As many of New York City’s large commercial districts continue to struggle without tourists and commuters, some smaller neighborhood corridors are faring better, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Foursquare foot-traffic data. Foot traffic has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in shopping districts like Morris Park in the Bronx, Jackson Heights in Queens and New Dorp on Staten Island. Many of the small businesses that line these streets never relied on office workers or tourists and now aren’t hurting as much without...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 20, 2020 16:01 UTC