Content Guidelines

To be considered as steward for a 
dotNeighborhood, applicants should 
minimally offer the following 
content elements:
   o Neighborhood map
   o Schools Listing
   o Links to government offices
   o Neighborhood history 
   o Demographics 
   o Local business directory
   o Hospitals  
   o 24-hour pharmacies
   o Parks, landmarks, and monuments
   o Vistas and points of interest 
   o Museums and cultural centers
   o Religious / Faith based centers
   o Calendar of events­
   o Restaurants, bars, night clubs
   o Civic organizations and clubs
   o Bus, cab, bike maps
   o Flea and barter networks
   o Sustainability programs
   o Civic applications
-- More --

Proposed Eligibility Criteria

Those interested in "publishing" a
dotNeighborhood should meet the 
following minimum criteria:
   o Live or own a business in the 
     neighborhood 
   o Financial wherewithal
   o Technical proficiency
   o Agree to Content Guidelines
   o A commitment to infuse the 
     dotNeighborhood with innovation, 
     distinctiveness, and talent.

Hosting Options

­Technology for enabling better
neighborhoods is rapidly evolving.
Several options are available:
  o Blogs - Simple and inexpensive
    but requiring 300+ installations
    and update and data sharing
    challenges.
  o Central Host - More costly and
    complex start-up but requiring
    less technical expertise
    by site operators.
   o Drupal or Joomla - These open
    source Content Management Systems
    provide interesting options.
   o Block by Block

Contested Names

With neighborhood names being vital
civic resources, we will use 
Neighborhood Media Councils in any
instances where there are competing 
applicants for a dotNeighborhood name.

Accountability Mechanisms

Processes to assure that 
dotNeighborhoods serve local needs
should include the following
entities and metrics:
   o Trusty Council
   o Neighborhood Oversight
   o Local content %
   o Local advertising %
   o Periodic contract review
   o Resident content appraisals

dotNeighborhoods Oversight

Residents will retain stewardship
of their neighborhood domain name
through participation on Councils
with representatives from local:
   o businesses
   o home owners
   o renters
   o students
   o parent associations
   o and residents

Many New York City neighborhoods have historic roots and strong civic cultures, while others have been diminished and absorbed by more tony neighbors. New neighborhoods are now in the imagination of developers and civic activists. Others will arise with changed times. And as we move deeper into the digital era, more work will be done at home and neighborhoods will assume deeper and more expanded roles.

Today there's one thing neighborhoods all share: the inability of residents to effectively communicate with one another. The .nyc TLD brings the potential for a "civic media" that will allow residents to identify problems and opportunities while providing the tools to create stronger neighborhoods and a more livable city.

Here we consider the development of that civic media and how it can help neighborhoods better communicate in the coming years. See dotNeighborhood Discussions for recent developments.

Named Neighborhoods

How many neighborhoods are there? Estimates range from 248 by the Department of Finance to 500+ by one neighborhood activist. As a start, we've listed below 305 neighborhoods the City Planning Commission identified in 2008 and will set them aside for civic usage. If you are aware of a neighborhood that's missing from the list, email info@connectingnyc.org  with details.

NOTE: In assigning neighborhood names we will distribute "name clouds," thus the recipient of the neighborhood domain name for Greenwich Village will receive greenwich-village.nyc. and greenwichvillage.nyc.

­Brooklyn Neighborhoods - by Community District

1. Flushing Avenue, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Northside, Southside

2. Brooklyn Heights, Fulton Mall, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Fulton Ferry, Clinton Hill

3. Bedford-Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant Heights, Ocean Hill

4. Bushwick and Ridgewood

5. East New York, Cypress Hills, Highland Park, New Lots, City Line, Starrett City

6. Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Gowanus, and Cobble Hill

7. Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace

8. Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Weeksville

9. Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Wingate

10. Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton

11. Bath Beach, Gravesend, Mapleton, Bensonhurst

12. Boro Park, Kensington, Ocean Parkway, Midwood

13. Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Seagate

14. Flatbush, Midwood, Kensington, and Ocean Parkway

15. Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Kings Bay, Gerritsen Beach, Kings Highway, East Gravesend, Madison, Homecrest, and Plum Beach

16. Brownsville and Ocean Hill

17. East Flatbush, Remsen Village, Farragut, Rugby, Erasmus, Ditmas Village

18. Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, Flatlands, Marine Park, Georgetown, Mill Island

