Shop Healthy NYC!

Shop Healthy NYC! works to increase access to healthy foods in neighborhoods with high rates of nutrition-related diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure. The program works with food retailers, food suppliers, distributors, local community residents and organizations in neighborhoods that have little access to healthy foods.

Nearly 2,000 stores participate in Shop Healthy NYC! across the city. Shop Healthy NYC! works in the following neighborhoods:

• Bronx: West Farms/Fordham, Claremont-Morrisania, East Tremont, Hunts Point, Mott Haven, Longwood and Morris Heights
• Brooklyn: Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville and East New York
• Manhattan: East, Central and West Harlem

Learn how Shop Healthy NYC! encourages better access to healthy foods.

Get Involved

You can help promote healthy eating with Shop Healthy NYC! Here are a few ways to encourage local food retailers to provide healthy options, such as fruits and vegetables, 100% whole wheat bread and low-sodium canned goods:

• Fill out Shop Healthy NYC! Postcards (PDF) and deliver them to retailers in your community. To get these postcards by mail, call 311 and ask for Shop Healthy postcards.
• The How to Adopt a Shop Guide (PDF) offers tips for working with retailers and encouraging them to provide healthy options in their stores.
• If your community organization is interested in improving a neighborhood’s food environment by working with food suppliers, distributors and other community groups, see the Shop Healthy Implementation Guide: An innovative approach to changing the food retail environment (PDF).
• Free Shop Healthy NYC materials are available for community members, organizations, and businesses. Materials include posters, guides, and other resources that support healthier food choices in neighborhoods across New York City. To request printed materials, call 311 and ask for Shop Healthy NYC materials from the Health Department.