Wednesday, November 4, 2026

#30DayMapChallenge Day 03 · Polygons Sticking with NYC 311 data for one more map. Each Manhattan neighborhood’s top 311 complaint in 2025. Heat and hot water wins in nine, all uptown. The surprise was helicopter noise in the Upper West Side. #rstats #dataviz

Map of Manhattan's residential neighborhoods, each colored by its most common NYC 311 complaint in 2025. Heat/Hot Water (orange) covers nine neighborhoods from the Upper West and Upper East Sides north through Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood. Encampment (light blue) covers eight, from Hell's Kitchen and Midtown South down through Chelsea, the Villages and Chinatown. Illegal Parking (green) leads in seven scattered neighborhoods, including the central Upper West Side, Carnegie Hill and Tribeca. Noise - Residential (yellow) leads in five on the East Side, including East Harlem, the East Village and the Lower East Side. Three neighborhoods have their own category: Homeless Person Assistance in Midtown-Times Square, Noise - Helicopter in Lincoln Square, and Vendor Enforcement in the Financial District. Parks and other non-residential areas are light grey.