but you do have
to register. While you can sign up for a week free, the site requires
a fee after the introductory period.
census
bureau: The census bureau's web site is one of the best on the
web. Their american
fact finder tool is quick and easy to use. Due to its scope, the
census site can be a bit overwhelming, so we have written a few guides
to help you out:
map viewing guide:
These instructions will guide you through using the American Fact
Finder's map viewing tool to see census tract boundaries
census query guide:
These instructions will guide you through the process of querying
community specific data from the census.
Here are some other parts of the census site that are particularly
useful:
- an
index of census state data centers
census
zip code data lookup
a
guide to locating census tracts
index
of census tracts by county
a
guide to census boundaries
historical census data is available from the Geospatial and Statisitcal Data Center of the University of Virginia Library. You can find state and county data going back to 1790 and up to 1960, and map all of it in a user-friendly interface.
ffiec's
census tract locator: Simply enter the address of any building
in the country and the page will give you the pertinent geographical
information, as well as useful census data for that tract.
Apart
from the census site, the Center
for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU Law School, publishes a report entitled State
of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods. The 2005 report is available here, and includes excellent housing
and demographic data and maps broken down by Community District as
well as Sub-borough Area. If you don't want to download the report, you can click
here to contact the center to order a hard copy, or access most of the data online through NYCHANIS.
The New
York State Social Indicator Project has created a new mapping
and database tool that displays 2000 census data at the tract level.
The mapping features are the best we've seen so far. Click on the
Map Application link at the top of page and go to your region to get
started. It's pretty user friendly and click on the print button at
the top of your map once you're ready if you want to save it as an
image.click here to use the NYS Social Indicator Project Mapping tool
Another
alternative to generating free maps of your target area is through
the NYC
Oasis website. Created by a partnership of private and government
organizations and offices, the site is user friendly and can generate
street maps, aerial photos of neighborhoods, political boundaries,
and census tracts showing population and median income.
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cra/banking
hud
user: This excellent site allows access to all federal housing
data including:
- fair
market rents
section 8 administrative
fees
low income
housing tax credit
state of the cities
data system
qualified census
tracts and difficult development areas
nyc
housing and vacancy survey: This survey, conducted jointly by
the Census Bureau and HPD, provides housing and demographic information
about the city every three years.
bank
deposit data (fdic summary of deposits): A database of total deposit
holdings of each branch bank in the country, searchable by state,
county, zip code, bank, branch.
community
reinvestment act info (fdic): A primer on the Community Reinvestment
Act, and banks' requirements for compliance.
home
mortgage disclosure act data (ffiec): Available on the Federal
Finacial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) website, much of
the data is available by census tract.
public
evaluations: CRA public evaluations are availble through five
different organizations:
- federal
reserve board of new york (frbny)
office
thrift supervision (ots)
office of the
comptroller of the currency (occ)
federal deposit insurance
corporation (recommended)
state
of new york banking department
exam
schedules: FFIEC's schedule of FDIC, FRB and OCC exams.
public
notification: weekly list of applications submitted to the Federal
Reserve Board, available through
- occ
fdic
ots
current
interest rates for new york state banks are available on the State
Banking Department's website. current
mortgage rates for new york city and long island are also available
directly.
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crime
new
york city police department: The NYPD's site has recently added
crime
statistics to its websites by precint. NYPD's Patrol Services
Bureau gives details and data about specific precincts, and are categorized
by region.
The infoshare
website provides access to an abundance of data, including crime statistics
at many levels (including police precinct, nyc neighborhood, community
district, census tract and by political boundaries). This site is
highly recommended and easy to use, but you do have to register.
federal
crime statistics: There are essentially two types of crime statistics
that the federal government keeps. The fbi's
uniform crime report, which aggregates crime data from every police
department in the country, is the most comprehensive and in-depth
statistical resource available in terms of crime data on the web.
However, due to the fact that many crimes go unreported, the Bureau
of Justice Stastistics conducts an annual crime
victimization survey. Using a sample of citizens from differnet
areas of the country the survey attempts to ascertain the levels of
crime victimization. For more information check out the following
links.
- fbi's
uniform crime report
bjs victimization
survey
drug
efforcement agency stats
bjs
data for analysis
juvenile
justice statistics
fedstats
social
statistics briefing room
bronx
police blotters is a personal site with postings of most crimes,
indexed by precincts and then by streets. This was a good Bronx site but hasn't been updated since 2003.
if you
are looking for nonprofits that provide services in the area of crime,
the New
York City Service Atlas is a great site to use. The site will
let you search by zip code, city council district, neighborhood or
community board, and provides decent maps, thanks to nypirg's cmap
program.
