New York precinct map (new uses for Dave's redistricting app)

[patrick1]

Funniest thing about that couple-of-precincts area in Far Rockaway is that it's on both sides of the city line.

Yep, Orthodox neighborhood stretches from Far Rockaway across to Nassau county in Lawrence. Whole lot of walking going on Saturday morning.

[patrick1]

And I was thinking the dark blue area was Ramapo, not Kiryas Joel, FWIW.

Well, the black area is in Ramapo, too. "Ramapo" is hardly enlightening. The Orthodox areas are Monsey, Kaser and a couple of others.

New Square is also in Ramapo.

[patrick1]

There's also the patch up against Flushing Meadows in Forest Hills (not Kew Gardens Hills on the other side). Not sure what that is; maybe Orthodox Jews?

Rego Park?

[patrick1]

I used Lewis's maps and the ethnic map linked from the first page to create two directly comparable maps for BK:

You sure the areas around Marine Park/Floyd Bennett should be Blue? Wouldnt that be  Gerritsen and Marine Park +golf clubs and bird sanctuary?

[patrick1]

^ The Census claims one person (who happens to be black) lives in the tract, in the portion in the SW (south of Belt Parkway). Don't ask me where specifically.

Ha, thanks. It stood out to me because the areas around that are heavily white neighborhoods.

[patrick1]

That hook there in Red Hook is really uninhabited- just a cargo terminal IIRC. Right inland is the IKEA development- where you can get a water taxi to/from Lower Manhattan.