# Starbucks: The Wave Crests

Last week Starbucks announced its second round of store closings in seven months, with 200 locations in the United States slated for shutdown. Some will be in New York City, in addition to the 11 announced last summer as part of a nationwide reduction of 600 stores. The neighborhood Starbucks has been a signpost of prosperity and gentrification in New York. Here's a look at how Starbucks, during more flush times, came to saturate certain parts of the city with Frappucinos.

Original license application dates for 228 Starbucks stores as identified by the city; map shows wealth by ZIP code, as measured by the percentage of tax returns with capital gains reported in 2004.

○ Stores slated for closing per 2008 announcement (some still open)

## New Yorkers living close to a Starbucks

By 2008, most Manhattanites lived within a few blocks of one or more Starbucks. But the vast majority of New Yorkers, especially those in the Bronx, never got their neighborhood status symbol.

Population in census tracts that fall within 1/4 mile of Starbucks, in thousands

Sources: www.caffeinemaps.com; New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Internal Revenue Service; U.S. Census

Percentage of population in tracts within 1/4 mile

FORD FESSENDELL AND JENNIFER S. LEE/THE NEW YORK TIMES