Hells Kitchen
Map of Hells Kitchen
Demographics of Hells Kitchen
- Hell’s Kitchen, also known as Clinton is a neighborhood on the West side of Midtown Manhattan. The zipcodes of this area are 10018, 10019, and 10036.
- The approximation of the total population of all 3 of these zip codes is 82,489. 8,063 from 10018, 43,989 from 10019, and lastly 30,437 from 10036. Overall this neighborhood is majority encompassed by the median ages 34-40. The economic status of this area is on the higher end, with the median household income ranges from $98,000 to $130.5k.
- While there is a lot of diversity in New York, Hell’s Kitchen is predominantly inhabited by white people. About 50% and a little over is white while the rest is dispersed amongst the races of color. Hispanics and Asians make up most of the rest of the area.
- About 61.57% of the population only speak English in their homes. The main method of transportation, like most in the city, is public transportation, with a percentage of about 44.
- The close proximity to Broadway and Times Square invites more of the younger demographic and what also attracts them is the somewhat low rent in certain areas of Hell’s Kitchen. There are also great places to eat and hangout with friends and family.
Overall, Hell’s Kitchen has a lot to offer and is its own little world. Also fun fact it is the home of Daredevil from Marvel comics.
NYC Programs to Improve Environment
When observing and exploring NYC’s Clean Heat Program, DEP Boiler Registration, and the Greater Greener Buildings plan; the programs meant to help the environment implemented by New York City. Fuels 4 and 6 are very harmful and heavy, posing high risks to health and aquatic life. The NYC Clean Heat Programs main focus is on reducing green house gas emissions and improving overall air quality. They do this by having buildings transitioning from using heavy heating oils, like 4 and 6, to more natural gases. To help this transition move along the building owners are given grants and financial incentives. In addition to this the DEP Boiler Registration sysytem is in place to regulate and monitor the boiler systems in New York and make sure they are all up to date. These boilers contribute heavily to pollution so it is important to make sure that these boilers don’t violate and codes, the ones that burn oil are meant to be reduced, and eventually eliminated. Which would improve the quality of air and make it less dirty. Overall, the city has found many ways to contribute to the improvement of our environment due to the critical state it is in becasue of our man made industrial machines and overall disregard for our environments well being.
NYC Emissions
- New York City faces significant greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, with an emphasis on aging power plants. Buildings, particularly those constructed in the 1950s, contribute two-thirds of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions, prompting legislative measures like Local Law 97 to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050.
- The breakdown of emissions by building type highlights the significant impact of large buildings, particularly in Manhattan, which has the highest population density. The energy inefficiency of appliances in densely populated areas further contributes to the demand for electricity.
- The city passed new legislation, specifically a 2026 ban on fossil fuels in most new buildings
Exploring Data!!
Here we can see the Boiler Capacities for all of our neighborhoods. It is clear that Kips Bay has the highest Boiler Capacity.
It can be seen that Hells Kitchen has the highest mean total usage of gallons depsite Kips Bay having the highest boiler capacity. This is due to the fact that the boilers in Hells Kitchen are signigicantly larger.
The graph shows that most of the boiler ages range between 16 to 30 years old. Showing that most of these boilers aren’t that old and that is good because that means the city is doing it’s job to make sure these boilers are up to date.
Here we can see that there is no correlation between the number of floors a building has nad the amount of gallons of fuels used.
Most of the greener greater building are in the Upper East Side, then following is Greenwich, and Kips Bay. It appears that in Hells Kitchen and Soho they fall pretty short in comparison to the others.