Where can I sit outside in Sunnyside, Queens?  Finding a comfortable place to relax outdoors can be difficult in New York City if your building/residence doesn’t have one. For many New Yorkers who don’t have outdoor leisure areas connected to their residence, parks and public spaces become their “backyard.” In my neighborhood of Sunnyside, Queens…

How often do I encounter incidental social interaction? Where and what times of day? What implications does this have in terms of urban design and public health? Research has shown that incidental social interactions, or casual, unplanned connections with others, contribute to an individual’s overall sense of belonging and community (Rajendran, 2016). In recording and…

Dataset and Variables Data for this investigation was sourced from the dataset 311 Service Requests from 2010 to the Present, available on NYC OpenData. I searched the database using the descriptor ‘unlicensed day care’ and found the reports were made to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Child Care and Camps Complaint…