Week 10: We move deeper into the Yellow Zone

The week scored a 33 on the NotSpot Index, three hours shy of the record 36 set in two consecutive icy, snowy, slushy weeks in February.

The pattern has been consistent for three weeks now: a lousy start to the week, followed by a late-week rebound.  Yes, we can’t figure out why, either.

TUESDAY 3/11	42
WEDNESDAY 3/12	38
MONDAY 3/10	35
THURSDAY 3/13	24
FRIDAY 3/14	26

The week’s King of All Not Spots

At 35 bikeless hours, Clinton Hill’s DeKalb Ave & Vanderbilt Ave station literally walked away with the crown. And that helped it move into third place on Brooklyn’s Top 10 NotSpot list.

Top 10 NotSpots, by station and neighborhood

Manhattan

WEEK 10	NEIGHBORHOOD	STATION	NOTSPOT HOURS THIS YEAR	NOTSPOT HOURS THIS WEEK
1	Hells Kitchen	W 52 St & 9 Ave	309	13
2	Hells Kitchen	W 54 St & 9 Ave	277	10
3	Midtown North	W 49 St & 5 Ave	244	0
4	Midtown North	W 37 St & 5 Ave	237	9
5	Tudor City	E 43 St & 2 Ave	200	3
6	Times Square	Broadway & W 53 St	184.75	24
7	Lower East Side	Clinton St & Grand St	184.5	11
8	Midtown North	E 53 St & Madison Ave	157	4
9	Flatiron	Broadway & W 32 St	156	NEW
10	Times Square	Broadway & W 39 St	155	NEW

Three Broadway stations are now on the list and overall along Broadway from 32 St north, the stations struggle with an empty feeling for long stretches.

Brooklyn

WEEK 10	NEIGHBORHOOD	STATION	NOTSPOT HOURS THIS YEAR	NOTSPOT HOURS THIS WEEK
1	Downtown	Clinton St & Tillary St	384	5
2	Downtown	Cadman Plaza E & Tillary St	304	0
3	Clinton Hill	DeKalb Ave & Vanderbilt Ave	256	35
4	Brooklyn Heights	Columbia Heights & Cranberry St	249	0
5	Fort Greene	DeKalb Ave & S Portland Ave	241	15
6	Williamsburg	S 3 St & Bedford Ave	216	0
7	Bedford-Stuyvesant	Hancock St & Bedford Ave	215	13
8	Clinton Hill	Washington Ave & Greene Ave	186	12
9	Fort Greene	Myrtle Ave & St Edwards St	184	24
10	Bedford-Stuyvesant	Lexington Ave & Classon Ave	182	1

It was a pretty good week for Brooklyn.  The total NotSpot Hours for the Top 10 offenders is 105, the lowest of the year.

The  hurtin’ ‘hoods

Manhattan

WEEK 10	NEIGHBORHOOD	TOTAL STATIONS	TOTAL DOCKS	NOTSPOT HOURS	HOURS PER STATION	HOURS PER DOCK	MINUTES PER DOCK
1	Flatiron	5	194	30.5	6.10	0.16	9
2	Times Square	8	422	63.5	7.94	0.15	9
3	Tompkins Square	13	403	50	3.85	0.12	7
4	Lower East Side	18	518	54.5	3.03	0.11	6
5	East Village	10	378	37	3.70	0.10	6
6	Hells Kitchen	14	464	41.5	2.96	0.09	5
7	Gramercy Park	5	157	14	2.80	0.09	5
8	Stuyvesant Town	4	138	12	3.00	0.09	5
9	Chinatown	5	180	9.5	1.90	0.05	3
10	Kips Bay	9	355	17	1.89	0.05	3

The emerging Bikeless Broadway problem pushed the Flatiron to the No. 1 spot for the first time this year and had Times Square following close behind.

Brooklyn

WEEK 10	NEIGHBORHOOD	TOTAL STATIONS	TOTAL DOCKS	NOTSPOT HOURS	MINUTES PER DOCK
1	Clinton Hill	9	249	97.5	23
2	Fort Greene	19	565	151	16
3	Bedford-Stuyvesant	9	205	23.5	7

Only 3 worth looking at. The other Brooklyn neighborhoods served by the system received impeccable service.

The 100 Hour Club

Are you worried that your station or neighborhood isn’t making our Top 10 list?   These NotSpots have all logged more than 100 bikeless hours since the beginning of the year.

Manhattan

Neighborhood	Station	NotSpot hours this year
Civic Center	Centre St & Chambers St	149
Midtown North	W 44 St & 5 Ave	149
Midtown East	E 51 St & Lexington Ave	149
Greenwich Village	Washington Square E	143
Greenwich Village	Washington Square E	143
Midtown North	W 45 St & 6 Ave	131
Lower East Side	Pitt St & Stanton St	119
Tribeca	Hudson St & Reade St	117
Financial District	Spruce St & Nasau St	110
Chinatown	Forsyth St & Canal St	110
Tudor City	1 Ave & E 44 St	110
Midtown East	E 53 St & Lexington Ave	108
Times Square	Broadway & W 37 St	105
Tompkins Square	E 2 St & Avenue C	102

Brooklyn

Neighborhood	Station	NotSpot hours this year
Fort Greene	Carlton Ave & Park Ave	138
Fort Greene	Washington Park	134
Fort Greene	Clermont Ave & Lafayette Ave	131
Fort Greene	Adelphi St & Myrtle Ave	124
Fort Greene	Cumberland St & Lafayette Ave	121
Brooklyn Heights	Clark St & Henry St	116
Fort Greene	Clermont Ave & Park Ave	116
Fort Greene	Fulton St & Clermont Ave	109
Clinton Hill	Clinton Ave & Myrtle Ave	102