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Path reachability

For each neighborhood, how often it lands in the user’s top-N results across 5,000 random quiz paths. Useful for spotting neighborhoods that dominate (over-represented) or that almost no path ever surfaces (voiceless).

Method: 5,000synthetic users with uniformly-random answers (must-haves and commute targets excluded so the geometry of the engine is what’s measured). Deterministic seed = 42.

Reachable

110 / 115

land in top 10 at least once

Dominant (top 3 > 10%)

7

over-represented vs cohort

Voiceless

5

never reach top 10

NeighborhoodBoroughTop 1Top 3Top 5Top 10
Jersey Citydominantnj10.4%22.2%29.7%41.9%
Astoriadominantqueens7.1%16.3%23.9%39.1%
Upper West Sidedominantmanhattan7.3%13.9%18.0%23.8%
Crown Heightsdominantbrooklyn3.3%12.2%19.6%33.5%
Yonkersdominantwestchester3.3%12.0%21.1%40.8%
Central Harlemdominantmanhattan4.7%11.1%16.8%25.6%
Stamforddominantct3.2%10.2%16.4%32.1%
Bay Ridgebrooklyn4.1%9.9%14.4%22.9%
Yorkvillemanhattan2.6%9.9%13.9%21.1%
Forest Hillsqueens3.2%9.2%13.4%24.1%
Jackson Heightsqueens3.8%8.9%12.7%19.4%
Flushingqueens4.6%8.7%11.9%18.2%
Larchmont / Mamaroneckwestchester2.7%8.7%13.7%22.7%
Park Slopebrooklyn3.7%7.2%10.5%18.5%
Hobokennj1.6%6.9%12.6%25.4%
Long Island Cityqueens0.9%6.0%10.3%19.3%
Murray Hill / Kips Baymanhattan2.2%5.9%9.1%15.4%
Fort Greenebrooklyn1.3%5.4%10.5%24.7%
Great Necklong-island2.5%5.3%6.9%12.1%
Brighton Beachbrooklyn0.8%4.7%8.6%15.6%
Manhattan Valleymanhattan2.0%4.7%7.1%12.7%
Clinton Hillbrooklyn1.1%4.3%8.1%21.7%
Upper East Sidemanhattan1.4%4.2%6.6%11.3%
Fort Leenj1.0%4.1%7.6%16.5%
Sheepshead Baybrooklyn1.0%4.1%6.8%15.4%
Long Beach (NY)long-island1.1%4.1%7.1%16.2%
Prospect Heightsbrooklyn0.9%3.9%8.2%20.6%
White Plainswestchester0.8%3.8%7.1%15.6%
Cobble Hill / Carroll Gardensbrooklyn1.1%3.8%6.2%12.3%
Port Washingtonlong-island0.4%3.7%7.6%14.8%
Chelseamanhattan1.1%3.2%5.5%10.8%
Lincoln Squaremanhattan0.9%3.1%6.1%12.3%
Greenwich Villagemanhattan0.9%3.0%5.0%9.9%
Chinatownmanhattan0.6%2.8%4.1%6.4%
Hell's Kitchenmanhattan1.3%2.8%4.0%6.2%
Kew Gardensqueens0.7%2.5%4.5%10.1%
Bed-Stuybrooklyn0.5%2.4%5.5%13.5%
Maplewoodnj0.6%2.3%4.1%9.6%
Montclairnj0.5%2.2%5.3%14.5%
Brooklyn Heightsbrooklyn1.0%2.1%3.5%7.0%
Morningside Heightsmanhattan0.6%2.0%3.8%9.5%
East Harlemmanhattan0.2%1.9%4.6%13.5%
Stuyvesant Townmanhattan0.6%1.9%3.1%5.3%
Hudson Rivertownswestchester0.6%1.7%3.1%7.6%
Ditmas Parkbrooklyn0.6%1.7%2.7%4.5%
Prospect Lefferts Gardensbrooklyn0.4%1.6%3.4%9.6%
Sunnysidequeens0.3%1.5%2.5%5.9%
Elmhurstqueens0.1%1.5%3.0%7.7%
Palisades Parknj0.3%1.3%2.7%6.9%
Lower East Sidemanhattan0.3%1.3%2.6%5.0%
Rockville Centrelong-island0.1%1.3%3.7%11.8%
Gramercy Parkmanhattan0.1%1.2%3.7%8.6%
Westportct0.2%1.2%2.3%5.4%
Baysidequeens0.2%1.1%2.0%3.9%