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education
new
york city department of education: This is an extremely well-designed
and useful site. It contains a wealth of data about New York City
Public Schools, including:
infoshare.org
provides access to an abundance of data -including education and youth
data at many levels, including School District, NYC Neighborhood,
Community District, Census Tract and by political boundaries. This
site is highly recommended and easy to use, but you do have to register.
While you can sign up for a week free, the site requires a fee after
that period.
us
department of education: The data section of the USDE's site,
includes some data not available on the National Center for Education
Statistics' Site.
national
center for education statistics: The best place to find any sort
of national education statistics (no NYC local info here). Useful,
particularly for information on higher education and national trends.
new
york state education department
school
district profiles: Gives a statistical profile/test performance
data for each county in the state. (scroll down through the list to
find your district)
school
enrollment data: Provided by the US Census Bureau and updated
annually, this site provides statistics regarding rates of school
enrollment in the US.
If
you are just looking for demographic data on children by borough or
congressional district, check out the kidscount
database.
if you
are looking for nonprofits that provide services in the area of education,
the New
York City Service Atlas is a great site to use. The site will
let you search by zip code, city council district, neighborhood or
community board, and provides decent maps, thanks to nypirg's cmap
program.
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employment
the u.s.
department of labor's bureau
of labor statistics (bls) has a host of employment and unemployment
data down to the borough level, as well as wage and inflation
data. their site is relatively easy to navigate, and a has a great
deal of data and information that you may like to browse on your
own.
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health/environment
the
infoshare website
is now up and running and provides access to an abundance of data
-including health data (like AIDS, cancer, lead, hospitals, physicians
and births/deaths) - at many levels, including Health Area, Health
District, School District, NYC Neighborhood, Community District, Census
Tract and by political boundaries. This site is highly recommended
and easy to use, but you do have to register. While you can sign up
for a week free, the site requires a fee after that period.
national
center for health statistics: The best place to find all sorts of national health
statistics
center
for disease control wonder: This site allows
users to query CDC data. Users must login to access the system, but
there is an anonymous login option for those who access the site sporadically.
health
web: Run by the University of Michigan,
this site gives a comprehensive list of health statistic sites.
new
york state department of health
- breast
cancer in nyc by zip code: Part of the State Dept of Health's Cancer Mapping
Project.
community
health indicators:
Extremely useful, gives a thorough statistical abstract of health
data of each county of New York State. (requires Adobe Acrobat)
- the
bronx
brooklyn
manhattan
queens
staten
island
new
york city department of health
- list
of publications: All statistical reports issued by the DOH.
HIV/AIDS
in NYC, by neighborhood
united
hospital fund of new york city: A non-profit
health care advocacy group, their site includes a searchable index
of all nursing homes in NYC, as well as health
care provider maps.
if you
are looking for nonprofits that provide services in the areas of healthcare
and/or mental health, the New
York City Service Atlas is a great site to use. The site will
let you search by zip code, city council district, neighborhood or
community board, and provides decent maps, thanks to nypirg's cmap
program.
The City
Project and the Community Studies of New York, Inc., recently created
a report entitled "City of Contrasts 2000: 51 New York City Council
Districts" which provides demographic, health, education and
housing statistics by City Council district. The report also includes
a number of maps showing immigration, asthma and infant mortality
rates throughout the City. The report is not currently online, but
we are hoping it will be soon. In the mean time, you can order the
report for $20.00 from City Project. Click here to open the printable order form for the report.
Environmental
data is available at the state, city, and borough/county levels through
the EPA's website.
- epa
homepage offers an overview of all the data/maps available on
the epa website
- maps on demand offers users the ability to do queries
on the types of enviromental information they want on specific areas,
as well as links to other tools on their website
- enviromapper
allows users to view an interactive map of their area with listings
and specifics on toxic release sites and hazardous waste sites as
well as other features
A partnership
of NYC government and private organizations has recently created an
excellent mapping tool called nyc
oasis (recommended). Users can view maps of either their borough,
community district, neighborhood or zip code (and zoom in and out)
displaying lot information, open space and wetlands, change to view
population data for that area by census tract, or view an aerial photo
of the selected area (highly recommended) all on this easy to use
website.
treebranch.com
has recently developed their new Hub, which includes information about national organizations
and agencies that are working in areas of interest to NYC residents
and citywide and local organizations.
