TABLE 1.

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Selected New York City Neighborhoods

NYC boroughs	Bronx		Brooklyn		Manhattan		Queens
Neighborhoods	Riverdale	South Bronx	Greenpoint	Heights	Upper East Side	Inwood	Forest Hills	Rockaway
Number of adults	73,413	384,008	241,362	99,473	320,906	199,528	199,111	84,281
Age (%)
18–34	29	39	50	38	39	38	30	31
35–54	32	38	29	36	29	34	36	36
55 and older	39	24	22	26	32	28	33	34
Sex (%)
Female	56	48	51	57	56	52	53	55
Education (%)
Less than high school	17	39	17	20	3	30	13	22
High school	20	27	20	29	7	19	26	27
Some college	22	23	19	24	11	20	23	25
College and above	41	11	44	27	79	31	37	25
Number of food retailers
Limited service restaurant	63	360	125	234	80	163	191	46
Full-service restaurant	58	196	235	162	90	154	203	37
Supermarkets	53	619	159	314	33	255	202	59
Fruit and vegetable markets	2	15	14	26	3	4	16	2
Consumption of fruits and vegetables (%)
Community health survey	67	54	74	55	81	61	75	60
Model simulation	68	55	73	58	82	59	75	60

Consumption of fruit and vegetables was measured by the proportion of the population who consume two or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day within a neighborhood. In each of the NYC boroughs, the neighborhood with the highest fruit and vegetable consumption level (Bronx: Kingsbridge–Riverdale; Brooklyn: Greenpoint; Manhattan: Upper East Side–Gramerey, and Queens: Ridgewood–Forest Hills) and the neighborhood with the lowest consumption level (Bronx: South Bronx; Brooklyn: Heights; Manhattan: Inwood, and Queens: Rockaway) were selected for presentation