NYC Turnover

06 — The 2020 shock

In 2020 the city lost 4,124 places and opened 1,370.

Read it like a stock chart of how many places were open. Each candle is six months: the body runs from the count at the start to the count at the end, green if the city gained places and red if it lost them, and the thin wick shows the high and low in between. The bars underneath are the volume: places that opened and closed. 2020 is two long red candles on heavy closing volume.
202023.5k25.4k27.3kPLACES OPEN2017 H1: 25,167 → 25,304 open (high 25,304, low 24,998); 1,489 opened, 1,355 closed2017 H2: 25,304 → 25,313 open (high 25,546, low 25,129); 1,310 opened, 1,303 closed2018 H1: 25,313 → 25,729 open (high 25,905, low 25,266); 1,523 opened, 1,120 closed2018 H2: 25,729 → 26,011 open (high 26,159, low 25,729); 1,771 opened, 1,482 closed2019 H1: 26,011 → 26,136 open (high 26,291, low 25,674); 1,397 opened, 1,259 closed2019 H2: 26,136 → 27,322 open (high 27,322, low 26,094); 1,916 opened, 738 closed2020 H1: 27,322 → 26,348 open (high 27,322, low 26,348); 552 opened, 1,532 closed2020 H2: 26,348 → 24,576 open (high 26,348, low 24,576); 818 opened, 2,592 closed2021 H1: 24,576 → 24,411 open (high 24,576, low 23,483); 1,177 opened, 1,337 closed2021 H2: 24,411 → 24,699 open (high 24,893, low 24,255); 1,183 opened, 884 closed2022 H1: 24,699 → 25,762 open (high 25,762, low 24,612); 1,890 opened, 830 closed2022 H2: 25,762 → 25,834 open (high 25,955, low 25,341); 1,242 opened, 1,171 closed2023 H1: 25,834 → 26,396 open (high 26,396, low 25,768); 1,603 opened, 1,040 closed2023 H2: 26,396 → 26,553 open (high 26,760, low 26,292); 1,501 opened, 1,347 closed20172018201920202021202220232.6kVOLUME · ▮ OPENED ▮ CLOSED

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Closed, 2020
4,124
Opened, 2020
1,370
Open before → lowest
27.3k → 23.5k

Health inspections paused from spring 2020 to mid-2021, so many 2020 closure dates are estimated from loans, grants and outdoor-dining records, and are good to about a season.