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A tessellated hexagonal tile map of New York City's 262 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTA 2020). Each NTA is represented by a single hexagonal polygon tile, arranged to approximate the geographic layout of the city.

Usage

nyc_nta20_hex_sf

Format

nyc_nta20_hex_sf

A simple feature collection with 262 rows and 12 columns:

boro_code

Borough code. 1 = Manhattan, 2 = Bronx, 3 = Brooklyn, 4 = Queens, 5 = Staten Island.

county_fips

County FIPS code.

nta_name

Full NTA name.

nta2020

NTA 2020 identifier.

boro_name

Borough name.

nta_type

NTA type (residential or non-residential).

cdta2020

Community District Tabulation Area 2020 identifier.

cdta_name

Full CDTA name.

shape_leng

Perimeter length of the original NTA boundary.

nta_abbrev

Abbreviated NTA name.

shape_area

Area of the original NTA boundary.

tile_map

POLYGON hexagonal tile geometry (EPSG:2263).

Source

Derived from NTA 2020 boundaries in the nycmaps package using the tilemaps algorithm.

Details

The hex map was generated using the tilemaps algorithm applied to borough groups separately (Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn/Queens, Staten Island), then rescaled to uniform hex size and assembled to preserve NYC's overall geographic layout. Island NTAs were added back using tilemaps::create_island() and positioned to approximate their geographic locations.

Author

Kieran Healy