Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is easier in some neighborhoods than others. But which ones?
To determine the healthiest places to live in New York City, StreetEasy recently analyzed data from its listings, along with information from Yelp and the city’s Open Data portal.
For each neighborhood, the company considered the number and availability of bike rooms and bike lanes; gyms, pools and other fitness facilities; medical offices and health centers; and parks, community gardens and athletic fields. (All of the information was weighted per capita, and neighborhoods with fewer than 3,000 residents were excluded.)
The company also partnered with Seamless, the takeout-food app, to find out which areas had the most restaurants that would accommodate requests for healthy food — things like specifying brown rice over white.
Not surprisingly, most of the top 10 neighborhoods on the list were in the outer boroughs. Parks and open space were a big part of the reason, and the relative affordability was no doubt a mental-health bonus.
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Most feet of bike lanes per capita
Long Island City, Queens
Highest rate of healthy takeout requests
Oakland Gardens, Queens
Amount of park space per person (670 square feet)
Dumbo, Brooklyn
Plentiful gyms and bike storage in residential buildings; brown rice
ordered 2.4 times more than white
Flatiron, Manhattan
The most fitness studios and gyms per capita
Midtown, Manhattan
Many health and wellness centers, gyms and fitness studios
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
The most residential buildings with bike rooms
Riverdale, Bronx
Many residential buildings catering to healthy lifestyles
Douglaston, Queens
Lots of park space per capita and restaurants fulfilling healthy requests
Mott Haven, Bronx
Healthy restaurant orders 51 percent above city average
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Most feet of bike lanes per capita
Long Island City, Queens
Highest rate of healthy takeout requests
Oakland Gardens, Queens
Amount of park space
per person (670 square feet)
Dumbo, Brooklyn
Plentiful gyms and bike storage in
residential buildings; brown rice
ordered 2.4 times more than white
Flatiron, Manhattan
The most fitness studios and
gyms per capita
Midtown, Manhattan
Many health and wellness centers,
gyms and fitness studios
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
The most residential buildings
with bike rooms
Riverdale, Bronx
Many residential buildings catering
to healthy lifestyles
Douglaston, Queens
Lots of park space per capita and
restaurants fulfilling healthy requests
Mott Haven, Bronx
Healthy restaurant orders 51 percent
above city average