The Department of Public Health is working to make it easier for residents to find information about air quality in Philadelphia neighborhoods. This page presents information about current neighborhoods of interest.

To learn more about air quality throughout Philadelphia, see Check air quality data.

Nicetown

In Philadelphia’s Nicetown neighborhood, Air Management Services is especially concerned about two of the six common air pollutants: nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has defined the average annual acceptable standards for NO2 and PM2.5 based on the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS):

• The standard for NO2 is 53 parts per billion (ppb).
• The standard for PM2.5 at 9 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3).

The documents below show the average annual values for those two pollutants in Nicetown and the rest of the city.