NYC Community District and Joint Interest Area Boundaries

59 community districts and 12 Joint Interest Areas define local administrative boundaries for New York City neighborhoods, parks, and airports. The dataset provides geospatial polygons and a unique identifier (BoroCD) for each area, maintained by the Department of City Planning. The current version, 26a, was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Calculate land area or perimeter for each district using the Shape_Area and Shape_Length columns.
• Join district-level statistics to other datasets using the unique BoroCd identifier.
• Visualize the geographic boundaries of NYC's 59 community districts and 12 Joint Interest Areas using the_geom polygons.
• Analyze spatial relationships between administrative districts and other city features by overlaying the_geom data.

Strengths

• Defines 59 official community districts mandated by the NYC charter.
• Includes 12 additional Joint Interest Areas for major parks and airports.
• Provides a stable unique identifier (BoroCD) for data joins.

Limitations

• Unknown row count and file size.
• Sample data is unavailable for previewing data quality.
• License terms are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

Department of City Planning, City of New York.

Collection Method

Mandated and maintained by city government for administrative purposes.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

New York City.