Research Guide: New York Neighborhoods

ONLINE STATISTICAL INFORMATION for NEW YORK CITY

INFORMATION BY BOROUGH: Queens | Brooklyn | Manhattan | Bronx | Staten Island

GENERAL BOOKS ON NEW YORK CITY

AIA Guide to New York City. 4th ed. New York: Crown, 2000.
Reference (Non-Circulating) NA 735 .N5 A78 2000
Stacks (previous edition, 3rd) NA 735 .N5 A78 1988

Berger, Joseph. The World in a City : Traveling the Globe Through the Neighborhoods of the New New York. New York : Ballantine Books, 2007.
Stacks F 128.55 .B46 2007

Burns, Ric, and James Sanders.New York: An Illustrated History. Expanded Ed. New York: Knopf, 2003. Based on a PBS production "New York: a documentary film" directed by Ric Bruns.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.3 .N585 2003
Stacks F 128.3 .N585 2003

Burrows, Edwin. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford UP, 1999.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.3 .B82 1999
Stacks F 128.3 .B82 1999

A city of immigrants : dreams and realities of life in New York, 1840-2007. Long Island City, N.Y. : LaGuardia Community College/CUNY, LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, c2007.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.9 .A1 C57 2007

Community District Needs. New York: New York City Department of City Planning, 2001-
Reference (Non-Circulating) HT 168 .N5 S73

Deak, Gloria-Gilda. Picturing New York: The City from its Beginning to the Present. New York: Columbia UP, 2000.
Stacks F 128.3 .D38 2000

Diamonstein, Barbaralee. The Landmarks of New York III. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1998.
Reference (Non-Circulating)F 128.7 .D57 1998

The Encyclopedia of New York City. New York: Yale UP, 1995.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.3 .E75 1995

Feirstein, Sanna. Naming New York: Manhattan Places and How They Got Their Names. New York: New York UP, 2001.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.67 .A1 F45 2001

Forgotten New York, Neighborhoods
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/neighborhoodhomepage/neighborhoods.html

Fried, Frederick. New York Civic Sculpture: a Pictorial Guide. New York : Dover Publications, 1976.
Stacks NB 235 .N5 F75 1976

Goldstone, Harmon H. History Preserved : a Guide to New York City Landmarks and Historic Districts. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F128.7 .G64 1974

Goodfriend, Joyce D. Before the Melting Pot: Society and Culture in Colonial New York City, 1664-1730. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1992.
Stacks F 122 .G643 1992

Harrison, Marina. Artwalks in New York: Delightful Discoveries of Public Art and Gardens in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. New York : New York University Press, 2004.
Stacks N 8845 .N7 H3 2004

Homberger, Eric. The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History. New York: Holt, 1994.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.3 .H65 1994

Homberger, Eric. New York City: a Cultural History. Northampton, MA: Interlink Books, 2008.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.3 .H66 2008
Stacks F 128.3 .H66 2008

If you're thinking of living in-: all about 115 great neighborhoods in and around New York, edited by Michael J. Leahy. New York: Random, 1999.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.18 .I34 1999

Janvier, Thomas A. In Old New York: A Classic History of New York City.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Stacks F 128.4 .J35 2000

New York, a Documentary Film [videorecording], Alexandria, Va.: PBS Home Video, 2004.
Media DVD 268 Pt. 1-8

Plan for New York City, 1969: A proposal. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1969.
Reference (Non-Circulating) Oversize HT 168 .N5 A5
Although dated, these plans have historical summaries of neighborhoods for each borough in New York. An excellent starting point.

