81-622: Turtle Bay is a neighborhood in New York City , on the east side of Midtown Manhattan . It extends from roughly 43rd Street to 53rd Street , and eastward from Lexington Avenue to the East River 's western branch (facing Roosevelt Island ). The neighborhood is the site of the headquarters of the United Nations and the Chrysler Building . The Tudor City apartment complex is next to
162-410: A residents' committee ; these are subdivided into residents' small groups of fifteen to forty families. In most urban areas of China, neighbourhood , community , residential community , residential unit , residential quarter have the same meaning: 社区 or 小区 or 居民区 or 居住区 , and is the direct sublevel of a subdistrict ( 街道办事处 ), which is the direct sublevel of a district ( 区 ), which
243-533: A 1-square-mile (2.6 km ) area in lower Manhattan. After the " war of currents ", more than 30 companies were generating and distributing electricity in New York City and Westchester County. But by 1920 there were far fewer, and Consolidated Gas's electricity arm, now called the New York Edison Company, was the leader. In 1936, with electric sales far outstripping gas sales, the company incorporated and
324-569: A dozen companies between 1936 and 1960. Con Edison today is the result of acquisitions , dissolutions , and mergers of more than 170 individual electric , gas , and steam companies. Consolidated Edison acquired land on the Hudson River in Buchanan, NY, in 1954 for the Indian Point nuclear power plant. The first reactor (Indian Point 1) began generating power on September 16, 1962. The reactor
405-546: A haven for waterfront thieves such as the Rag Gang , during the late 19th century. From 1927 to 1932, the 2,800-unit Tudor City was built on this site, which was in 1988 named a historic district . The clearing of the slaughterhouses for the construction of the UN headquarters in 1948, largely completed by 1952, and the removal of the elevated trains opened the neighborhood up for high-rise office buildings and condominiums. Concurrent with
486-796: A high level of regulation of social life by officials. For example, in the Tang period Chinese capital city Chang'an, neighbourhoods were districts and there were state officials who carefully controlled life and activity at the neighbourhood level. Neighbourhoods in preindustrial cities often had some degree of social specialisation or differentiation. Ethnic neighbourhoods were important in many past cities and remain common in cities today. Economic specialists, including craft producers, merchants, and others, could be concentrated in neighbourhoods, and in societies with religious pluralism neighbourhoods were often specialised by religion. One factor contributing to neighbourhood distinctiveness and social cohesion in past cities
567-411: A larger neighborhood tabulation area called Turtle Bay-East Midtown. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census , the population of Turtle Bay-East Midtown was 51,231, a change of 1,494 (2.9%) from the 49,737 counted in 2000 . Covering an area of 410.95 acres (166.31 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 124.7 inhabitants per acre (79,800/sq mi; 30,800/km). The racial makeup of
648-581: A pair of artists' residential apartments across the street from each other at 307 and 310 East 44th Street, are city landmarks. The Panhellenic Tower apartment hotel near First Avenue and 49th Street is also a city landmark. A portion of the Tudor City Historic District, a city and NRHP district, extends into Turtle Bay. Individual houses designated as city landmarks include the Paul Rudolph Penthouse and Apartments at 23 Beekman Place;
729-570: A population of nearly 9 million. Also in 1998, Consolidated Edison, Inc. acquired Orange & Rockland Utilities, which is operated separately. Con Edison had invested $ 3 billion in solar and wind projects. In September 2017 it was announced that the company would invest $ 1.25 billion in "renewable energy production facilities over the next three years." The company's "renewable portfolio" contained more than 1.5 gigawatts of operating capacity. Seventy-five percent of that capacity came from solar energy. Clean energy accounted for around eight percent of
810-498: A profit of $ 4.2 billion, and increasing executive pay by 82% to $ 17.4 million in 2010 for its top five executives. ● In 2014, Con Edison was named the #1 utility and #16 overall among corporations, in Newsweek ' s Green Rankings, and one of the 50 best companies for Latinas by Latina Style Magazine . In its "Best of the Best" issue in 2015, Hispanic Network Magazine named the company
891-546: A reported nonfunctioning or malfunctioning street light, traffic light or pedestrian Walk/Don't Walk light because of a failure in the power to the affected unit, a stop tag is assigned by Con Ed . When a caller to NYC's 311 asks for followup information about a reported outage, they're told the stop tag number, and told to call Con Ed at 800-752-6633 (800-75-CON-ED). The New York Times wrote that it can take over two years for some repairs. Sometimes an entire fixture must be removed, repaired, then returned. Other times
