In the last few weeks, we most obama supporters most Bloomberg supporters biggest pounded the pavement of nine Yankees Fans neighborhoods—the Upper West Side, the Upper East Side, the Lower East Side, Central Harlem, the West Village, Melrose Astoria, Williamsburg, Melrose What the in the Bronx, and St. George in % % Biggest Staten Island—to survey nearly Mets Fans a thousand residents about their attitudes, lifestyles, and Yankees/ 87 86 Mets preferences. We cast a wider Greenpoint net online, posting the poll on our Daily Intel and Grub Street blogs, and received over 4,000 Neighbors completed surveys. Then we The conducted some highly unscientific Harlem Tribeca Lower (which is to say, statistically bogus) number-crunching.* Some East Side results confirmed the obvious, but others seemed more revealing. fewest obama supporters fewest Bloomberg supporters is the If you’ve ever wondered who your Think neighbors are—what they think third A five-borough, 5,000-person poll. about Wall Street, God, organic % % food, and therapy—read on. 34 Murray Hill 40 Harlem gayest neighborhood where would in New York. residents from each % Should Wall Street be regulated more or less? Bested, neighborhood 31 of all % most like to move? respondents highest obviously, would move percentage of to the west highest by Chelsea (#1) village if more percentage of money were votes and the no object less West Village 97 Prospect Heights votes West Village of Fort Greene/ Midtown East (#2). Clinton Hill % Astoria Tribeca Upper East are self-described 95 40% There are liberals. a higher Side percentage of

Should same-sex marriage be legal? self-declared Williamsburg highest Lower East East The most percentage of atheists yes in conservative votes highest Side Village percentage of Greenpoint neighborhood is Carroll Gardens/ no Financial Midtown East, Gowanus votes than anywhere Melrose else in at % District the city. Upper West Morningside % 50% *a f ew caveats : O u r 99 o n li n e r es p o n de n ts s k ewed f emale a n d Side Heights u n de r 4 0 , while ou r Staten Island . n i n e n eighbo r hood st r eet p olls had a 36 mo r e eve n age - a n d - ge n de r dist r ibutio n. W e combi n ed a n swe r s i n most cases . we did n ot Central cou n t n eighbo r hoods Astoria with u n de r 5 0 o n li n e Greenwich Village r es p o n ses . we cou n ted S tate n I sla n d as o n e Melrose Harlem Chelsea % % mega nabe , si n ce ou r Most Fewest p oll was co n ducted i n a n d a r ou n d the f e r ry te r mi nal , ga r n e r i n g photographs: steve granitz/wireimageimmigrants (obama); patrick mcmullan (bloomberg); getty images (bull and cake topper); hannah whitaker/new york magazine (people) 43 immigrants r es p o n de n ts f r om all 10 ove r the bo r ough .

64 65 Soho What do you love most has the highest about your neighborhood? concentration of Who’s “This is “The weirdos.” —red hook singles. where the New Yorkers “Sunday mornings Murray Hill: don’t have the % Happiest? who run the The hung-over feeling 34 world live.” of downtown. What the Upper of Staten Island Lower East —upper east side People are respondents—more Side than anywhere else Cobble Hill– “Where else can you actually has the highest happy to be in the city—say Boerum Hill pick up a dime East Side used to be. they feel “somewhat (96% say they’re happy) concentration of bag, an eager alive.” for decades, the Upper East Side has had a reputation for being the least diverse, most straitlaced, —upper east side farthest-from-bohemia neighborhood in Manhattan. Perhaps no longer. Our polls suggest that unmarried Columbia unsafe “Hearing opera Murray Hill is outpacing its uptown neighbor as the borough’s primary outlier. A demographic glance: to very frightened” undergrad, couples. singers practicing.” walking Tribeca and a bagel —inwood within a home after dark. 89% 85% think seven-block radius?” “Authentic Thai, are —morningside native to the U.S. 28% describe Mike Bloomberg Upper West heights Chinese, Malaysian, % themselves is good for Vietnamese, (compared to 80 % Colombian, in the Upper East as conservative— New York (second Side “Fewer Mexican, Argentine, 50 Central % Side), and both 5 more only to Tribeca, of Melrose Greenwich yuppies than Filipino, neighborhoods than on the Upper and 3% higher Village and Indian food.” households Harlem the Slope.” —elmhurst are 83% East Side. than the mayor’s Cobble Hill– —windsor terrace white. neighbors). lost a job East Village recently, and Gramercy-Flatiron Boerum Hill “I pay nothing for my “Boy- has the highest huge apartment.” watching.” % Fort Greene– —bedford-stuyvesant —chelsea 28 Prospect Heights Clinton Hill concentration of 96% And by the way, “The mob are straight % “Bird- only 20 don’t have Lower East Side married (more than have visited a Williamsburg keeps it safe.” watching.” any other therapist (fewer health —carroll gardens —staten island neighborhood in than any other couples. New York). neighborhood in insurance. Staten Island Soho New York). Carroll Gardens– highest highest Gowanus concentration concentration Tribeca posted Park Slope of dog owners in of dog owners in the city’s highest Manhattan Brooklyn percentage of Lower Cobble Hill– Half of all Morningside Heights respondents millionaires, Astoria East Side Boerum Hill 2 have been in making it either and the highest % % therapy, percentage the most self-actualized or most % Greenpoint 22 20 neurotic neighborhood in the city. (21 ) lowest concentration of those who always of dog owners anywhere in new york More Upper East Siders take a taxi buy Midtown Greenpoint to work (8%)—and more West Villagers organic East % (13% say they’re unhappy) (5%)—than any other neighborhood. hotographs: getty images (married couple); hannah whitaker/new york magazine (people) bike food. photograph: getty images (therapist); hannah whitaker/new york magazine (people) P 6

