Table 3.
Preliminary findings on closures of fresh fruit and vegetable vendors in select New York City neighborhoods during the COVID-19 pandemic using Google Street View analysis.
Neighborhood | No change, n (%) | Closure during the pandemic, n (%) | More limited setups during the pandemic, n (%) | |
Manhattan | ||||
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Chinatown (n=56)a | 27 (48.2) | 24 (42.9) | 5 (8.9) |
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Upper East Side (n=12) | 5 (41.7) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (58.3) |
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East Harlem (n=12) | 7 (58.3) | 4 (33.3) | 1 (8.3) |
Brooklyn | ||||
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Sunset Park (n=48) | 30 (62.5) | 18 (37.5) | 0 (0.0) |
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Park Slope (n=4) | 3 (75.0) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) |
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Brownsville (n=3) | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
aIncludes vendors found in the 2019 Google Street View check (n=53) and additional vendors found during in-person checks (n=3), which were also identified in other baseline surveillance.