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#1732883766156972-420: A small area within a town or city. The label is commonly used to refer to organisations which relate to such a very local structure, such as neighbourhood policing or Neighbourhood watch schemes. In addition, government statistics for local areas are often referred to as neighbourhood statistics, although the data themselves are broken down usually into districts and wards for local purposes. In many parts of
1053-489: A top employer among energy, gas, and oil companies. Con Edison was also selected as one of the top regional utilities by DiversityInc magazine in 2014. In 2016, the company was listed among America's best large employers by Forbes . ● In February 2021, The Energy and Policy Institute criticized Con Edison for touting clean energy while investing in Gas Infrastructure. This is unclean fracked gas. (Fracked gas
1134-490: A unit of analysis. In mainland China , the term is generally used for the urban administrative division found immediately below the district level, although an intermediate, subdistrict level exists in some cities. They are also called streets (administrative terminology may vary from city to city). Neighbourhoods encompass 2,000 to 10,000 families. Within neighbourhoods, families are grouped into smaller residential units or quarters of 100 to 600 families and supervised by
1215-584: A wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through two regulated utility subsidiaries and three competitive energy businesses. Under several corporate names, the company has been traded on the NYSE without interruption since 1824—longer than any other NYSE stock. Its largest subsidiary, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., provides electric, gas, and steam service to more than 3 million customers in New York City and Westchester County, New York, an area of 660 square miles (1,700 km ) with
1296-480: Is 0.0102 milligrams per cubic metre (1.02 × 10 oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Twelve percent of Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town residents are smokers , which is less than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town, 10% of residents are obese , 5% are diabetic , and 18% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In addition, 7% of children are obese, compared to
1377-643: Is attributed to the precincts' high number of property crimes. As of 2018, with a non-fatal assault rate of 35 per 100,000 people, Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town's rate of violent crimes per capita is less than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 180 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole. The 17th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 80.7% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported no murders, 13 rapes, 63 robberies, 91 felony assaults, 80 burglaries, 748 grand larcenies, and 26 grand larcenies auto in 2018. Turtle Bay
1458-551: Is higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are adults: a plurality (45%) are between the ages of 25–44, while 22% are between 45–64, and 13% are 65 or older. The ratio of youth and college-aged residents was lower, at 7% and 12% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community District 6 was $ 112,383, though the median income in Turtle Bay individually
1539-459: Is methane gas produced by hydraulic fracturing .) The article explained, "A recent analysis of utility executive compensation by the Energy and Policy Institute found that Con Edison’s executive compensation policies include renewable energy growth as components of broader goals, but do not reward executives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. When a New York City contractor is unable to repair
1620-414: Is now 40th to 49th Streets and from Third Avenue to the river. By 1712, "Turtle Bay" was frequently used in property documents for the area. On a knoll overlooking the cove, near 41st Street, the farmhouse was purchased as a summer retreat by Francis Bayard, and in the early 19th century remained the summer villa of Francis Bayard Winthrop. Turtle Creek, or DeVoor's Mill Creek as it was known, emptied into
1701-628: Is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $ 12 billion in annual revenues as of 2017, and over $ 62 billion in assets. The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through its subsidiaries: In 2015, electric revenues accounted for 70.35% of consolidated sales (70.55% in 2014); gas revenues 13.61% (14.96% in 2014); steam revenues 5.01% (4.86% in 2014); and non-utility revenues of 11.02% (9.63% in 2014). In March 1823, Con Edison's earliest corporate predecessor,
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#17328837661561782-561: Is served by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY)'s Engine Company 8/Ladder Company 2/Battalion 8, located at 165 East 51st Street. As of 2018, preterm births and births to teenage mothers in Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town are lower than the city average. In Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town, there were 78 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 1.5 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide), though
