59 community district and 12 joint interest area boundaries for New York City, including water areas, as of version 26a. The data is maintained by the City of New York's Department of City Planning and was last updated on March 15, 2026. Community Districts are mandated to review quality of life issues for NYC neighborhoods.
Use Cases
- Map neighborhood administrative units based on the defined Community District boundaries.
- Analyze spatial relationships between land and water areas based on the inclusion of water portions.
- Assign geographic data to specific districts for analysis using the unique BoroCD identifier.
Strengths
- Includes 59 community districts and 12 joint interest areas (major parks and airports).
- Provides a unique identifier (BoroCD) for each district and joint interest area.
- All previously released versions are available for historical comparison.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026).
Provenance
- Source
- City of New York, Department of City Planning
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-15 02:45:52.898813
- Geography
- New York City, including water areas