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The NYCWiki is an experimental joint effort of Wikimedia New York City, the New York Chapter of the Internet Society, Connecting.nyc Inc., and ultimately the NYC community.

New York City has hundreds of neighborhoods each with its own story. That story is presented here using the editing and governance techniques developed by the Wikipedia/Wikimedia community.


 * Having demonstrated through projects like Jackson Heights and Harlem its neighborhood-centric model, NYCwiki is currently on hiatus for a transition to the planned Wikimedia Travel and Location Guide.

Learn all about our projects at NYCwiki:Community portal, and for the history of the collaboration see About NYCwiki.

Neighborhoods
While the word "neighborhood" seems familiar and clear, the role of a neighborhood in New York City is not. City neighborhoods are not a formal part of the government infrastructure and even their borders are frequently amorphous. Here we seek to present neighborhood heritage, the civic, commercial, and cultural services available, and the challenges and the opportunities residents face.

The NYCwiki began in June 2010. Neighborhood names in blue have some information entered while names in red do not. Activate a red neighborhood page or add your experiences to a blue one.

Click on your neighborhood and provide information you think will benefit your neighbors. Remember though that it's a wiki and your neighbors might weigh in with additional facts or an contrary opinion. The firm rule in such instances is BE NEIGHBORLY.

Bronx
Total 65
 * Allerton
 * Bathgate
 * Baychester
 * Bedford Park
 * Belmont
 * Bronx Park South
 * Bronx River
 * Bronxdale
 * Bruckner
 * Castle Hill
 * City Island
 * Claremont Village
 * Clason Point
 * Co-op City
 * Concourse
 * Country Club
 * Crotona Park
 * East Tremont
 * Eastchester
 * Edenwald
 * Edgewater Park
 * Fieldston
 * Fish Bay
 * Fordham
 * Harding Park
 * High Bridge
 * Hunts Point
 * Jerome Park
 * Kingsbridge
 * Laconia
 * Locust Point
 * Longwood
 * Melrose
 * Morris Heights
 * Morris Park
 * Morrisania
 * Mott Haven
 * Mount Eden
 * Mount Hope
 * North Riverdale
 * Norwood
 * Olinville
 * Parkchester
 * Pelham Bay
 * Pelham Gardens
 * Pelham Parkway
 * Port Morris
 * Riverdale
 * Schuylerville
 * Silver Beach
 * Soundview
 * Spencer Estates
 * Spuyten Duyvil
 * Throgs Neck
 * Unionport
 * University Heights
 * Van Cortland Village
 * Van Nest
 * Wakefield
 * West Farms
 * Westchester Square
 * Williamsbridge
 * Woodlawn
 * Woodstock
 * Zerega

Brooklyn
Total 84
 * Bath Beach
 * Bay Ridge
 * Bedford
 * Bedford Stuyvesant
 * Bensonhurst
 * Bergen Beach
 * Boerum Hill
 * Borough Park
 * Brighton Beach
 * Broadway Junction
 * Brooklyn Heights
 * Brownsville
 * Bushwick
 * Canarsie
 * Carroll Gardens
 * City Line
 * Clinton Hill
 * Cobble Hill
 * Coney Island
 * Crown Heights
 * Cypress Hills
 * Ditmas Park
 * Ditmas Village
 * Downtown
 * Dyker Heights
 * East Flatbush
 * East Gravesend
 * East New York
 * East Williamsburg
 * Erasmus
 * Farragut
 * Flatbush
 * Flatlands
 * Flushing Avenue
 * Fort Greene
 * Fort Hamilton
 * Fulton Ferry
 * Fulton Mall
 * Georgetown
 * Gerritsen Beach
 * Gowanus
 * Gravesend
 * Greenpoint
 * Highland Park
 * Homecrest
 * Kensington
 * Kings Bay
 * Kings Highway
 * Madison
 * Manhattan Beach
 * Manhattan Terrace
 * Mapleton
 * Marine Park
 * Midwood
 * Mill Basin
 * Mill Island
 * Navy Yard
 * New Lots
 * North Side
 * Ocean Hill
 * Ocean Parkway
 * Paerdegat Basin
 * Park Slope
 * Plum Beach
 * Prospect Heights
 * Prospect Lefferts Gardens
 * Prospect Park South
 * Red Hook
 * Remsen Village
 * Ridgewood
 * Rugby, Brooklyn
 * Sea Gate
 * Sheepshead Bay
 * South Side, Brooklyn
 * Spring Creek, Brooklyn
 * Starrett City
 * Stuyvesant Heights
 * Sunset Park
 * Vinegar Hill
 * Weeksville
 * Williamsburg
 * Windsor Terrace
 * Wingate