1863-577: Is the direct sublevel of a city ( 市 ). (See Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China ) The term has no general official or statistical purpose in the United Kingdom, but is often used by local boroughs for self-chosen sub-divisions of their area for the delivery of various services and functions, as for example in Kingston-upon-Thames or is used as an informal term to refer to
1944-638: Is via a series of transmission lines owned by the New York Power Authority and neighboring utilities; a more direct connection via the Champlain Hudson Power Express HVDC line is expected to come online in 2025. Con Edison is also interconnected with PSE&G via the Branchburg-Ramapo 500 kV line. Con Ed's distribution voltages are 33 kV, 27 kV, 13 kV, and 4 kV. The 93,000 miles (150,000 km) of underground cable in
2025-446: Is well documented for historical Islamic cities. In addition to social neighbourhoods, most ancient and historical cities also had administrative districts used by officials for taxation, record-keeping, and social control. Administrative districts are typically larger than neighbourhoods and their boundaries may cut across neighbourhood divisions. In some cases, however, administrative districts coincided with neighbourhoods, leading to
2106-533: The Bellevue Hospital Center and NYU Langone Medical Center are located in Kips Bay . Turtle Bay is located in two primary ZIP Codes . The area south of 49th Street is part of 10017 and the area north of 49th Street is part of 10022. The United States Postal Service operates two post offices near Turtle Bay: Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town generally have a higher rate of college-educated residents than
2187-532: The East River Greenway , a waterfront pedestrian and bicycle pathway. While host nation authorities have agreed to the provisions of the plan, it needs the approval of the United Nations in order to be implemented. The plan is similar in concept to an earlier proposal that had been announced in 2000 but did not move forward. For census purposes, the New York City government classifies Turtle Bay as part of
2268-683: The Ford Foundation Building and its lobby interior are designated as city landmarks. One block north is the former Beaux-Arts Institute of Design (now the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations ) at 304 East 44th Street is designated as a New York City landmark. The headquarters of the Japan Society at 333 East 47th Street has also been designated as a city landmark. Several apartments and houses in Turtle Bay have also been designated as landmarks. The Beaux-Arts Apartments ,
2349-521: The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum . ConEd Solutions is a member of Real Estate Board of New York . On January 14, 2009, eleven Con Edison supervisors were arrested for demanding more than $ 1 million in kickbacks related to work done by a construction company that was repairing the Midtown steam pipe eruption of 2007. According to federal prosecutors, the employees had approved payment for work that
2430-696: The Lescaze House at 211 East 48th Street, also listed on the NRHP; the Morris B. Sanders Studio & Apartment at 219 East 49th Street; the Rockefeller Guest House at 242 East 52nd Street; and 312 and 314 East 53rd Street . The Turtle Bay Gardens Historic District , a city and NRHP district, consists of twenty rowhouses on 48th and 49th Streets between Second and Third Avenues. There are some other historical sites in Turtle Bay as well. The first-floor interior of
2511-633: The Millennium Hilton New York One UN Plaza hotel is also a city landmark, though not any other portions of the interior or exterior. Amster Yard , a courtyard at 211-215 East 49th Street designed by James Amster , is also a city landmark. Turtle Bay and Murray Hill are patrolled by the 17th Precinct of the NYPD , located at 167 East 51st Street. The 17th Precinct and neighboring 13th Precinct ranked 57th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. The high per-capita crime rate
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2592-505: The National Register of Historic Places . There are no zoned high schools in New York City. However, the Art and Design High School , a vocational school, serves grades 9–12. The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates two branches near Turtle Bay: Manhattan Community District 6, which includes Turtle Bay, has the lowest ratio of public park space per capita of all community districts in
2673-527: The New York City steam system , which is the biggest district steam system in the world. Steam traveling through the system is used to heat and cool some of New York's most famous addresses, including the United Nations complex , the Empire State Building , and the Metropolitan Museum of Art . The Smart Meter Project was awarded to Aclara Smart Grid Solutions (electric) and the majority of
2754-559: The 1900s, Clarence Perry described the idea of a neighbourhood unit as a self-contained residential area within a city. The concept is still influential in New Urbanism . Practitioners seek to revive traditional sociability in planned suburban housing based on a set of principles. At the same time, the neighbourhood is a site of interventions to create Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC) as many older adults tend to have narrower life space. Urban design studies thus use neighbourhood as
