Archive for January, 2008

Downtown NYC Resources

January 30, 2008 at 7:41 pm · Filed under Downtown_NYC, New_York_City, courses_in_journalism

Use travel guides and books to familiarize yourself with your neighborhood

  • Bobst Library has a number of books on New York City and New York City neighborhoods, including travel guides which can be useful for learning more about your neighborhood. Most materials are in the 1st floor Reference area at the call number F 128.

Read news coverage of your neighborhood

  • LexisNexis –New York News Sources [NYU-Only]
    This pre-defined category searches the New York Post, Village Voice, New York Magazine, New York Times, Crain’s New York Business, and more. For more LexisNexis search tips see the LexisNexis post.
  • Factiva [NYU-ONLY]
    Like LexisNexis, Factiva covers tons of news sources. There is a lot of overlap, but Factiva tends to be better on the trades. (Factiva also includes Time Out which is not included in LexisNexis.TIPS–Use the hlp command to tell it to find your keywords in the Headline Lead Paragraphex. hlp=nolita

    –Click on “Custom to see all of the searchable field abbreviations.

    –Use the Region menu to limit your search to sources/articles identified with that region.

  • Gotham Gazette
    Includes “New York City News and Policy” articles as well as links to tons of NYC resources. Check out the Links Section (lower left side bar) for links to Org(anizations) and News Sites (local weeklies, etc.) Click on Manhattan in the Boros section to find out more about neighborhood resources. NYC Blogs are also listed.
  • EveryBlockNYC
    Combines news stories, civic information (building permits, restaurant closings, complaints, etc), and web content (photos from flickr) by location. Search for your neighborhood to see what’s going on.

Identify your community board

Identify your neighborhood’s characteristics
Note: lots of data is organized around the community district # (same as the board number)

  • Department of City Planning (available via the NYC.gov site)
    Use the Reference area to identify your community district and get a statistical community district profile. Use Projects and Proposals to see what projects are in the pipe.
  • My Neighborhood Statistics
    Allows you to visualize land-use, as well as data for a neighborhood. See where post-offices, schools, etc. are located in your neighborhood.

Neighborhood Planning

Immigrant Populations

  • See the Newest New Yorkers 2000: Immigrant New York in the New Millennium from the NYC Department of City Planning, Population Division. Access via the Index to Current Urban Documents (NYU-ONLY). Once in the database, search for “Newest New Yorkers”.

Stars in your neighborhood

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NYC Resources

January 14, 2008 at 8:50 pm · Filed under New_York_City ·Tagged

General Starting Places

  • Gotham Gazette
    Topics     provide you with useful links to NYC resources.
  • NYC.gov
    City agencies provide tons of information. Select “City Agencies, View All” from the left pull-down menu to link to city agency sites.

Government Info and Documents

  • NYC Government Info and Documents at Columbia University
    Points to a large number of NYC government documents that are freely available via the web.
  • City Hall Library/Municipal Archives
    Official depository for agency published reports and studies. Search for government documents/records from this site. Includes vital records (birth certificates, etc.)
  • Index to Current Urban Documents [NYU-Only]
    The only regularly published guide to the reports and research generated by local government agencies, civic organizations, academic and research organizations, public libraries, and metropolitan and regional planning agencies in approximately 500 selected cities in the United States and Canada. Includes “Newest New Yorkers” Report.

Community/Neighborhood Information

  • NYC Department of City Planning
    Reference section has useful information and statistics about population and neighborhoods in NYC. Includes profiles for the 59 community districts of New York.
  • Find Your Community Board
    A list with contact and web address information for local community boards in all 5 boroughs. Community Board websites typically contain demographic and statistical data, in addition to constituent services. (Not all community boards have websites.)

Statistics

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