Park Slope's COVID Levels Among Top 10 Highest In City, Data Shows

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — As New York City quietly marks three years since the coronavirus prompted lockdowns, Park Slope is one of the hottest spots for the virus in the city, according to new health data.

COVID-19 positivity for the bulk of Park Slope stood at 6.42 percent, data shows.

The level — which is a seven-day average from March 12 to 18 — for the neighborhood's 11215 ZIP Code is among the top 10 highest citywide, the data shows.

Positivity in the neighborhood's 11217 ZIP Code is 5.31 percent, among the top 20 in the city, according to data.

The neighborhood rates come as positivity citywide stood at 2.8 percent for the same time period, according to data. It also comes as officials such as Mayor Eric Adams have not-so-subtly signaled that the dark days of the pandemic are over.

"The history we've always shown — the way goes New York, goes America," he said Monday.

Adams' remarks came on the three-year anniversary of statewide lockdowns that ground life in New York City to a halt.

COVID-19 levels in Park Slope's two ZIP Codes — 11215 and 11217 — were generally been on the low end compared to others in the city during the pandemic's first two years, data shows.

That changed in March 2022, around the time home COVID-19 tests became more prevalent, according to data.

Park Slope's current numbers, although higher than the city average, have still been falling in recent weeks. Positivity for the 11215 ZIP Code, for example, stood at nearly 16 percent in mid-December, data shows.