2835-801: The Bronx, Manhattan, and parts of Queens. Gas service in Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the rest of Queens is provided by National Grid USA 's New York City operations, except the Rockaway peninsula, which is serviced by National Grid's Long Island operations. The average volume of gas that travels through Con Edison's gas system annually could fill the Empire State Building nearly 6,100 times. Con Edison produces 30 billion pounds of steam each year through its seven power plants which boil water to 1,000 °F (538 °C) before distributing it to hundreds of buildings in
2916-509: The Con Edison system could wrap around the Earth 3.6 times. Nearly 36,000 miles (58,000 km) of overhead electric wires complement the underground system—enough cable to stretch between New York and Los Angeles 13 times. The Con Edison gas system has nearly 7,200 miles (11,600 km) of pipes—if laid end to end, long enough to reach Paris and back to New York City, and serves Westchester County,
2997-650: The New York Gas Light Company, was founded by a consortium of New York City investors. A year later, it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Due to the Board of Aldermen's authority to grant franchises in the City of New York in the early to mid-19th century, interaction with Tammany Hall was required to expand the business. By William M. Tweed 's reign in the late 1860s as the boss of Tammany Hall,
3078-553: The UK wards are roughly equivalent to neighbourhoods or a combination of them. In the United States and Canada , neighbourhoods are often given official or semi-official status through neighbourhood associations , neighbourhood watches or block watches. These may regulate such matters as lawn care and fence height, and they may provide such services as block parties , neighbourhood parks and community security . In some other places
3159-567: The UN headquarters' construction, the Ralph Bunche Park staircase was constructed, connecting Tudor City to the rest of Turtle Bay. Until the Third Avenue El was demolished in 1956, it was characterized by a blighted stretch of sooty darkness that had separated the neighborhood from Midtown Manhattan . After the UN headquarters' expansion plan was originally announced in 2000, it was opposed by some Turtle Bay residents over concerns about
3240-511: The United Nations are in Turtle Bay, close to the UN. They include: Several sites in Turtle Bay have been designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) as official city landmarks and/or are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). These include several institutional headquarters. In the southern section of Turtle Bay, between 42nd and 43rd Streets east of Second Avenue,
3321-585: The borough and also ranks second to last among all community districts in New York City with regards to the percentage of district land that is parkland. Parks in Turtle Bay include: The closest New York City Subway stations are at the western border of the neighborhood, at Lexington Avenue/51st–53rd Streets ( 4 , 6 , <6> , E , and M trains) and Grand Central–42nd Street ( 4 , 5 , 6 , <6> , 7 , <7> , and S trains);
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3402-427: The boroughwide and citywide rates of 45% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018, Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town are considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . To the north of Turtle Bay is Sutton Place , to the west is Midtown, and to the south are Tudor City and Murray Hill . The Turtle Bay Association, a neighborhood non-profit 501(c)3 organization,
3483-488: The city. The cove was filled in after the Civil War, serving as a valuable shelter from the often harsh weather on the river, and became a thriving site for shipbuilding. After the war ended, the formerly pastoral neighborhood was developed with brownstones . By 1868 the bay had been entirely filled in by commercial overdevelopment, packed with breweries, gasworks, slaughterhouses, cattle pens, coal yards, and railroad piers. By
3564-491: The citywide average of 20%. Ninety-one percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is higher than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 90% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", more than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town, there are 7 bodegas . Beth Israel Medical Center is located in Stuyvesant Town. In addition,
3645-511: The citywide average of 75%. The New York City Department of Education does not operate any public schools in Turtle Bay. Students in grades PK–5 are zoned to PS 59 Beekman Hill International in Lenox Hill and students in grades 6–8 are zoned to IS 104 Simon Baruch School in Gramercy Park . Formerly, P.S. 135 operated inside Turtle Bay. The structure now contains condominiums and is listed on
3726-448: The company as one of "America's Most Admired Companies" in the publication's newest corporate ranking survey. In 2003, Con Edison ranked second on the top ten list for electric and gas utilities. ● In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign released a report criticizing ConEd for spending $ 1.8 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008–2010, instead getting $ 127 million in tax rebates, despite making
