In big swaths of the Bronx, you can stroll a few blocks and hit a string of bodegas without ever passing a full-service supermarket. On neighborhood maps, that corner-store crush turns into hard numbers: some parts of the borough have dozens of bodegas for every traditional grocery, which means many residents either travel farther for food or settle for limited produce options. The skewed landscape is a major reason community groups and city planners keep circling back to one stubborn question: where is the Bronx supposed to get its fresh food?
Neighborhood maps show where the gaps are
Neighborhood-level data lay out the imbalance in stark relief. Belmont/East Tremont has about 37 bodegas for every supermarket. Mott Haven/Melrose comes in around 25 to 1, Fordham/University Heights about 20 to 1, and Highbridge/Concourse about 18 to 1, according to the Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center.
On the ground
Those numbers are not just abstract. A…..