2005/06/15 Council Agenda Packet

Trends in Concentrations of Adult Entertainment Establishments, by Community District Betw-yen 1984 and 1993, adult entertainment establishments have continued to concentrate in a few community districts in Manhattan. Citywide, the number of community districts with one or more adult uses has remained relatively stable over the period. However, adult uses have recently located in neighborhoods within community districts where they had not previously been. Significantly, the number of community districts with seven .or more adult entertainment establishments nearly tripled between 1984 and 1993, from three to eight. Community district designations for adult establishments identified in the 1976 survey are not readily discernible. Table 2 indicates in rank order community districts by the number of adult uses within each district in 1993. Districts without adult uses are not listed. In 1993, the majority (53 percent) of adult uses in the city were located in Community Districts 1, 2, 4, and 5, Manhattan. In 1984 and 1993, the greatest concentration of adult uses was found in Community District 5, Manhattan, which includes part of the Times Square area. In 1984, 34 percent of the citywide adult uses were located in the community district; in 1993, 30 percent of such uses were found there. Between 1984 and 1993, the number of adult establishments in the district increased by 18 percent, from 45 to 53, nearly half the rate of growth citywide. TABLE 2 1993 RANK ORDER OF COMMUNITY DISTRICTS WITS Rank Community District* I M5 2 M4 3 M2 4 M1 5 M6 Q3 6 Q2 7 K7 8 Q1 Q7 9 Q4 10 B12 K15 Q6 Q9 Q12 11 B5 K2 M3 M7 Q13 S2 12 B8 B10 B11 K6 K12 K14 N18 Q5 Q8 S3 ADULT USES No. Establishments in Each District *Borough designations: B = the Bronx; K = Brooklyn; M = Manhattan; Q = Queens; S = Staten Island. Source: Depanment of City Planning survey. EVER00122 23