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(starved.io, data as of September 30, 2026; https://starved.io/nyc/neighborhoods/long-island-city#stat-new_arrivals_180)"}], "discussion_trend": {"months": ["2025-09", "2025-10", "2025-11", "2025-12", "2026-01", "2026-02", "2026-03", "2026-04", "2026-05", "2026-06", "2026-07", "2026-08"], "threads": [14, 21, 11, 10, 11, 6, 7, 21, 35, 16, 29, 31], "share_index": [0.719, 0.983, 0.647, 0.723, 0.73, 0.425, 0.417, 1.087, 1.712, 0.997, 1.668, 1.889], "window": {"start": "2025-09-01", "end": "2026-08-31", "days": 365}}, "nearby": [{"slug": "greenpoint", "name": "Greenpoint", "tier": "full", "profiled": 82, "list_url": "/nyc/list?sort=default&filters=neighborhood/Greenpoint"}, {"slug": "astoria", "name": "Astoria", "tier": "full", "profiled": 61, "list_url": "/nyc/list?sort=default&filters=neighborhood/Astoria"}, {"slug": null, "name": "Sunnyside", "tier": "listed", "profiled": 21, "list_url": "/nyc/list?sort=default&filters=neighborhood/Sunnyside"}, {"slug": null, "name": "Woodside", "tier": "listed", "profiled": 20, "list_url": "/nyc/list?sort=default&filters=neighborhood/Woodside"}], "methodology": {"neighborhood_source": "Pediacities NYC neighborhood boundaries, point-in-polygon on NYC DOHMH inspection-record coordinates", "rated_definition": "A profiled restaurant with at least 3 unique Reddit, Instagram or article references and at least 5 sentiment-scored opinions", "score_definition": "starved score = the site's 'Best' sort: share of positive opinions weighted by the number of unique posts. It measures how much, and how warmly, a place is discussed; it is not a star rating", "city_rated_count": 3181, "city_median_score": 15.0, "city_p90_score": 42.82, "city_wilson_p75": 0.717, "eligible_neighborhoods": 37, "data_start": "2025-03-01", "thresholds": {"page_min_profiled": 25, "page_min_rated": 15, "hysteresis_min_profiled": 20, "hysteresis_min_rated": 12, "listed_min_profiled": 10, "rated_min_unique_references": 3, "rated_min_scored_opinions": 5, "rank_min_numerator": 3, "share_min_denominator": 15}, "known_limitations": ["Coverage skews toward neighborhoods discussed on r/FoodNYC and in food media; compare coverage before comparing neighborhoods.", "Reddit data begins March 2025, so there are no multi-year trends.", "Closures are not yet detected. Picks, cuisine bests and hidden gems require activity in the last 365 days; counts include every establishment in the DOHMH inspection dataset.", "\"First appeared in our sources\" is when a restaurant was first discussed, not its opening date.", "Ranks are among the neighborhoods that have a dashboard, not all NYC neighborhoods."]}}