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Where to stay in New York

Districts named
102
Close to the centre
9
Furthest out
Woodrow, 24.8 km
Largest by population
Brooklyn

New York is set out here as 102 districts and neighbouring places, and 9 of them sit within 5 km of the centre. The closest is Financial District. The list reaches 24.8 km out, as far as Woodrow.

Within 5 km of the middle: Financial District, Chinatown, West Village, Brooklyn Heights, East Village, Gramercy Park, Williamsburg and Greenpoint. These are the ones a stay can be walked out of.

Further out, between 10 and 25 km, lie Glendale, Dyker Heights, East Harlem, Middle Village, Cypress Hills and Fort Hamilton. What they give back for the distance is usually space, and sometimes price, although no price figures sit behind this page.

The largest by population is Brooklyn, with about 2,736,074 residents.

Each place here is a populated area recorded below city level, attached to New York when it falls within 25 km of the city centre. 102 of them qualified. The order is distance from the centre and nothing else.

This says where the districts are, not which one is better. It is not a list of administrative boundaries either: coverage below city level is uneven between countries, so there may be districts this page cannot name. No rent, noise or safety figures exist in this programme yet, and none are implied here.

Where to stay in New York

DistrictFrom the centreDirectionResidents
Financial District0.7 kmsouth60,976
Chinatown0.9 kmeast90,000
West Village2.2 kmnorth32,518
Brooklyn Heights2.3 kmsouth east20,256
East Village2.3 kmnorth east62,832
Gramercy Park3.1 kmnorth east27,988
Williamsburg4.4 kmeast33,000
Greenpoint4.8 kmeast34,719
Times Square5 kmnorth17,749
Park Slope5.2 kmsouth65,047
Hell's Kitchen5.8 kmnorth45,884
Long Island City5.9 kmnorth east25,595
Jersey City6.2 kmwest264,290
Sunnyside6.6 kmnorth east49,833
Bushwick7.7 kmeast112,620
Sunset Park7.7 kmsouth126,000
Maspeth7.9 kmeast48,325
Flatbush8 kmsouth east93,361
Kensington8.1 kmsouth39,120
Manhattan8.4 kmnorth east1,487,536
Upper West Side8.5 kmnorth226,989
Ridgewood8.6 kmeast69,317
Brooklyn8.6 kmsouth east2,736,074
Borough Park9 kmsouth149,248
Astoria9.1 kmnorth east150,165
Woodside9.2 kmeast41,981
East Flatbush9.3 kmsouth east178,464
Brownsville9.4 kmsouth east74,497
Manhattan Valley9.5 kmnorth38,500
Glendale10.1 kmeast34,389
Dyker Heights10.3 kmsouth34,399
East Harlem10.4 kmnorth east115,921
Middle Village10.5 kmeast29,491
Cypress Hills10.5 kmsouth east54,944
Fort Hamilton10.9 kmsouth28,966
Elmhurst11.1 kmeast113,364
Jackson Heights11.2 kmnorth east67,067
Morningside Heights11.3 kmnorth55,929
Harlem11.6 kmnorth east116,345
East New York11.7 kmsouth east173,198
Canarsie11.8 kmsouth east87,366
Flatlands12 kmsouth east63,601
Bath Beach12.2 kmsouth33,080
Bensonhurst12.5 kmsouth60,000
Mott Haven12.6 kmnorth east51,450
Woodhaven12.8 kmeast36,555
Corona12.8 kmeast109,698
Rego Park13 kmeast43,925
East Elmhurst13 kmnorth east23,150
Forest Hills13.1 kmeast67,714

Questions

Which part of New York is most central?

Financial District sits closest to the centre of the 102 places named here, and 9 of them are within 5 km. The full distances are in the table, so the order can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Does this say which district is best?

No. It says where each one is and how big it is. Rent, noise and safety are what would decide better, and this programme has no measured source for any of them yet.

Are these all the districts of New York?

Not necessarily. The places come from a global gazetteer whose coverage below city level differs from country to country, so this is what can be named with a source behind it rather than a complete list.

Related pages

Sources

  • GeoNames, neighbourhood-facts-verified (CC BY 4.0)