Research Guides: Open Data: City

Open Data Sources

NYC Data Portal
NYC Open Data portal maintained by the Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics (MODA) and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT).
NYC Government Publications
NYC Government publications from the New York City Municipal Library.
Building Information Search
Search for information about NYC buildings.
DOB NOW
Public Portal for Department of Buildings Filings, Permits, and licenses.
CompStat
Information about Crime as reported by NYPD.
TrafficStat
Information about traffic collisions from NYPD.
NYPD Statistics
Links to statistics and analyses by the New York Police Department (NYPD).
ACRIS
The Automated City Register Information System (ACRIS) allows you to search property records and view document images for Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, and Brooklyn from 1966 to the present.
ZoLa: New York City’s Zoning & Land Use Map
New York City's zoning and land use map
ZAP Search
Tool for finding and analyzing New York City Zoning & Land Use Applications
Active Construction
Interactive map displaying currently active major construction sites.
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Buildings on the map are categorized by square footage, estimated cost, and proposed dwelling units with larger points denoting higher values. Click on any of the points to get more details as well as a direct link to the permit info on DOB's Building Information System.
DOTMap
Department of Transportation map with information on parking regulations, resurfacing projects, street assessment, bike lanes, capital projects, and more.
NY CityMap
Geographic information about a wide variety of city services from the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Street Tree Map
Locations of street trees from most recent Parks Department tree census.
Open Records
One stop shop to request records from every New York City agency via Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request. Also includes information about similar FOIL requests.

Open Data Projects

Lehman Community Connect
Provides a map-based platform to easily find, view and interact with publicly available data and Lehman College information.
CrashMapper
Visualizes vehicle crashes in NYC. This application is the result of four iterations of a mapping initiative started by Transportation Alternatives in 2006 and continued by John Kraus.
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The current version of the application with charts was built in 2017 by GreenInfo Network. NYC CRASH MAPPER was made possible by CARTO for hosting the data and making the creation of this tool possible through their Grants For Good program; by The Lily Auchincloss and PEPSI foundations, the Manhattan Borough President and the New York City Council.
Community District Profiles
Data, maps, and other resources describing New York City’s 59 community districts.
Population FactFinder
Provides detailed population and housing profiles using data from decennial censuses and the American Community Survey.
Vision Zero View
Interactive tool that shows detailed information on traffic injury and fatality crashes in New York Cit.
Facilities Explorer
Aggregates information about facilities and program sites that are owned, operated, funded, licensed or certified by a City, State, or Federal agency in the City of New York.
OASIS
Visualization of information about zoning created by the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Flood Hazard Mapper
Department of City Planning tool to provide a comprehensive overview of the coastal flood hazards that threaten the city today, as well as how these hazards are likely to increase in the future with climate change.
NYC Soil Pollution Exposed
Report on toxic soil sites compiled by PropertyShark, a real estate market trend blog, and Toxics Targeting, an environmental database service.
Evictions
Analysis of eviction information generated by the Office of the Public Advocate.
311 Responses
Analysis of the 311 response rate created by the Office of the Public Advocate.
Fresh Food Access
Tool from the Office of the Public Advocate that maps farmers’ markets, CSAs, food box programs, and fresh pantries.
Who Owns What?
Housing Data Coalition (HDC) tool for accessing landlord and DOB information.
Displacement Alert Project
Tool for by the Association for Housing and Neighborhood Development to provide information about housing and potential displacement conditions.
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ANHD’s Displacement Alert Project is an initiative started in 2016 that leverages data, visualizations, and organizing to help preserve New York City’s stock of affordable housing. We compile fragmented information from various public records and databases and make it more easily accessible for advocates by displaying it in one place with intuitive, color-coded metrics.
School Performance Dashboard
Aggregates measures related to school performance.

Open Data Resources

Beta NYC
Civic organization dedicated to improving lives in New York through civic design, technology, and data. Hosts annual School of Data event and co-sponsors Open Data Week.
iQuantNY
Blog that explores open data topics.
BoardStat
Neighborhood statistics divided by Community Board
NYC Stat!
Blog that explores a variety of open data topics.