Data Portals/NYC Open Data

NYC Open Data

New York City's open data program, one of the world's most comprehensive city portals, with rich geospatial datasets.

NYC Open Data is the City of New York's open data program, widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive municipal portals in the world. It publishes thousands of datasets from city agencies, mandated by local law.

For urban GIS it is exceptionally rich: building footprints, tax lots (PLUTO), zoning, 311 service requests, transportation, and detailed administrative geographies are all available, exportable as GeoJSON and Shapefile through a Socrata platform with full APIs.

Frequently Asked Questions

PLUTO (Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output) is NYC’s extensive tax-lot dataset with land use and building attributes, a staple of New York urban analysis.

It is one of the largest and most mature municipal open data programs, backed by local legislation requiring agencies to publish data.

Yes. Every dataset exposes a Socrata API with filtering and GeoJSON export for spatial data.

Details

AgencyCity of New York
LevelCity
RegionNorth America
CoverageNew York City, United States
LicenseOpen (free use)
Formats
CSVGeoJSONShapefileAPI
Update FrequencyContinuous
Categories
United StatesCityOpen Data
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