66 new york | april 19, 2010 april 19, 2010 | new york 67 What do you like least about your neighborhood? Plus a few more “Momageddon.” “The guys who Who goes out? How many drinks drunk per week? —park slope aggressively neighborhoods where the attempt to hand out neighborhood snapshots average respondent goes out Who stays according to Census data, city reports, and other more-or-less official stats: “We don’t have a flyers on all major more nights than not: movie theater.” streets. It’s like live- home? —williamsburg action spam.” percentage of Highest percentage of … 1 Central respondents East —astoria who go out once whites Tottenville-Annadale, Staten Island...... 92% “It’s impossible to Greenwich Village a week or less: Flatbush 90.2% find an egg-and- african-americans ...... “It feels like I % % cheese when 48 Melrose asians Flushing-Whitestone...... 43.6 never left Long 2 Village % you’re hung over.” Williamsburg % hispanics/latinos Washington Heights–Inwood...... 72.1 —fort greene– 41 Staten Island.” single men Chelsea–Midtown West–Flatiron...... 74.7% clinton hill —murray hill Island 3 Financial District 9.2 single women Morrisania, the Bronx...... 79.4% “The lack of green.” “We have 35% Harlem Tribeca...9.1 —greenpoint tons of rats, urban 4 Nolita...9 In the 2008 election … woodsmen, East Village 25% Astoria “No one and other garbage.” Soho...8.5 The neighborhood with the Barack Obama’s biggest haul —nolita % highest campaign contributions to came from the Upper West Side wants to visit, 18% Soho 20 Upper Williamsburg...7.9 and of goes John McCain was the ($10.3 million), and his smallest because they “The disturbing out five times a week. West Side Park Slope...7.7 Upper East Side ($2.6 million), came from South Ozone Park think I live prevalence of Lower East Side...7.5 and the one with the lowest was (where a lone supporter in the Bronx.” Chelsea...7.1 Cambira Heights ($0). donated a total of $500). —inwood bedbugs.” —midtown west Carroll Gardens...6.8 “No one flirts.” Most religious “Came home to four Upper East Side...6.6 institutions —upper east side stray cats in my Who works out? Brooklyn Heights...6.2 kitchen this week. The seven most gym-going Bedford- “The liberals.” Upper West Side...6 —upper west side Can’t wait for neighborhoods are all in Manhattan my lease to be up.” Astoria...5.4 Stuyvesant —bushwick (Tribeca, Midtown East, Chelsea … ), “It’s turning Cobble Hill...3.5 and the nine least are in the outer into Meatpacking “It’s become Harlem...3.4 Astoria 2.0.” a police state.” boroughs ( … , Staten Island...2.7 —lower east side —melrose Greenpoint, and Melrose). 203 where can each of the movies nominated for a best picture oscar find its biggest fans? Most noise complaints an education inglourious avatar the blind side district 9 Upper East basterds Nolita Carroll Gardens– Staten Island Harlem Melrose Side Gowanus 2,456 last fiscal year the hurt locker precious up a serious man up in the air And almost half of Lower East Melrose Park Slope Nolita Midtown West Most rodent complaints approximately Side Harlem and Staten Island respondents Bedford- say they never drink. Stuyvesant 794 last fiscal year % photographs:duhamel/courtesy getty imagespictures (workout);of entertainment/everetttwccourtesy (inglourious hannah of disney/pixar whitaker/new basterds); collection (up); york weta/courtesy magazinewilson(district webb/focus (people); of9); 20th jonathan centuryfeatures/everettkerry olley/courtesy brown/courtesyfox (avatar); collection ralphof of summit sonynelson/warner (a picturesenertainmentserious classicsman);bros./everett (the dale (anhurt robinette/courtesy education); collectionlocker); courtesy francois(the of blind of paramount lionsgate side); pictures sony(precious); (up in the air) and 21 of Midtown East respondents saw none of them. photographs: getty images (glass and mouse); hannah whitaker/new york magazine (people)