See It: New Data Shows NYC ZIP Codes With High Coronavirus Rates

NEW YORK CITY — A growing number of New York City neighborhoods have coronavirus cases levels that would have been shocking just a month ago, newly-released data shows.

Sixteen city ZIP codes have positivity rates hovering above 3 percent, the city’s self-imposed “warning light” for closing schools, according to data released Thursday.

The data covers the last four weeks, a period of time just after Mayor Bill de Blasio first warned of spikes in six Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods. Only one had a positivity rate above 3 percent at that time.

De Blasio this week warned of “real concerns” with numbers generally rising and the city’s seven-day positivity rate hitting 1.92 percent, its highest point in months. He said Friday that number had ticked down to 1.87 percent.

“So, a little bit of stabilizing, a little bit of better news today, but we've got a long way to go,” he told WNYC’s Brian Lehrer.

The city stopped publicly releasing daily coronavirus data by ZIP after the state instituted color-coded, tiered “zones.” That leaves the four-week data as the only snapshot for coronavirus levels in particular areas.

Borough Park’s positivity rate and case count is the highest in the city, although the data shows it and several other long-standing hotspots on a decrease over the past two weeks.

Ozone Park and Woodhaven, two neighborhoods previously on the periphery of worry, have had cases increase by 93 percent and 113 percent over the past two weeks, according to data.