Reitano, Joanne, ed. The Restless City Reader: A New York City Sourcebook. New York: Routledge, 2010.
Stacks F 128.3 .R46 2010

Reynolds, Donald M. Monuments and Masterpieces: Histories and Views of Public Sculpture in New York City. New York : Macmillan Pub. Co., 1988.
Stacks NA 9350 .N5 R49 1988

Romita, Paul. New York City Mission Society. Chicago, IL.: Arcadia, 2003.
Stacks BV2805 .N5 .R69 2003

Sacks, Marcy S. Before Harlem : The Black experience in New York City before World War I. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 2006.
Stacks F128.9 .N4S33 2006

The Statue of Liberty Revisited: Making a Universal Symbol. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994.
Stacks F 128.64 .L6 S73 1994

Whitehead, Colson. The Colossus of New York: a City in Thirteen Parts. New York : Anchor Books, 2004.
Stacks F 128.55 .W54 2004

The WPA Guide to New York City : the Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s New York. New York: Pantheon Books, [1982].
Stacks F 128.18 .N375 1982

Zibart, Eve. The Unofficial Guide to New York City. New Jersey : Wiley, 2006.
Stacks F 128.18 .U56 2006

ONLINE STATISTICAL INFORMATION for NEW YORK CITY

CITI Make a Map: The Community Information Technology Initiative (CITI), a project of the Municipal Art Society, allows users to create neighborhood-based maps coupled with a large array of statistical information including a community district profile

Infoshare Online, a statistical database which allows you to create a profile for your area by borough, zip code, city council district, community district, school district, etc. The three areas you can search are population trends from the last two census, in this case 1990 and 2000, socio-economic, and health statistics. A very powerful tool to find up-to-date statistics on a specific neighborhood of New York. Available through the library's home page by clicking on "Online Research", then Statistics, then Infoshare

The Museum of the City of New York will give you Web-based information about various neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs.

My Neighborhood
http://www.nyc.gov/html/ops/html/home/home.shtml and then go to My Neighborhood on the right.

New York City Department of City Planning offers statistics for community districts by boroughs. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/lucds/cdstart.shtml

NYCdata features all sorts of New York City-related data, from income, to banking, to sports.

Queens Chamber of Commerce
http://queenschamber.org

You can also access the Library's databases for information found in magazines/journals or newspapers. Start from the Library's homepage at http://library.laguardia.edu then click Find articles & books online (subscription databases). Then, click the New York City link.

INFORMATION BY BOROUGH

Queens

Abad, Christina. Woodside, Queens: Past and Present [YouTube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMC8GYdSsnY

Copquin, Claudia Gryvatz. The Neighborhoods of Queens. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.68 .Q4 C67 2007
Stacks F 128.68 .Q4 C67 2007

Greater Astoria Historical Society http://astorialic.org

Imperato, Pascal James. Tudor Village : the History of a Unique Community in Queens County, New York. New York: Kilima House Publishers, 2004.
Stacks F 128.68 .T84 I56 2004

The International Express: Ethnic Communities Along the IRT #7 train. [videorecording], New York: Queens Council on the Arts
Media VHS 1336

Kaplan, Lawrence. Between Ocean and City: The Transformation of Rockaway, New York. New York: Columbia UP, 2003
Stacks F 129 .R8 K37 2003

Karatzas, Daniel. Jackson Heights, a Garden in the City: the History of America's First Garden and Cooperative Apartment Community. New York: Jackson Heights Beautification Group, 1990.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.68 .J3 K27 1990

Khandelwal, Madhulika S. Becoming American, Being Indian: An Immigrant Community in New York City. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2002.
Stacks F128.9 .E2 K47 2002

Klaus, Susan L. A Modern Arcadia : Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. & the Plan for Forest Hills Gardens. Amherst: U of Massachusetts P, 2002.
Stacks HT169.57 .U62 N75 2001

LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, Room E238. Also available at http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu

Lehrer, Warren. Crossing the Boulevard: Strangers, Neighbors, Aliens in a New America. New York: Norton, 2003.
Stacks JV7050 .Q44 L45 2003
Media CD-ROM 711BK
http://www.crossingtheblvd.org

Lieberman, Janet. City Limits: A Social History of Queens. Dubupqu, IA : Kendall/Hunt, 1983.
Stacks F 128.68 .Q4 L44 1983

Lliguicota, Oljer. Sunnyside, Queens [YouTube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-efNzVgmwE

Long Island City. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2004.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F129 .L78 L66 2004

Park, Sohyun. Long Island City - The Faces of Queens West [Youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj-GmDO7D90

QNZ Finest: Recipe For Success [YouTube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmxhf-9-vYU

Queens Chamber of Commerce
http://queenschamber.org

The Queens Historical Society "researches, records and showcases issues that have had a profound impact on the history of Queens."

