East New York, Far Rockaway and Flushing are among the neighborhoods hit hardest by the coronavirus in New York, according to a new trove of data released Monday by the city Department of Health.
ZIP codes within those areas topped the city in deaths per 100,000 residents, the data shows.
The 11239 ZIP code, which encompasses the sprawling Starrett City housing development in Brooklyn’s East New York, has seen an alarming 612 deaths per 100,000 residents, extrapolated from 76 total fatalities, according to the DOH map.
The eastern tip of the Rockaways, 11691, has logged 288 fatalities in total, translating to a death rate of 444 per 100,000 residents.
Elsewhere in Queens, 11354, encompassing Flushing, has been hit with 241 deaths, a rate of 434 per 100,000 residents.
Also exceeding 400 deaths per 100,000 residents were 10469 (Williamsbridge and Pelham Gardens in The Bronx), 11224 (Seagate and the western half of Coney Island) and 11369 (Queens’ East Elmhurst).
East Elmhurst leads the city, meanwhile, in total cases per 100,000 residents with 4,125, extrapolated from 1,504 overall diagnoses, the data shows.
The findings reinforce previously observed tendencies of the coronavirus to prey on minorities and the poor at disproportionate rates.
