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Old 09-17-2017, 08:27 AM
 
Location: Bronx
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Which residential areas would you say have the best air quality in the city?
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Old 09-17-2017, 08:30 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Pelham Parkway,The Bronx
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Which residential areas would you say have the best air quality in the city?
Riverdale and Douglaston.
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Old 09-17-2017, 08:43 AM
 
Location: Bronx
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Riverdale and Douglaston.
Never heard of Douglaston until this day. I'm looking at it on a map and it appears to be next to busy Northern Blvd and near to the Cross Island and smaller Douglaston Parkways. What makes you tag it as cleaner than most? Thanks
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Old 09-17-2017, 08:56 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Pelham Parkway,The Bronx
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It is really not near the Cross Island at all and there is a large body of water separating them:https://goo.gl/maps/bBqg3bEiv9T2
Cross Island Pkwy is on the other side of the bay>

Yes, a tiny southern edge touches Northern Blvd but it's not a particularly busy part of Northern Blvd. Northern Boulevard in Douglaston:
https://goo.gl/maps/A7TYtLLkC9p

This is "Douglaston Parkway":https://goo.gl/maps/RNyKTAmK7XD2

Douglaston is a peninsula, almost an island, surrounded by water and park land.More like Great Neck than like any of the rest of Queens.
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Old 09-17-2017, 08:57 AM
 
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It is really not near the Cross Island at all and there is a large body of water separating them.Yes, a tiny southern edge touches Northern Blvd but it's not a particularly busy part of Northern Blvd.
This is Douglaston Parkway:https://goo.gl/maps/RNyKTAmK7XD2

Douglaston is a peninsula, almost an island, surrounded by water and park land.More like Great Neck than like any of the rest of Queens.
That's the most adorable parkway I've ever seen. It's like Santa's Villiage or something.
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Old 09-17-2017, 09:09 PM
 
Location: New York City
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Which residential areas would you say have the best air quality in the city?
Anywhere with the least amount of diesel trucks, they do the most damage. And obviously away from large apartment buildings that burn oil or factories/powerplants
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Old 09-18-2017, 05:53 AM
 
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"The cleanest air for particulate matter was in the Rockaways and Broad Channel."

EXCLUSIVE: NYC air pollution at all-time low, data reveals - NY Daily News
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Old 09-18-2017, 05:56 AM
 
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Overall, NYC has great air quality accourding to this government map tracker:

https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=...r=0&cityid=847
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Old 09-18-2017, 06:52 AM
 
Location: In the heights
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Yep, and it'll get much better as we convert to electric vehicles, especially for trucks and buses.
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Old 09-18-2017, 07:15 AM
 
Location: New York, NY
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"The cleanest air for particulate matter was in the Rockaways and Broad Channel."

EXCLUSIVE: NYC air pollution at all-time low, data reveals - NY Daily News
*LOL* For whatever that's worth. Broad Channel is one of the dumpiest neighborhoods around. The place floods *constantly*.
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