Final Classwork

MHC 250/Seminar 4:
Shaping the Future of New York City
Spring 2017

Challenges:

With your team, complete at least 3 of the following challenges:

• Housing:
  1. What neighborhood (community district) has the most stable population (percentage living in the same address over 1 year)?
  2. What neighborhood has the most overcrowding (more than 1 person per room)?
  3. Are these correlated? Include an analysis to explain your answer.
  4. Bonus:
• Resiliency:
  1. How much coastline does New York City have?
  2. Which borough would be most affected by flooding from a 500-year storm?
  3. How many subway stations are within the 500-year flood plain. Include a map to illustrate your answer.
  4. Bonus: What is the highest point in New York City?
• Biking:
  1. How many miles of bike paths are there in New York City?
  2. What fraction of those are protected from car traffic?
  3. How has the number of miles changed over time? Include a graph to illustrate your answer.
  4. Bonus: What is the steepest section of bike path in the city?
• Trains:
  1. What is the farthest you can live in New York City from a train station?
  2. If you only include the subways, how does that change your answer?
  3. How has train ridership changed over time? Include a graph to illustrate your answer.
  4. Bonus: What is the busiest station in the city?
• Bridges:
  1. How many bridges are completely inside New York City?
  2. How many bridges are there from New York City to New Jersey?
  3. How has the traffic flow across the Harlem River Bridges changed over time? Include a graph to illustrate your answer.
  4. Bonus: What is the most expensive bridge toll in New York City?
• Elevators:
  1. How many elevators are there in New York City?
  2. What is a "street elevator"? How many are there compared to regular elevators?
  3. Where are the elevators? Include a map to illustrate your answer.
  4. Bonus: What is the longest elevator in New York City?
• CUNY:
  1. How many students attend CUNY?
  2. Does your total include professional, certificate, and continuing education students? How does that change the total?
  3. How has the number of students changed over time? Include a graph to illustrate your answer.
  4. Bonus: When was CUNY founded?
• MHC:
  1. What is the classroom capacity of the Macaulay building? That is, how many students could be taking a course in the building simultaneously?
  2. What fraction of MHC students could be taking a course at the Macaulay building simultaneously?
  3. How has that fraction changed over time? Include a graph to illustrate your answer.
  4. Bonus: Where is the "Bat Cave"? (H/T: Daniel)