Midtown Is NYC's Darkest Neighborhood During The Winter: Study

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Office workers and residents of Midtown Manhattan will feel like they haven't seen the sun in months by the end of the winter, according to a new study.

The high-density area was named New York City's darkest neighborhood in the winter in a study by Localize.com that analyzes the amount of direct sunlight buildings in each city neighborhood receive during the coldest months of the year. Midtown buildings receive just about one hour of direct sunlight per day during the season, according to the study.

Depending on how you determine the geographical boundaries of Midtown, the area could include up to four of the top five darkest neighborhoods in Manhattan. The statistics whizzes at Localize determined the borough's five darkest neighborhoods are: Midtown, East Midtown, Midtown South, Nomad and the Financial District.

"Access to sunlight has very real implications for health and wellness," researchers noted. "In the late fall and winter months, those with Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, know all too well how the darker days bring on depressive symptoms, listless feelings and increased moodiness."

Localize also calculated the numbers by borough, determining that Manhattan is the darkest in the city followed by the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.

Check out Manhattan's top 10 darkest and sunniest neighborhoods during the winter below:

Darkest:

1. Midtown
2. East Midtown
3. Midtown South
4. Nomad
5. Financial District
6. TriBeCa
7. Upper East Side
8. Flatiron
9. Hell’s Kitchen
10. Upper West Side

Sunniest:

1. Hudson Yards
2. Roosevelt Island
3. Peter Cooper Village
4. Marble Hill
5. Inwood
6. Hudson Square
7. East Harlem
8. Battery Park City
9. Lower East Side
10. Stuyvesant Town

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