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REAL ESTATE
These NYC areas complained about air quality most: Report
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@QNS.COM
@QNS
A new report sought to fi nd out
which areas of New York City
had the worst air quality, based
on data straight from New Yorkers
themselves.
The report, taken by the online contracting
marketplace Amast, takes data
from New York City’s 311 system to see
which areas had the highest number of
air quality-related complaints fi led by
New Yorkers in 2020. According to their
fi ndings, the Greenpoint/Williamsburg
area had the worst air quality reported
this year with 175 reports to 311.
Amast states that the complaints in the
Greenpoint/Williamsburg area were
dominated by calls regarding fumes
emanated by idle vehicles, which is
common in densely packed areas where
traffi c jams are apparent.
The area with the second-highest
number of complaints was the Upper
West Side with 151 air quality complaints
so far, followed by Astoria at number
three with 132 complaints. Like the
Greenpoint/Williamsburg area, the Upper
West Side and Astoria were plagued
by calls regarding traffi c fumes.
The report also found that the Bronx
as a whole had the least amount of
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$999,000
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3 bedrooms, 1 full and 1 half
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$600,000-$1,000,000
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$975,000
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3 bedrooms, 2 full and 2 half
bathrooms
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$1,050,000
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Miriam Vasquez, RE/MAX Team
Under $600,000
58-38 61st St.
$599,000
Colonial
3 bedrooms, 1 full bathroom
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$600,000-$1,000,000
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$819,000
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3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms
Robert K Kaczmarski and Bobby
Turosz, New York Realty Minimax
Inc
Over $1,000,000
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$1,110,000
Colonial
3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms
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$425,000
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1 bedroom, 1 full bathroom
Donna Russo Russo DiCesare,
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$600,000-$1,000,000
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$919,000
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4 bedrooms, 1 full and 1 half
bathrooms
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Over $1,000,000
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$1,398,888
Colonial
4 bedrooms, 3 full and 1 half
bathrooms
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Rlty Landmark
complaints regarding air quality. The
area in the city with the fewest number
of air quality complaints was the Morrisania/
Crotona area, where just eight
complaints were fi led since January
2020.
The Elmhurst/Corona area of Queens
had the second-fewest amount of complaints
with 11 calls to 311 so far, followed
by the Bronx’s Mott Haven/Melrose
with 11 complaints fi led and the Highbridge/
Concourse area where just 13 air
quality-related complaints were fi led.
Read the full report at amast.com.
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