Reichstein, Steve. Discovering Queens!: A Useful Guide to Queens. New York : Stephen P., 2000.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.68 .Q4 R45 2000
Stacks F 128.68 .Q4 .R45 2000

Ricourt, Milagros. Hispanas de Queens: Latino Panethnicity in a New York City Neighborhood. New York: Cornell University Press, 2003.
Stack F 128.9 .S75 R53 2003

Riggs, Jason. Astoria, Queens: My Astoria Past and Present [YouTube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDKHA6PE_sk

Rodriguez, George. Elmhurst, Queens - The Center of Attention [YouTube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSIQqSCI2Gg

The 7 Train: an Immigrant Journey. New York: Third World Newsreel, 2007.
Media DVD 355

Seyfried, Vincent, and William Asadorian. Old Queens, N.Y. in Early Photographs. New York: Dover, 1991.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 128.68 .Q4 S49 1991

Seyfried, Vincent, and William Asadorian. Old Rockaway, N.Y. in Early Photographs. New York: Dover, 2000.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 129 .R8 S49 2000

Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce
http://www.sunnysidechamber.org

Tobon, Orlando. Jackson Heights Chronicles : When Crossing the Border Isn't Enough. New York: Atria Books, 2006.
Reserves PQ8180.43 .O36 C7613 2006

Brooklyn

Abel, Allen J. Flatbush Odyssey: a Journey Through the Heart of Brooklyn. Toronto: M & S, 1995.
Stacks F 129 .B7 A35 1995

Abramovitch, Ilana, and Sean Galvin, eds. Jews of Brooklyn. Hanover, NH: UP of New England [for] Brandeis UP, 2002.
Stacks F129 .B71 .J49 2002

Brooklyn Historical Society - A look at various Brooklyn neighborhoods.

Cudahy, Brian J. How We Got to Coney Island: the Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County . New York : Fordham University Press, 2002.
Stacks HE 4491 .N65 C8 2002

Glueck, Grace, and Paul Gardner. Brooklyn: People, Places, Past and Present. New York: Abrams, 1991.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 129 .B7 G58 1991

Immerso, Michael. Coney Island: the People's Playground. NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002.
Stacks F 129 .C75 I46 2002

Jackson, Kenneth. The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn. New York: Citizens Committee for New York City ; New Haven : Yale UP, 1998.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 129 .B7 N44 1998

Lancaster, Clay. Old Brooklyn Heights: New York's First Suburb: Including Detailed Analyses of 619 Century-old Houses. New York: Dover Publications, 1979.
Stacks NA 7238 .B8 L36 1979

Linder, Marc. Of Cabbages and Kings County: Agriculture and the Formation of Modern Brooklyn. Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 1999.
Stacks F 129 .B7 L6 1999

Ment, David, and Mary S. Donovan. The People of Brooklyn: A History of Two Neighborhoods. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Educational & Cultural Alliance, 1980.
Stacks F 128.68 .B43 M46

Pritchett, Wendell E. Brownsville, Brooklyn: Blacks, Jews, and the Changing Face of the Ghetto. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2002.
Stacks F 129 .B7 P75 2002

Reiss, Marcia. Greenpoint Neighborhood History Guide . New York : Brooklyn Historical Society, 2001.
Reference (Non-Circulating) F 129 .B7 R44 2001

Robbins, Michael, ed. Brooklyn: A State of Mind. New York: Workman, 2001
Stacks F 129 .B7 B6525 2001

Scher, Philip W. Carnival and the Formation of a Caribbean Transnation. Gainesville: U of Florida P, 2003.
Stacks