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Commercial District Needs Assessments

The Commercial District Needs Assessment (CDNA) highlights the existing business landscape, consumer characteristics, physical environment, and unique character of the commercial corridors and local businesses that make up the identity of each neighborhood. Each CDNA is completed in partnership with local community-based organizations, and includes analysis of the storefront and retail mix, door-to-door merchant surveys, consumer and shopper surveys, and in-depth inventory of streetscape conditions that affect the shopping experience.

The following CDNAs identify the needs and opportunities for local neighborhood revitalization, with recommendations for merchant organizing, public programming, district marketing and branding, streetscape enhancements, business support services, and other quality of life improvements that can be funded by Neighborhood 360° Grants, Avenue NYC grants, or other organizations.

Neighborhood 360° Commercial District Needs Assessments

Bushwick - Spanish

Coney Island - Spanish

Corona - Spanish

Downtown Flushing - Chinese, Downtown Flushing - Korean

Downtown Far Rockaway - Spanish

East Harlem - Spanish

East New York - Spanish

Inwood - Spanish

Jerome Avenue - Spanish

Ocean Hill - Weeksville - Spanish

Ozone Park - Bengali, Ozone Park - Spanish

Port Richmond - Spanish

Red Hook - Spanish

Southern Boulevard - Spanish

West Brighton - Spanish

Avenue NYC Commercial District Needs Assessments

161st Steet - Concourse - Spanish

Astoria - Arabic, Astoria - Bengali, Astoria - Greek, Astoria - Spanish

Bay Ridge - Spanish, Bay Ridge - Arabic

Bensonhurst - Russian, Bensonhurst - Spanish, Bensonhurst - Simplified Chinese, Bensonhurst - Traditional Chinese

Bradhurst - Spanish

Brownsville - Spanish

Canarsie - Haitian Creole

Central Harlem - Spanish

Chinatown - Simplified Chinese, Chinatown - Traditional Chinese

Crown Heights - Haitian Creole, Crown Heights - Spanish

Downtown Jamaica - Spanish

East Village - Spanish

Flatbush - Haitian Creole

Flatbush - Ditmas Park - Spanish

Fordham - Spanish

Homecrest - Russian, Homecrest - Simplified Chinese

Hunts Point Longwood - Spanish

Jackson Heights - Bengali, Jackson Heights - Spanish

Mott Haven - Spanish

Murray Hill - Korean, Murray Hill - Simplified Chinese

Norwood & Bedford Park - Bengali, Norwood & Bedford Park - Spanish

Richmond Hill - Punjabi, Richmond Hill - Spanish

Rockaway Peninsula - Spanish

Sunnyside - Bengali, Sunnyside - Spanish

Sunset Park - Simplified Chinese, Sunset Park - Traditional Chinese, Sunset Park - Spanish

Washington Heights - Spanish

Wakefield - Spanish

Woodside - Bengali, Woodside - Simplified Chinese, Woodside - Spanish, Woodside - Tagalog

Additional Resources

Avenue NYC

Grants to help community-based development organizations revitalize commercial districts.

Neighborhood 360⁰

Strengthens and revitalizes commercial corridors that anchor New York City neighborhoods.

Neighborhood 360⁰ Fellows

Fellows help community-based organizations complete commercial revitalization projects.

NYC Nonprofits

Provides a detailed overview of information and resources available to nonprofits in NYC.