Significant beer digits iii

Courtesy of CityLab (with a h/T to Tim Holt) a terrific map of “Liquordom in New York City” in the 1880s and these numbers:

– One 32-block section of what’s now the Lower East Side had 242 “lager-beer saloons” and 61 “liquor saloons.”

– There was one saloon to every twenty five families in the city.

– 63% of all the criminal arrests were for intoxication and disorderly conduct.

– Food sellers — butchers, bakers, and grocers — totaled 7,197. Liquor sellers totaled 10,075.

– Twelve of the 24 aldermen of the city were liquor dealers.