3807-892: The company's earnings, as of fall 2017. Con Edison sold its clean energy business to RWE in 2023. To support electric vehicles, Con Edison partnered with the company FleetCarma to provide $ 500 in rewards to owners of electric vehicles in New York City and Westchester County, New York. Through this program, Con Edison pays customers to charge their vehicles when energy demand is low. The Con Edison electrical transmission system utilizes voltages of 138 kilovolts (kV), 345 kV, and 500 kV. The company has two 345 kV interconnections with upstate New York that enable it to import power from Hydro-Québec in Canada and one 345 kV interconnection each with Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) in New Jersey and Long Island. Con Edison's connection with Hydro-Québec
3888-566: The cove at what is now 47th Street. To the south lay Kip's Bay farm; to the north, on a bluff, stood James Beekman 's "Mount Pleasant", the first of a series of houses and villas with water views stretching away up the shoreline. After the street grid system was initiated in Manhattan, the hilly landscape of the Turtle Bay Farm was graded to create cross-streets and the land was subdivided for residential development. An army enrollment office
3969-435: The early 2000s, Community Development Corporations, Rehabilitation Networks, Neighbourhood Development Corporations, and Economic Development organisations would work together to address the housing stock and the infrastructures of communities and neighbourhoods (e.g., community centres). Community and Economic Development may be understood in different ways, and may involve "faith-based" groups and congregations in cities. In
4050-461: The early 20th century, Turtle Bay was "a riverside back yard" for the city, as the WPA Guide to New York City (1939) described it: "huge industrial enterprises—breweries, laundries, abattoirs, power plants—along the water front face squalid tenements not far away from new apartment dwellings attracted to the section by its river view and its central position. The numerous plants shower this district with
4131-406: The enclave called Turtle Bay Gardens . An area between First and Second Avenues, and 41st and 43rd Streets was known as "Goat Hill"—goats and squatters ruled the area—and later renamed "Prospect Hill". Prospect Hill developed into a shanty Irish community known as "Corcoran's Roost", founded by Jimmy Corcoran , in the 1850s, and later became known as a community with a high rate of violent crime and
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#17328837661564212-616: The equivalent organization is the parish , though a parish may have several neighbourhoods within it depending on the area. In localities where neighbourhoods do not have an official status, questions can arise as to where one neighbourhood begins and another ends. Many cities use districts and wards as official divisions of the city, rather than traditional neighbourhood boundaries. ZIP Code boundaries and post office names also sometimes reflect neighbourhood identities. Consolidated Edison Consolidated Edison, Inc. , commonly known as Con Edison (stylized as conEdison ) or ConEd ,
4293-408: The following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." In
4374-489: The heaviest sootfall in the city—150 tons to the square mile annually". The huge Waterside Station, a power plant operated by the Consolidated Edison Company, producing 367,000 kilowatts of electricity in its coal-fired plant, marked the southern boundary of the neighborhood. There were also 18 acres (73,000 m) of slaughterhouses along First Avenue. With an infusion of poor immigrants having had come in
4455-471: The last power plant it owned, Consolidated Edison, Inc. became primarily an energy distributor. On January 1, 1998, following the deregulation of the utility industry in New York State, a holding company, Consolidated Edison, Inc., was formed. It is one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $ 13 billion in annual revenues and $ 47 billion in assets. The company provides
4536-486: The later part of the 19th century, and the opening of the elevated train lines along Second and Third Avenues , the neighborhood went into decay with crumbling tenement buildings. Many tenements were restored in the 1920s, and a large communal garden was established. Charlotte Hunnewell Sorchan saw promise in the run-down rowhouses of Turtle Bay. In 1918 she purchased twenty houses on 48th and 49th Streets between Second and Third Avenues; within two years she had renovated
4617-636: The latter has a connection to the Metro-North Railroad at Grand Central Terminal and the Long Island Rail Road at Grand Central Madison . Local New York City Bus lines include M15 , M15 SBS , M42 , M50 , M101 , M102 and M103 . The only major thoroughfare is the FDR Drive , at the neighborhood's eastern border. The Queens Midtown Tunnel ( I-495 ) and Queensboro Bridge ( NY 25 ) are located just south and north, respectively, of
4698-459: The loss of the current Robert Moses Playground in order to build a long-sought new UN building on the site. In October 2011, city and state officials announced an agreement in which the UN would be allowed to build the tower adjacent to the existing campus on the current playground. In exchange, the United Nations would allow the construction of an esplanade along the East River that would complete
