Dataset
Atomic Polygons
nyc.wgbs-damt
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About
Atomic polygons serve as a set of basic building blocks for generating the polygons of many of the district types represented in the NYC Street Centerline (CSCL) database. Feature classes such as election district, school district, census block, FDNY administrative company, and community district can be dissolved by combining the appropriate fields in atomic polygons. All previously released versions of this data are available on the <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/content/planning/pages/resources/datasets/atomic-polygons">DCP Website: BYTES of the BIG APPLE</a>. Current version: 26c
Cite as: Department of City Planning (DCP). Atomic Polygons. https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/wgbs-damt
- Publisher
- City of New York
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- not stated
- Places
- New York City
- Updated
- quarterly
- Last modified
- 2026-11-02
- Units
- not stated
- License
- NYC Open Data Terms of Use
- Method
- https://www.nyc.gov/content/planning/pages/resources/datasets/atomic-polygons
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| atomicid | text | Unique ID for the atomic polygon. |
| censusblock_2020 | text | String value of the 2020 census block number. |
| assemdist | text | State Assembly district number. |
| water_flag | text | Flag to indicate the relationship of the atomic polygon to water. |
| sb2_page | text | Second Sanborn page the atomic polygon appears in. |
| censusblock_2020_suffix | text | An alphabetic suffix for the 2020 census block. |
| electdist | text | Three digit election district number. |
| censustract_2020 | text | String value of the 2020 census tract number. |
| sb1_page | text | First Sanborn page the atomic polygon appears in. |
| sb3_volume | text | Third Sanborn volume the atomic polygon appears in. |
| borough | text | Borough code. |
| censusblock_2000 | text | String value of the 2020 census tract number. |
| censusblock_2000_suffix | text | An alphabetic suffix for the 2000 census block. |
| censustract_2000 | text | String value of the 2000 census tract number. |
| censusblock_2010 | text | String value of the 2010 census block number. |
| censusblock_2010_suffix | text | An alphabetic suffix for the 2010 census block. |
| sb1_volume | text | First Sanborn volume the atomic polygon appears in. |
| hurricane_evacuation_zone | text | Hurricane Evacuation Zone. New York City's hurricane contingency plans are based on six evacuation zones: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The value of 0 represents represents water polygons and the value of X indicates land that is not part of an evacuation zone. (Note: field name may appear as "Hurricane_" in shapefile due to ESRI character limit) |
| admin_fire_company | text | The fire company number servicing the district. |
| atomic_num | text | Atomic number is the 3 last digits of the Atomic ID. This field has been deprecated and is no longer maintained (all NULL values). |
| commdist | text | Community district number preceded by BoroCode. |
| sb2_volume | text | Second Sanborn volume the atomic polygon appears in. |
| schooldist | text | The two digit school district number. |
| censustract_1990 | text | String value of the 1990 census tract number. |
| sb3_page | text | Third Sanborn page the atomic polygon appears in. |
| shape_leng | number | Length of feature in internal units. |
| the_geom | multipolygon | |
| censustract_2010 | text | String value of the 2000 census tract number. |
| shape_area | number | Area of feature in internal units squared. |
| commercial_waste_zone | text | Commercial Waste Zones established as part of the Department of Sanitation's (DSNY) comprehensive plan for reforming the private carting industry. |