South Orangenj0.1%1.1%2.8%8.2%
Inwoodmanhattan0.4%1.0%1.8%3.7%
Carnegie Hillmanhattan0.1%0.9%2.7%5.0%
Westfieldnj0.3%0.9%2.4%7.0%
Tribecamanhattan0.2%0.8%1.8%6.6%
Rego Parkqueens0.2%0.8%1.6%5.1%
Sunset Parkbrooklyn0.0%0.7%2.2%7.1%
Midtown Eastmanhattan0.2%0.6%1.0%2.1%
Ridgewood (NJ)nj0.1%0.6%1.5%4.5%
Mott Havenbronx0.1%0.6%1.1%3.4%
Belmontbronx0.1%0.6%1.4%5.0%
Williamsburgbrooklyn0.1%0.5%1.0%3.6%
Stapletonstaten-island0.1%0.5%1.3%4.7%
Washington Heightsmanhattan0.1%0.5%1.2%4.9%
Hamilton Heightsmanhattan0.1%0.5%1.3%3.7%
Summitnj0.1%0.5%1.1%3.9%
Riverdalebronx0.2%0.4%0.9%1.9%
Norwoodbronx0.1%0.4%0.9%2.9%
NoLita / Little Italymanhattan0.1%0.4%1.0%3.5%
Battery Park Citymanhattan0.0%0.4%0.9%2.7%
Roosevelt Islandmanhattan0.1%0.3%0.7%1.3%
West Villagemanhattan0.0%0.3%1.0%3.9%
Edgewaternj0.0%0.3%1.3%5.1%
Manhattanvillemanhattan0.0%0.3%1.1%3.7%
Flatiron / NoMadmanhattan0.0%0.3%0.8%3.4%
Englewoodnj0.0%0.3%1.0%4.2%
Bronxvillewestchester0.2%0.3%0.4%1.3%
Weehawken / Port Imperialnj0.0%0.3%0.8%3.4%
East Villagemanhattan0.0%0.2%0.7%2.1%
Woodsidequeens0.0%0.2%0.7%2.5%
Greenwichct0.0%0.2%0.2%0.5%
Windsor Terracebrooklyn0.0%0.2%0.4%1.3%
Roslynlong-island0.0%0.2%0.4%1.4%
Financial Districtmanhattan0.1%0.1%0.4%1.5%
Ridgewoodqueens0.0%0.1%0.3%1.5%
Tompkinsvillestaten-island0.0%0.1%0.4%1.9%
Millburn / Short Hillsnj0.0%0.1%0.2%0.7%
Scarsdalewestchester0.0%0.1%0.1%0.2%
Fordhambronx0.0%0.1%0.2%0.8%
St. Georgestaten-island0.0%0.1%0.2%0.6%
Pelhamwestchester0.0%0.1%0.3%2.5%
DUMBObrooklyn0.0%0.0%0.1%0.9%
Pelham Baybronx0.0%0.0%0.1%0.5%
Great Killsstaten-island0.0%0.0%0.2%0.5%
SoHomanhattan0.0%0.0%0.2%2.1%
Greenpointbrooklyn0.0%0.0%0.2%1.2%
Red Hookbrooklyn0.0%0.0%0.1%0.3%
Garden Citylong-island0.0%0.0%0.1%0.3%
Darien / New Canaanct0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
Gowanusbrooklyn0.0%0.0%0.1%0.5%
Tenaflynj0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%
Chatham (NJ)nj0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%
Ryewestchester0.0%0.0%0.1%0.3%
Bushwickbrooklyn0.0%0.0%0.1%0.2%
East Williamsburgbrooklyn0.0%0.0%0.1%0.6%
Hudson Yardsmanhattan0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
Englewood Cliffsvoicelessnj0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Cresskillvoicelessnj0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Paramusvoicelessnj0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Chappaquavoicelesswestchester0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Manhassetvoicelesslong-island0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

Sorted by top-3 share descending. Percentages are out of 5,000 samples; a 1.0% reading has roughly ±0.3pp standard error. Compare neighborhoods within a borough to spot lane-twins (similar profiles competing for the same paths) vs underserved profiles.