4779-497: The name was changed to Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. The New York Steam Company began providing service in Lower Manhattan in 1882. Con Edison bought it in 1954, and now operates the largest commercial steam system in the world, providing steam service to nearly 1,600 commercial and residential establishments in Manhattan from Battery Park to 96th Street. Consolidated Edison acquired or merged with more than
4860-490: The nearby United Nations headquarters. Turtle Bay is part of Manhattan Community District 6 , and its primary ZIP Codes are 10017 and 10022. It is patrolled by the 17th Precinct of the New York City Police Department . Turtle Bay, a cove of the East River , was between what is now 45th and 48th Streets and was fed by a stream that ran from the present-day intersection of Second Avenue and 48th Street. It
4941-510: The neighborhood was 77.1% (39,475) White , 2.1% (1,071) African American , 0% (23) Native American , 13% (6,655) Asian , 0% (21) Pacific Islander , 0.4% (184) from other races , and 1.6% (845) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.8% (2,957) of the population. The entirety of Community District 6, which comprises Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town, had 53,120 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 84.8 years. This
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#17328837661565022-458: The neighborhood. Neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger city , town , suburb or rural area , sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but
5103-431: The neighbourhood as a small-scale democracy , regulated primarily by ideas of reciprocity among neighbours. Neighbourhoods have been the site of service delivery or "service interventions" in part as efforts to provide local, quality services, and to increase the degree of local control and ownership. Alfred Kahn, as early as the mid-1970s, described the "experience, theory and fads" of neighbourhood service delivery over
5184-738: The power to authorize franchises lay with the County Board of Supervisors, of which Tweed had been a member. By 1871, Tweed was a member of the board of the Harlem Gas Light Company, a precursor to the Consolidated Edison Company. In 1884, six gas companies combined into the Consolidated Gas Company. In 1901, the Consolidated Gas Company bought Edison Illuminating Company , which had been founded by Thomas Edison in 1880, first supplying electricity to 59 customers in
5265-613: The presence of social neighbourhoods. Historical documents shed light on neighbourhood life in numerous historical preindustrial or nonwestern cities. Neighbourhoods are typically generated by social interaction among people living near one another. In this sense they are local social units larger than households not directly under the control of city or state officials. In some preindustrial urban traditions, basic municipal functions such as protection, social regulation of births and marriages, cleaning and upkeep are handled informally by neighbourhoods and not by urban governments; this pattern
5346-571: The prior decade, including discussion of income transfers and poverty. Neighbourhoods, as a core aspect of community, also are the site of services for youth, including children with disabilities and coordinated approaches to low-income populations. While the term neighbourhood organisation is not as common in 2015, these organisations often are non-profit, sometimes grassroots or even core funded community development centres or branches. Community and economic development activists have pressured for reinvestment in local communities and neighbourhoods. In
5427-502: The rest of the city as of 2018. A majority of residents age 25 and older (82%) have a college education or higher, while 3% have less than a high school education and 15% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 64% of Manhattan residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town students excelling in math rose from 61% in 2000 to 80% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 66% to 68% during
5508-976: The rollout was completed in 2022 with several thousand meters still needing to be changed in 2023 due to customer access issues. ConEd utilized Aclara's metering products for field installation. Over five million electric and gas meters were replaced in this project. Lime green-colored seals were used on electric meters to indicate that the meter was changed by a contractor. ConEd offers a variety of programs and resources for its customers and stakeholders, organized in such categories as, "For Renters", "For Residential Owners", "For Small & Medium Businesses", "For Commercial & Industrial", "Business Partners", "Investors", "Community Affairs", and "Municipalities". Examples of such resources include: Con Edison contributes substantial funding and volunteer hours to many non-profit organizations and learning centers including New York Botanical Garden , Hudson Valley Groundworks Science Barge , Teatown Reservation , Jay Heritage Center , and
5589-400: The same time period. Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is lower than the rest of New York City. In Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town, 8% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , less than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 91% of high school students in Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town graduate on time, more than
