Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Why Food Deserts Persist in Low-Income NYC Neighborhoods

Hundreds of thousands of New York City residents live in so-called food deserts. They're low-income areas — usually Black and Hispanic neighborhoods — without large supermarkets and lacking many options for healthy, affordable food.

Hundreds of thousands of New York City residents live in so-called food deserts.

They're low-income areas — usually Black and Hispanic neighborhoods — without large supermarkets and lacking many options for healthy, affordable food. Areas long-considered food deserts include Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville, Brooklyn, the South Bronx and parts of Harlem.

NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of New York City residents live in so-called food deserts.

They're low-income areas — usually Black and Hispanic neighborhoods — without large supermarkets and lacking many options for healthy, affordable food. Areas long-considered food deserts include Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville, Brooklyn, the South Bronx and [...]




Comments