Manhattan
Total 59
 * Battery Park City
 * Beekman Place
 * Carnegie Hill
 * Central Harlem
 * Central Park
 * Chelsea
 * Chinatown
 * Civic Center
 * East Harlem
 * East Village
 * Ellis Island
 * Financial District
 * Flatiron
 * Fort George
 * Governors Island
 * Gramercy Park
 * Greenwich Village
 * Hamilton Heights
 * Harlem
 * Hell's Kitchen
 * Herald Square
 * Hudson Square
 * Inwood
 * Kips Bay
 * Lenox Hill
 * Liberty Island
 * Lincoln Square
 * Little Italy
 * Lower East Side
 * Manhattan Valley
 * Manhattanville
 * Marble Hill
 * Midtown
 * Morningside Heights
 * Murray Hill
 * NoHo
 * NoMad
 * Peter Cooper Village
 * Randalls Island
 * Roosevelt Island
 * SoHo
 * South Street Seaport
 * South Village
 * Stuyvesant Town
 * Sutton Place
 * Times Square
 * Tompkins Square
 * Tribeca
 * Tudor City
 * Turtle Bay
 * Two Bridges
 * Union Square
 * Upper East Side
 * Upper West Side
 * Wall Street
 * Wards Island
 * Washington Heights
 * West Harlem
 * West Village
 * Yorkville

Queens
Total 84
 * Arverne
 * Astoria
 * Auburndale
 * Baisley Park
 * Bay Terrace
 * Bayside
 * Bayswater
 * Beechhurst
 * Bellaire
 * Belle Harbor
 * Bellerose
 * Blissville
 * Breezy Point
 * Briarwood
 * Broad Channel
 * Brookville
 * Cambria Heights
 * College Point
 * Corona
 * Cunningham Heights
 * Ditmars
 * Douglaston
 * East Elmhurst
 * East Flushing
 * Edgemere
 * Elmhurst
 * Far Rockaway
 * Floral Park
 * Flushing
 * Forest Hills
 * Fresh Meadows
 * Garden Bay
 * Glen Oaks
 * Glendale
 * Hillcrest
 * Hilltop Village
 * Hollis
 * Howard Beach
 * Jackson Heights
 * Jamaica
 * Kew Gardens
 * La Guardia Airport
 * Laurelton
 * Lefrak City
 * Liberty Park
 * Lindenwood
 * Little Neck
 * Long Island City
 * Malba
 * Maspeth
 * Middle Village
 * Murray Hill
 * Neponsit
 * New Hyde Park
 * North Corona
 * Oakland Gardens
 * Old Astoria
 * Ozone Park
 * Pomonak Houses
 * Pomonok
 * Queens Village
 * Queensboro Hill
 * Queensbridge
 * Ravenswood
 * Rego Park
 * Richmond Hill
 * Ridgewood
 * Rochdale
 * Rockaway Beach
 * Rosedale
 * Seaside
 * Somerville
 * South Jamaica
 * South Ozone Park
 * Springfield Gardens
 * St. Albans
 * Steinway
 * Sunnyside
 * Tudor Village
 * Utopia
 * Whitestone
 * Willets Point
 * Woodhaven
 * Woodside

Staten Island
Total 62
 * Anandale
 * Arden Heights
 * Arlington
 * Arrochar
 * Bay Terrace
 * Bloomfield
 * Bulls Head
 * Butler Manor
 * Castleton Corners
 * Charleston
 * Chelsea
 * Clifton
 * Concord
 * Dongan Hills
 * Egbertville
 * Elm Park
 * Eltingville
 * Emerson Hill
 * Fort Wadsworth
 * Graniteville
 * Grant City
 * Grasmere
 * Great Kills
 * Greenridge
 * Grymes Hill
 * Heartland Village
 * Howland Hook
 * Huguenot
 * Lighthouse Hill
 * Livingston
 * Mariner's Harbor
 * Meiers Corners
 * Midland Beach
 * New Brighton
 * New Dorp
 * New Springville
 * Oakwood
 * Ocean Breeze
 * Old Town
 * Park Hill
 * Pleasant Plains
 * Port Ivory
 * Port Richmond
 * Prince's Bay
 * Randall Manor
 * Richmond Town
 * Richmond Valley
 * Rosebank
 * Rossville
 * Shore Acres
 * Silver Lake
 * South Beach
 * St. George
 * Stapleton
 * Sunnyside
 * Todt Hill
 * Tompkinsville
 * Tottenville
 * Travis
 * West Brighton
 * Westerleigh
 * Woodrow

Neighborhood Maps
Identifying the city's neighborhoods is a challenging task. Maps are a great way to present a neighborhood. But how do you identify its borders? One possible tool for this is Which Neighborhood. Some minor changes are needed to make it really useful for this task, but we believe they are forthcoming. So keep an eye on it.

Current sources for neighborhood maps include:

Both NYCityMap & OASIS NYC offer options for the display of a wide variety of additional information and overlays.
 * NYC Dept. of City Planning Neighborhoods Map of neighborhoods.
 * DoITT NYCityMap - searchable by Address, Places of Interest, Intersection, Block & Lot, City Council District, Community District, ZIP Code. Aerial views are available from 1924, 1951, 1996, 2006 & 2008
 * OASIS NYC Map - searchable by Address, Block & Lot, ZIP Code, Neighborhood, Community District & Borough. Includes aerial views from 1609 (mostly Manhattan), 1996, 2001, 2004, 2006 & 2008
 * Neighborhood Map Options

Research Tools

 * The New York Society Library the oldest in the city, was founded in 1754 by the New York Society, a civic-minded group formed in the belief that the availability of books would help the city to prosper. A subscription library, it now contains nearly three hundred thousand volumes, reflecting the reading and scholarly interests of its members over the last 257 years. Christopher Gray maintains a clear and detailed page there on page on researching a building's history.