Bronx Neighborhoods - by Community District

1. Mott Haven, Port Morris, and Melrose

2. Hunts Point, Longwood, and Morrisania

3. Crotona Park, Claremont Village, Concourse Village, Woodstock, and Morrisania

4. Highbridge, Concourse, Mount Eden, and Concourse Village

5. Fordham, University Heights, Morris Heights, Bathgate, and Mount Hope

6. Belmont, Bathgate, West Farms, East Tremont, and Bronx Park South

7. Norwood, University Heights, Jerome Park, Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge Heights

8. Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Van Cortlandt Village, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Fieldston, and Marble Hill

9. Parkchester, Unionport, Soundview, Castle Hill, Bruckner, Harding Park, Bronx River and Clason Point

10. Co-op City, City Island, Spencer Estates, Throgs Neck, Country Club, Zerega, Westchester Square, Pelham Bay, Eastchester Bay, Schuylerville, Edgewater, Locust Point, and Silver Beach

11. Morris Park, Pelham Parkway, Pelham Gardens, Allerton, Bronxdale, Laconia, Van Nest

12. Edenwald, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Woodlawn, Fish Bay, Eastchester, Olinville, and Baychester

Manhattan Neighborhoods  - by Community District

1. Tribeca, Seaport/Civic Center, Financial District, Battery Park City

2. Greenwich Village, West Village, NoHo, SoHo, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Little Italy

3 Tompkins Square, East Village, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Two Bridges

4. Clinton, Chelsea

5. Midtown

6. Stuyvesant Town, Tudor City, Turtle Bay, Peter Cooper Village, Murray Hill, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Sutton Place

7. Manhattan Valley,Upper West Side, and Lincoln Square

8. Upper East Side, LenoxHill, Yorkville, and Roosevelt Island

9. Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem

10. Central Harlem

11. East Harlem

12. Inwood and Washington Heights

Queens Neighborhoods - by Community District  

1. Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, Garden Bay, and Woodside

2. Long Island City, Woodside, and Sunnyside

3. Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, North Corona, and La Guardia Airport

4. Corona, Corona Heights, Elmhurst

5. Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth, and Liberty Park

6. Forest Hills and Rego Park

7. Flushing, Bay Terrace, College Point, Whitestone, Malba, Beechhurst, Queensboro Hill, and Willets Point

8. Fresh Meadows, Cunningham Heights, Hilltop Village, Pomonak Houses, Fresh Meadows, Jamaica Estates, Holliswood, Flushing South, Utopia, Kew Gardens Hills, and Briarwood

9. Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Ozone Park, and Kew Gardens

10. Howard Beach, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Tudor Village,  Lindenwood

11. Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale, East Flushing, Oakland Gardens, and Hollis Hills

12. Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Springfield Gardens, Baisley Park, Rochdale Village, and South Jamaica

13. Queens Village, Glen Oaks, New Hyde Park, Bellerose, Cambria Heights, Laurelton, Rosedale, Floral Park, and Brookville

14. Breezy Point, Belle Harbor, Neponsit, Arverne, Bayswater, Edgemere, Rockaway Park, Rockaway and Far Rockaway

Staten Island Neighborhoods - by Community District  

1. Arlington, Castleton Corners, Clifton, Concord, Elm Park, Fort Wadsworth, Graniteville, Grymes Hill, Livingston, Mariners Harbor, Meiers Corners, New Brighton, Port Ivory, Port Richmond, Randall Manor, Rosebank, St. George, Shore Acres, Silver Lake, Stapleton, Sunnyside, Tompkinsville, West Brighton, and Westerleigh

2. Arrochar, Bloomfield, Bulls Heads, Chelsea, Dongan Hills, Egbertville, Emerson Hill, Grant City, Grasmere, Midland Beach, New Dorp, New Springville, Oakwood, Ocean Breeze, Old Town, South Beach, Todt Hill, and Travis

3. Annadale, Arden Heights, Bay Terrace, Charleston, Eltingville, Great Kills, Greenridge, Huguenot, Pleasant Plains, Prince's Bay, Richmond Valley, Rossville, Tottenville, and Woodrow

Note: We intend to reserve these neighborhood names as civic resources.They are not intended to be exclusionary as additional neighborhood domain names, e.g., Tourist-Greenwich-Village.nyc and Real-Greenwich-Village.nyc will be made available as per our  Domain Name Allocation Plan. 

dotNeighborhood Resources

• dotNeighborhoods - Content Guidelines

• dotNeighborhoods - Business Models

• dotNeighborhoods - Meeting Reports / Discussion
  

• dotNeighborhoods - Hunter College Urban Affairs Report

• dotNeighborhoods - Word Cloud