5670-462: The southeast corner of Turtle Bay. Turtle Bay is named after a former cove of the East River. The neighborhood was originally settled as a Dutch farm in the 17th century, and was subsequently developed with tenements, power plants, and slaughterhouses in the 19th century. These industrial structures were largely demolished in the 1940s and 1950s to make way for the United Nations headquarters. Today, Turtle Bay contains multiple missions and consulates to
5751-432: The streets must be torn up to replace underground wiring. Temporary fixes, using what was described as "nothing more than overhead extension cords" (called "Shunts") at times are left in place for an extended period. In 2017 Con Ed committed to repair "at least 90% ... within 90 days." A former Con Edison building on West 53rd Street in Manhattan was converted first into the studio for the television game show Let's Make
5832-420: The teenage birth rate was based on a small sample size. Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town have a low population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 3%, less than the citywide rate of 12%, though this was based on a small sample size. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town
5913-426: The words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford , "Neighborhoods, in some annoying, inchoate fashion exist wherever human beings congregate, in permanent family dwellings; and many of the functions of the city tend to be distributed naturally—that is, without any theoretical preoccupation or political direction—into neighborhoods." Most of the earliest cities around the world as excavated by archaeologists have evidence for
5994-410: Was $ 135,360 In 2018, an estimated 10% of Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town residents lived in poverty, compared to 14% in all of Manhattan and 20% in all of New York City. One in twenty-five residents (4%) were unemployed, compared to 7% in Manhattan and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 42% in Turtle Bay and Stuyvesant Town, compared to
6075-448: Was arrested and later admitted to taking bribes that the utility company claimed amounted to $ 10,000. In April 2016, Con Edison agreed to pay over $ 171 million, about 1.5% of its annual revenue, back to its customers in compensation for harm resulting from the bribery. The Public Service Commission had found that Con Edison failed to supervise the employees. Con Edison admitted no wrongdoing. ● In March 2002, Fortune magazine named
6156-464: Was established at Third Avenue and 46th Street, after the first Draft Act was passed during the American Civil War . On July 13, 1863, an angry mob burned the office to the ground and proceeded to riot through the surrounding neighborhood, destroying entire blocks. The New York Draft Riots continued for three days before army troops managed to contain the mob, which had burned and looted much of
6237-438: Was founded in 1957 by James Amster to protest, successfully, the widening of East 49th Street. It now serves as an advocate for residents of Turtle Bay, and maintains the neighborhood's quality of life. The Association's efforts have resulted in more park and landscaping development, creating the neighborhood's tree-lined and relatively quiet atmosphere. Missions to the United States in Turtle Bay include: Numerous missions to
6318-470: Was probably named after the turtles found in the area. Historical records from the 17th century described an abundance of turtles nearby, with local residents partaking in a "turtle feast". The Turtle Bay neighborhood was originally a 40-acre (16 ha) land grant given to two Englishmen by the Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam in 1639 and named "Turtle Bay Farm". The farm extended roughly from what
6399-520: Was shut down on October 31, 1974, because the emergency core cooling system did not meet regulatory requirements. The company built two more reactors at Indian Point during the 1970s: Indian Point 2 and 3. Indian Point 3 was sold to the New York Power Authority in 1975. Entergy acquired Indian Point 2 in November 2000, nine months after a steam generator leak. With the sale of Indian Point 2,
6480-482: Was the role of rural to urban migration. This was a continual process in preindustrial cities, and migrants tended to move in with relatives and acquaintances from their rural past. Neighbourhood sociology is a subfield of urban sociology which studies local communities Neighbourhoods are also used in research studies from postal codes and health disparities , to correlations with school drop out rates or use of drugs. Some attention has also been devoted to viewing
6561-416: Was unnecessary or not performed and promised faster payment for some work performed by the construction company in exchange for the bribes . The FBI had two retired Con Edison employees and the president of the construction company wear recording devices that recorded the suspects demanding bribes of between $ 1000 and $ 5000. Later that year Con Edison sued Brendan Maher, one of the construction supervisors who
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