Internet Master Plan: Broadband Choice and Speed by Census Block

data.cityofnewyork.us | Last Updated 23 Sep 2022

Key indicators of the availability of internet service choice and speed based on publicly available data from the Federal Communications Commission </p> <b>Data Limitations:</b> Data accuracy is limited as of the date of publication and by the methodology and accuracy of the original sources. The City shall not be liable for any costs related to, or in reliance of, the data contained in these datasets.

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This dataset has the following 12 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
OIDoidtextOrigin Identification Number.
BlockCodeblockcodetextThe 2010 census block that the attribute or asset is located in or referencing.
GEO_IDgeo_idtextGeographic identifier; GEOIDs are numeric codes that uniquely identify all administrative/legal and statistical geographic areas for which the Census Bureau tabulates data.
BCTCB2010bctcb2010textMerged string value of the BoroCode, census tract number, and census block number
BoroCodeborocodetextSingle digit unique identifier of a borough; Boro code (1 = Manhattan, 2 = Bronx, 3 = Brooklyn, 4 = Queens, 5 = Staten Island)
NTA Codenta_codetextFour (4) digit code assigned to neighborhoods to differentiate NYC's five boroughs; The first two letters of each code represent the borough the neighborhood is located in. The two letter abbreviation represents the following boroughs; MN = Manhattan, BX = Bronx, BK = Brooklyn, QU = Queens, SI = Staten Island.
NTA Namenta_nametextNeighborhood name identifiers to differentiate NYC's five boroughs.
BoroughboroughtextThe Borough of New York City where the attribute or asset is located.
PUMApumatextA Public Use Microdata Area, or PUMA, are geographic units used by the US Census for providing statistical and demographic information. Each PUMA contains at least 100,000 people.
Maximum Residential Broadband Speed by Blockmaximum_residential_broadbandnumberThe reported maximum advertised downstream speed/bandwidth offered by any provider in a census block for consumer service.
Residential ISP Count by Blockresidential_isp_count_bynumberThe number of residential broadband internet service providers reported to be available per census block.
Commerical Fiber Count by Blockcommerical_fiber_count_bynumberThe number of commercial fiber internet service providers reported to be available per census block.