How clean are the streets in your beat neighborhood? How many water main breaks were reported in FY08? What is the average response time to all critical crimes in progress in your beat? How many 311 calls have come in to complain about illegal parking??? Answer these questions and many more with My Neighborhood Statistics, […]
Category: NYC
Branch Out Using NYC’s Branch Libraries
An indispensable part of getting to know your beat neighborhood is exploring its public library branch. Public libraries across the U.S. draw local residents for events and group meetings, and in New York, branch libraries of the New York Public Library system (serving Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island), as well as branches of the […]
Community Districts and District Managers and City Planning and…
Perhaps you have already been assigned a beat neighborhood, or a community district to cover, and are not sure exactly what a community district is, or where your beat is located? Here are some ways to start discovering your new beat. Scoping Out Your Beat is a guide with links to some crucial resources, including […]
Beat Reporting in NYC at Lunch Time!
Hitting the streets of your beat for the first time? Make sure to head out there hungry – both for a great story and a great meal. Some of NYC’s best food never makes it into Zagat’s, so an essential website for learning about your neighborhood’s cuisine is Chowhound. Covering an area in Manhattan? Search […]
News As It Breaks
Want to be the first on the scene? Use Gothamist Maps to get a snapshot of police, fire & rescue activity around the 5 boroughs (e.g. “Plane Crash into Building, East 72nd St & 1st Ave”). Then race over there to get the story. Are you witnessing something as it unfolds? If so, you can […]
Community Health Profiles, 2006
New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (surely the most excellent name for a health department in all of the U.S.) has just released its 2006 Community Health Profiles. These profiles cover neighborhoods in all 5 boroughs, and also include special reports and maps on topics such as binge drinking, diabetes, and domestic […]
Visual NYC Data for RW1 Students
The Journalism School along with the Center for New Media Teaching and Learning created an amazing new reporting resource for RW1 students – an electronic map of New York City that allows students to view census data by neighborhood, election district, etc. To use this resource, and for more information on how to use it, […]