The
infoshare website
(mentioned above) also provides data on land use by at many levels.
If you
are looking for nonprofits that provide services in the area of the
environment, the new
york city service atlas is a great site to use. The site will
let you search by zip code, city council district, neighborhood or
community board, and provides decent maps, thanks to nypirg's cmap
program.
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housing
programs/building information
A number
of NYC agencies make certain building information available online.
The Department of Housing Preservation and Development has recently
made available Building
Code Violations through HPD Online. The Department of Buildings
similarly offers real-time Building
Information System (BIS) data including a property profile overview
containing detailed complaint information. Brand
New from the Department of Finance is ACRIS
(Automated City Register Information System) that allows users to
look up property records and transactions on specific properties searching
by block and lot number, type of transaction or party name. It's truly
amazing and useful!
The Department
of Finance also allows users to look up both property tax information
and water & sewer information online. You can look up property
tax information on any building on two different sites. The epayment
center allows the user to make payments and the property
reports site allows the user to check the assessment roles. Water
& Sewer billing and account information is also available online,
but only by account number. This means you have to already know the
account number to look up the information. You will be able to make
payments and check payment history through the epayment
center. You'll need to create a username and password to access
the more detailed records on the property
reports site.
The Department
of Finance allows users to look up property
tax and water/sewer billing information online as well. All of
the sites are generally simple to use.
If you
are looking for nonprofits that provide services in the area of housing
and shelter, the New
York City Service Atlas is a great site to use. The site will
let you search by zip code, city council district, neighborhood or
community board, and provides decent maps, thanks to nypirg's cmap
program.
A great
new report released by the Center
for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU Law School, entitled State
of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods has excellent housing
and demographic data and maps broken down by Community District as
well as Sub-borough Area. The entire report is available for download
but the file is enormous (19mb!), so if you don't have a high
speed connection, be prepared to wait a while. Click
here to download the report in .pdf format or click
here to contact the center to order a hard copy.
hud's
new online mapping library allows
users to create maps of their areas using a variety of statistical
data. Unfortunately, these maps are not generally accompanied by actual
statistical numbers. However, the maps on housing programs are quite
useful.
infoshare
is now up and running and provides access to an abundance of data
-including housing data and information (including demographics, public
housing and nonprofit organizations) - at many levels, including NYC
Neighborhood, Community District, Census Tract and by political boundaries.
This site is highly recommended and easy to use, but you do have to
register. While you can sign up for a week free, the site requires
a fee after that period.
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other useful sites
The New
York State Social Indicator Project has created a new mapping
and database tool that displays 2000 census data at the tract level.
The mapping features are the best we've seen so far. Click on the
Map Application link at the top of page and go to your region to get
started. It's pretty user friendly and click on the print button at
the top of your map once you're ready if you want to save it as an
image.click here to use the NYS Social Indicator Project Mapping tool
american
communities network: Allows you to access data for almost any
county in the country. Intended for business users interested in relocation.
center
for the study of philanthropy: A great page with links to over
100 sites, more resources for non-profits. Their site is currently
being redesigned.
citizen's
committee for new york: CCNY is currently working on a project
to map all of NYC's neighborhoods. Their hope is to have a web site
with interactive maps and comprehensive community-specific data within
the next year.
columbia
university's nyc research resources: A list of different sites,
books and articles that contain data on NYC.
infoshare:
is now up and running and provides access to an abundance of data
--including housing, demographics, health, crime, education, etc.
-- at many levels, including NYC Neighborhood, Community District,
Census Tract and by political boundaries. This site is highly recommended
and easy to use, but you do have to register. While you can sign up
for a week free, the site requires a fee after that period.
fedstats:
"One-stop shopping for government statistics" this site
compiles statistics from over 70 different agencies. You can find
what you need either by searching or browsing alphabetically.
national
center for charitable statistics: Host to a wealth of information
about the nation's non-profit sector.
nonprofitexpert.com
and fundraisingexpert.com
offer links for community groups on a variety of nonprofit issues,
including finding data.
If you
are looking for a searchable database of nonprofits that provide services
in a number of different areas throught the city, the New
York City Service Atlas is a great site to use. The site will
let you search by zip code, city council district, neighborhood or
community board, and provides decent maps, thanks to nypirg's cmap
program.
nyc
link: The official web-site of NYC government.
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