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.

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 places 3,157 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.