West New York, NJ Night Sky Brightness
West New York, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit
West New York reads as inner-city on this dataset's scale. Among the brightest skies in this dataset. Usually just the Moon and a few of the brightest stars or planets cut through. That's brighter than 99% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to West New York
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Guttenberg, NJ, roughly under a mile away in a straight line, rated urban. Road distance will be more.
Guttenberg, NJ is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How West New York compares nationally
West New York, NJ has a population of about 52,975, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. West New York's position, 3,157 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.