Differences in magnitude and spatial distribution of urban forest pollution deposition rates, air pollution emissions, and ambient neighborhood air quality in New York City

•Variation exists in the pollution removal potential of New York City's urban forest.•Land Use Regression reveals that tree cover represents absence of emissions sources.•Total NO2 and PM10 emissions exceed canopy deposition rates at the county level.•PM10 canopy deposition is slightly higher than traffic-based emissions.•Estimated total emissions of both pollutants are spatially disconnected from deposition. Urban forest pollution removal potential has not been well explored at the neighborhood resolution and in relation to neighborhood-level emissions. In NYC's five counties, modeled NO2 removed by the primarily-deciduous urban forest ranges from