Five Borough Growth

Report - September 2008

In this edition of New York by the Numbers, we provide a neighborhood by neighborhood examination of where the jobs were created during the past 10 years.

by Center for an Urban Future

Tags: economic growth boroughs

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Which zip codes in NYC added the most jobs over the past 10 years? Which lost the most? Our top and bottom five for rate of job creation:

Top 5
11245 (Downtown Brooklyn): 253%
10041 (55 Water Street): 237%
10027 (West Harlem/Morningside Heights): 187%
10030 (Harlem): 106%
10026 (Harlem): 99%

Bottom 510048 (World Trade Center): -98%
11242 (Downtown Brooklyn): -65%
11243 (Downtown Brooklyn): -64%
10043 (Lower Manhattan): -64%
10007 (Lower Manhattan): -57%

New York Daily News, by Donald Bertrand, September 08, 2008

Lower Manhattan Fares Poorly in Job Trends Report

The New York Sun, by Peter Kiefer, September 04, 2008

Downtown Brooklyn, Boomtown

The Real Estate Blog/New York Observer, by Oliver Haydock, September 09, 2008

Outer Boroughs Drive Surge In City’s Job Growth

New York 1, by Ruschell Boone, September 04, 2008

Queens has most ZIPs with job growth

Queens Times Ledger, by Philip Newman, September 11, 2008

Job boom on city fringe

Metro New York, by Amy Zimmer, September 04, 2008

Health care and education lead Bronx job growth in zip code 10456