A lot of things come to mind when you think of a heat wave in New York—kicking your blankets off the bed, drinking your coffee exclusively iced, the frigid blast of air conditioning at the office—but maybe chief among them is the smell. Seemingly every corner comes with its own special potpourri of potent, inexplicable scents, but some areas are worse than others. This is especially true when temperatures start spiking as they finally have in New York (y'know, now that we've reached the end of summer and are back in front of our desks).
In the interest of being (ahem) a little nosy during these last gasps of hot weather—and having a more official opinion to offer than "sometimes Midtown smells like hard boiled eggs!"—we asked apartment data site AddressReport to crunch the numbers on the most and least fragrant 'hoods in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. The data could come as cold comfort (or a confirmation of your good location) if you're already settled, but for those of you currently on the apartment hunt, consider yourself warned.
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